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EUIPO

There is 'cross-pollination' (or overlap) between EPO and EUIPO as well as various other issues we've covered in the articles below. The EUIPO was run by António Campinos (now EPO President) and is now run by Christian Archambeau, who came from the EPO.

  • 04.02.16 EUIPO and the Shady Relation to the EPO
  • 04.03.16 EUIPO y sus Sospechosa Relación con la EPO
  • 04.05.16 Christian Archambeau on the Verge of EUIPO and EPO, Making the Two Less Distinguishable
  • 04.19.16 The ‘Great Conspiracy’ of Patent Lawyers, Lobbyists and Large Corporations for UPC and for Software Patents
  • 05.16.16 UPC an Attack Not Only on the European Public But Also on Staff of the EPO
  • 05.18.16 ES: La UPC un Ataque No Sólo Contra el Público Europeo Pero También Contra los Empleados de la EPO
  • 05.24.16 Links 24/5/2016: CRYENGINE Source Code is Out on GitHub, Jono Bacon Leaves GitHub
  • 05.29.16 Battistelli’s ‘Special Relationship’ With Portugal and the ‘Inventor of the Year’ Charade
  • 06.07.16 Time to Call Out Joff Wild (IAM’s Editor in Chief) for His EPO-Connected UPC Propaganda, Other Agenda-Pushing Initiatives
  • 07.04.16 Image of Battistelli’s EPO Tarnished in the UK and Elsewhere as Battistelli Warms up to Cuba, Colombia, and Panama
  • 07.09.16 ES: La Imagen de la EPO de Battistelli Manchada en el Reino Unido y en Todo Lugar Mientras Battistelli Encanta a Cuba, Colombia, y Panama
  • 07.14.16 Deathwatch of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPC)
  • 09.11.16 The Collapse of the European Patent Office Under Battistelli Has Already Begun
  • 09.21.16 Links 21/9/2016: Lenovo Helps Microsoft Block GNU/Linux Installations
  • 10.09.16 Addendum II: FJORDBLINK MEDICAL ApS – Further Information and a Mystery
  • 10.12.16 Links 12/10/2016: Ansible Galaxy is Free Software, FreeBSD 11 Released
  • 10.13.16 EPO Administrative Council Meeting Turning Point – Part I: Protest at The Hague and the Huge Things at Stake
  • 10.19.16 Worrisome Connections Between EPO VP2 Alberto Casado Cerviño and Patricia García-Escudero Márquez
  • 10.19.16 Addendum: EPO’s Alberto Casado Cerviño, WIPO’s Francis Gurry, and EUIPO’s Archambeau
  • 10.24.16 Battistelli Plans to Expand the Social ‘Study’ (Then ‘Conference’) Propaganda Until Next Month, Under the ‘Workshop’ Umbrella
  • 10.24.16 EPO and EUIPO Join Hands to Release Propaganda (for European Media to Parrot) Some Time Tomorrow
  • 10.25.16 Puff Pieces of the EPO-IPO (EPO+EUIPO) Have Begun to Appear Amid New Evidence of Brain Drain, Lowered Standards
  • 10.25.16 No Promising Future For the EPO Under Battistelli (If Any Future At All)
  • 10.26.16 Budget and Finance Committee of the Administrative Council (EPO) Confirms Exile of the Boards of Appeal
  • 10.27.16 ‘Balkan Express’ Teaser: EPO’s Željko Topić, Kuterovac, Campinos, Gurry, Battistelli and the DKPTO (Kongstad)
  • 10.28.16 Advice to Journalists: Stop Repeating Propaganda of the EPO, a Serial Liar With a Track Record
  • 10.29.16 The Former Chief Economist of the EPO Warns That Battistelli’s Implicit Policy of Lowering Patent Quality (for Quantity) Will Bring Patent Trolls to Europe
  • 11.02.16 Patent Maximalism is Destroying the European Patent Office (Just a Paperwork Assembly Line), Exile of Boards Ensures No Turnaround
  • 11.05.16 Dismissal of Laurent Prunier Worse Than It Seems as Battistelli Almost ‘Pulls a Hardon’ by Taking Away Pension Rights Too
  • 11.15.16 Violations of Human Rights at the EPO in the Name of Fraud Prevention
  • 11.22.16 Crisis at the EPO Deepens as Dutch Parliament Dives in, European Parliament Snubbed by EPO Management, and Battistelli Relies on ‘High Corruption’ States
  • 11.26.16 The Sad State of German Anti-Corruption Authorities and Investigative Journalism, as Demonstrated by the EPO
  • 12.01.16 Dutch and French Politicians Complain About the European Patent Office, British Media Coverage Regular Now
  • 12.11.16 The EPO Sent Its Second ‘Monster’ to Croatia to Lobby for the Unitary Patent (UPC), Did Not Mention Anything About It
