[Meme] Common Sense at EPO
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-05-15 18:25:05 UTC
- Modified: 2022-05-15 18:25:05 UTC
![Corporations wanting endless patent monopolies; Team Campinos; EPO staff](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/patent-lust.jpg)
Corporations that send patent applications to the EPO are large multinationals (only 20% of applicants are not)
Summary: The European examiners who deal with patents prefer a system that works for science, for Europe, not for foreign megacorporations that amass millions of low-quality patents and weaponise these to discourage competition
As an associate of ours put it, "quantity over quality has been a problem, pushed by management, so it is important to distinguish
this downturn from an actually desirable re-calibration."