State of the EPO and State of 'Journalism' About Patents
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-04-10 17:00:28 UTC
- Modified: 2022-04-10 17:00:28 UTC
Summary: As shown in the examples above (there are loads more; we shall show more examples on a regular basis), the media is biased, wrong, and often just occupied by special interests, biasing the system (or lobbying) by deliberate misreporting
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