The EPO's Race to the Bottom — Part III — “The King is Naked” (a Fake Financial Shortage and 'Missing' -- or Plundered -- Billions)

In a publication dated just under 2 years ago, EPO staff leaders speak out against António Campinos for lying to staff while robbing the staff (a robbery that started under Benoît Battistelli)

Associates and Enablers of Benoît Battistelli Are Commenting in IP Kat Today

Daniel X. Thomas can be seen in today’s comments about the EPO; we’re meant to think this is perfectly OK while the ‘Kat’ censors critics of António Campinos

EPO's Illegal Surveillance Covered Up by Buzzwords Bingo and Acronyms: Data Protection Board (DPB), Data Protection Rules (DPR), and Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Years after the surveillance scandals (blunders and actual crimes) of Benoît Battistelli it seems clear that António Campinos carries on with the same tradition of violating privacy of staff and stakeholders, who are of course being lied to (with...

The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part XXXIX: On the Slippery Slope to Capture

The story of how EPO dictator Benoît Battistelli captured the nation of Slovenia (which has not regained its independence under the reign of António Campinos)

The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part XXXVIII: Ensnared in the Tentacles of the SAZAS Octopus

In light of Slovenia’s moderate resistance to EPO dictator Benoît Battistelli (before the resistors were removed) we take a closer look at national affairs, which reveal the profound impact of ‘special interest’ lobbyists

[Meme] [Teaser] Buying Power or Securing Control (the Leadership Positions) of Europe's Largest Patent Office

Slovakian Minister of Economic Affairs Tomáš Malatinský met Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos in May 2013, only weeks ahead of the vote on the EPO‘s unlawful “Strike Regulations”

EPO Staff Representatives Cautioned Delegates About Illegal Strike Regulations (But Were Ignored by Delegates)

The EPO‘s “Strike Regulations” proposed by Benoît Battistelli were maintained, illegally, for 3 years under António Campinos; above is a letter from staff warning about these regulations around the time of their passage (only Norway bothered to...

A Year After the Last EPO Strike Another One May be Brewing

The EPO is being crushed (or turned into a rubber-stamping pipeline) by Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos; EPO staff isn’t tolerating it

Patent Quality at the EPO Has Collapsed Since Battistelli Came, According to EPO Staff

Norway highlighted strong concerns about declining patent quality at the EPO several years ago under the Benoît Battistelli administration; like Battistelli before him, António Campinos uses the propaganda mill “IAM” to say the opposite of what is...

[Meme] The Birth of EPOnia

Signing of the European Patent Convention turns 50 in less than two years (signed in Munich, Germany); the EPO has since then been ruined, gradually, and utterly destroyed by Benoît Battistelli and his close mate, António Campinos, for personal gain

Only Norway Followed the Advice of EPO Workers and Consulted Relevant Ministries About Unlawful EPO Policies

Credit is due; as far as is known, Norway’s delegation was the only delegation that actually bothered to check if Benoît Battistelli‘s proposal regarding EPO strikes was in fact lawful (it’s not lawful)

[Meme] [Teaser] Can't Say “No” to Munich's Battistelli

Jérôme Debrulle, an instrumental liar in Team UPC, was unable or unwilling to resist his master, Benoît Battistelli, who allegedly wanted to be “king” of UPC (a project designed to economically destory Europe for the benefit of law firms which had...

The Letter EPO Management Does Not Want Applicants to See (or Respond to)

A letter from the Munich Staff Committee at the EPO highlights the worrying extent of neglect of patent quality under Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos; the management of the EPO did not even bother replying to that letter (instead it was...

António Campinos as EPO President is Considered Worse Than Benoît Battistelli (in Some Regards) After 3.5 Years in Europe's Second-Largest Institution

The EPO's demise at the hands of people who don't understand patents and don't care what the EPO exists for is a real crisis which European media is unwilling to even speak about; today we share some internal publications and comment on them

San Marino: From “Libertas” to a Battistelli and Kongstad Chinchilla

San Marino has moved on from one diarchy (Roman Emperor and the Pope) to another diarchy (Benoît Battistelli and Jesper Kongstad) and now it’s yet another diarchy (António Campinos and Stalin as EPO rubber-stamper), partly because of a former EPO...

[Meme] Sun King Against the Law

For nearly a decade the EPO had unlawful regulations in force, first under Benoît Battistelli and then his double, António Campinos, another French autocrat who does not understand the actual purpose of patents

[Meme] Bilateral Battistelli

When two parties agree on something detrimental to many other parties it is sometimes known as a collusion or a conspiracy; ask EPO presidents Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos what they’re really looking to accomplish with their Memoranda...

The EPO Never Left 'King' Battistelli Behind It

Even this year, or as recently as months ago, the EPO made it evident that it honours Benoît Battistelli, who left his French buddy António Campinos in charge of the EPO, perpetuating all the same corruption while adding more to it

[Meme] The EPO's 'Habibi'

As noted this morning, Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos enjoy the support (for unlawful EPO proposals) from TürkPatent’s Habip Asan

[Meme] Not in Our Name...

The UPC fanatics who waged a coup against the EPO (installing politicians like Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos instead of scientists and law/legal experts) are tying to further expand the scope of patents — beyond what is allowable by the...