[Meme] Sustainable European Patent Office (EPO)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-07-22 21:17:02 UTC
Modified: 2022-07-22 21:17:02 UTC

Team UPC isn't too worried; all they're after is a bunch of kangaroo courts for plaintiff-friendly enforcement of millions of European Patents (broken windows theory)

Summary: Sustainability of the EPO has become highly doubtful in light of inability to recruit examiners in line with the European Patent Convention (EPC), which the EPO violates in a lot of ways

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[Meme] Sustainable European Patent Office (EPO)

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