  • 12.15.16 Links 15/12/2016: Qt Creator 4.2, Kubernetes 1.5
  • 12.16.16 Links 16/12/2016: New Linux Mint Releases
  • 02.08.17 Immunity of the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union Causes Outrage in Spanish Media
  • 03.24.17 Bernhard Rapkay, Former MEP and Rapporteur on Unitary Patent, Shoots Down UPC Hopes While UPC Hopefuls Recognise That Spain Isn’t Interested Either
  • 04.29.17 Battistelli is Busy Securing the Vote of Countries Whose Support and Tickets Are Easy to ‘Buy’
  • 05.22.17 Speculations About Battistelli’s End of Term, Campinos at EUIPO, and Failed UPC Ambitions
  • 07.05.17 Suspicion That Antonio Campinos Will Apply for Benoît Battistelli’s Job to Succeed Him
  • 07.08.17 If Antonio Campinos (EUIPO) Takes Over the EPO With Alberto Casado Cerviño (Former OHIM/EUIPO) in Charge of Patent Granting, Subversive Loyalty to Battistelli Will Remain
  • 07.27.17 Value of European Patents (EPs) is Diminishing, EPs Get Invalidated, and EPO Insiders Bemoan the Management’s Lies About Patent Quality
  • 07.30.17 Microsoft’s (Patent) War on GNU/Linux Continues, But It’s Disguised Using Intermediaries
  • 08.01.17 90% of WIPR Readers Give Up Hope on Unitary Patent (UPC) in the UK, But Team UPC Keeps Lying About It
  • 08.03.17 Antonio Campinos in Charge of the EPO Would Mean Greater EUIPO/EPO Overlap
  • 08.07.17 The Very Political Background of António Campinos, Allegedly a Forefront Candidate to Lead the European Patent Office Next Year
  • 10.10.17 Battistelli’s Choice (Campinos) Confirmed as New EPO President
  • 10.10.17 Early Reports Suggest That Battistelli’s Policies Will Remain at the EPO (in the Form of Campinos)
  • 10.11.17 Musical Chairs as Battistelli’s ‘Chinchilla’ García-Escudero Márquez Could Reportedly Take António Campinos’ Place
  • 10.12.17 The Hogwash Begins: Patent Microcosm’s Media Pretends Campinos is Anything But Battistelli’s French Succession Plan
  • 10.17.17 Rumours That António Campinos Initially Had No Competition at All (for Battistelli’s Succession) Are Confirmed
  • 10.19.17 SUEPO to the Media, Regarding Campinos: “No Comment, It’s Too Dangerous”
  • 10.19.17 Juve Has Confirmed That António Campinos is French
  • 10.20.17 Battistelli’s Destruction of the EPO is Bad for Everyone, Even Patent Attorneys
  • 10.22.17 The Darker Past of the Next President of the EPO – Part IV: Links Between CGD (Former Employer of António Campinos) and the INPI
  • 10.22.17 The Darker Past of the Next President of the EPO – Part IV: Links Between CGD (Former Employer of António Campinos) and the INPI
  • 10.28.17 Fresh Allegations That the Belgian EPO Delegation is Compromised or in Cahoots With Benoît Battistelli
  • 11.02.17 The Screws Tighten on Benoît Battistelli as His Departure is Just Two Seasons Away, Media Still Largely Complicit
  • 11.09.17 Patent Office of the Netherlands Expresses Uncertainty About UPC, Voices Concern About Benoît Battistelli’s Attack on Staff
  • 06.12.18 Battistelli’s EPO is Outdoing North Korea When It Comes to Propaganda and Abuses Against Staff
  • 06.27.18 Links 27/6/2018: ​Supercomputers All GNU/Linux, Kubernetes 1.11, Plasma 5.13.2
  • 06.29.18 Links 29/6/2018: Python 3.7.0, Google as Linux Foundation Platinum Member
  • 06.30.18 Links 30/6/2018: Linux 4.16 EoL, Gentoo Crack, Linux Mint Release
  • 07.06.18 German Media Compares Team Battistelli at the EPO to the Mafia
  • 07.09.18 Links 9/7/2018: Linux 4.18 RC4, Red Hat’s APAC Push
  • 07.09.18 Actions — Not Mere Words — Are Needed to Improve Patent Quality and Climate at the European Patent Office
  • 07.13.18 Constitutionality and CJEU as Barriers, the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is Already Moot in the United Kingdom
  • 07.14.18 ‘Transaction’ Complete: Former EPO Executive From Belgium Takes the Seat of António Campinos at EU-IPO
  • 07.17.18 Time for the European Commission to Investigate EPO Corruption Because It May be Partly or Indirectly Connected to EU-IPO, an EU Agency
  • 07.17.18 The European Council Needs to Check Battistelli’s Back Room Deals/Back Door/Backchannel With Respect to Christian Archambeau
  • 07.22.18 ‘Efficiency’ in Action: António Campinos is Sending Jobs Abroad, Then Gagging Critics
  • 07.24.18 Under António Campinos the EPO’s Appeal Boards, Including the Enlarged Board of Appeal, Still Lack Independence
  • 07.26.18 António Campinos, Four Weeks on the Job, Still in Defiance/Violation of ILO Rulings, Still Engaging in PR and Face-Saving Distraction Instead
  • 07.26.18 Links 26/7/2018: Update of DTrace on Linux and Reasons for Migrating to Linux
  • 07.31.18 SUEPO Seems to be Disappointed by António Campinos as His First Month in Office Comes to an End
  • 08.23.18 Links 23/8/2018: Mesa 18.2 RC4 Released, Bodhi Linux 5.0.0 Released
  • 09.01.18 Coming to Grips With the Fact That EPO Layoffs Are Already in Effect
  • 09.04.18 Links 4/9/2018: Wine-Staging 3.15 and NetBSD 7.2
  • 09.05.18 EPO Has “Far Too High Production Targets” Which “Deteriorates the Quality of Products Delivered”
  • 09.11.18 Fresh Rumours of Further Accelerated Layoffs at the European Patent Office (EPO)
  • 09.16.18 Links 16/9/2018: Windows Plays ‘Nice’ Again, Elisa Music Player 0.3 Beta and Latte Dock 0.8.1
  • 09.18.18 The EPO Has Quit Pretending That It Cares About Patent Quality, All It Cares About is Quantity of Lawsuits
  • 10.01.18 The European Council Fulfills Corrupt Battistelli’s Alleged Promise, Making Christian Archambeau Head of EUIPO
  • 10.02.18 Nellie Simon Expected to Join the ‘Club Med’ of Battistelli and Campinos
  • 10.04.18 Submissive, Bribed and EPO-Connected Media Organisations Help Perpetuate Corruption by Failing or Refusing to Cover It
  • 10.11.18 Friend Brings a Friend, Boss Becomes Subordinate: the EPO Under António Campinos is Starting to Look a Lot Like Team Battistelli 2.0
  • 10.13.18 EPO Insider/Märpel Says President Campinos Already Acts Like Battistelli
  • 10.23.18 Links 23/10/2018: Mesa 18.3 Planned, RISC OS Adopts Apache Licence, Mozilla Firefox 63.0 Available
  • 10.25.18 António Campinos Just a Quieter Version of Battistelli
  • 11.04.18 Links 4/11/2018: Linux 4.20 RC1, DXVK 0.91, 4MLinux 26.2, FreeBSD 12.0 Beta 3
  • 11.14.18 Allegations That António Campinos ‘Bought’ His Presidency and is Still Paying for it
  • 11.20.18 Links 19/11/2018: Linux 4.20 RC3, New Fedora ISO, GNU OrgaDoc 1.0
  • 12.05.18 The Patent Litigation Bubble is Imploding in the US While the UPC Dies in Europe
  • 01.03.19 The EPO is So Backwards That the Boss Has Just Become Subservient to the Subject of Oversight
  • 01.18.19 Links 18/1/2019: Mesa 18.3.2, Rust 1.32.0
  • 01.19.19 The UPC is Dead. But Bristows is Now Fully Engaged in Necrophilia.
  • 01.22.19 Links 22/1/2019: Kodachi 5.8, LibreOffice 6.2 Finished
  • 01.29.19 Links 29/1/2019: VirtualBox 6.0.4, New Firefox, KMyMoney 5.0.3, Flatpak 1.2
  • 02.05.19 Links 5/2/2019: Wine 4.1, Nanonote 1.1.0, openSUSE Board Elections
  • 02.09.19 Links 9/2/2019: Linux 4.4.174 and GTK+ No More (Now Just GTK)
  • 03.06.19 Power and Corruption: How European Patent Office Nepotism and Despotism Open Doors
  • 03.14.19 Links 14/3/2019: GNOME 3.32 and Mesa 19.0.0 Released
  • 03.29.19 Tall Tales From the Land of EPOnia: Indications of High-Level Club Med/EUIPO “Entryism”
  • 04.02.19 Links 2/4/2019: Fedora 30 Beta, Django 2.2 Released
  • 04.14.19 Links 14/4/2019: Blender 2.80 Release Plan and Ducktype 1.0
  • 04.17.19 Links 17/4/2019: Qt 5.12.3 Released, Ola Bini Arrested (Political Stunts)
  • 04.22.19 António Campinos Would Not Refer to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal If He Did Not Control the Outcomes
  • 04.27.19 The ‘Technical Effect’ of Attacking the Independence of Judges at the Boards of Appeal and Ignoring/Breaking the Law
  • 05.02.19 Links 2/5/2019: GNU Guix Reaches 1.0, Airship 1.0, Rook 1.0 and Oracle Linux 8 Beta
  • 05.03.19 Links 3/5/2019: Sparky 4.10, FuguIta 6.5, GCC 9.1
  • 05.14.19 Links 14/5/2019: GNU/Linux in Kerala, DXVK 1.2, KDE Frameworks 5.58.0 Released