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Corrupting Democracy? Growing Frequency of Rumours That the EPO’s President...
The best vote/ballot money can buy or just an incredible coincidence? Summary: Several sources suggest that rather than appease the Administrative Council by taking corrective action Battistelli and...
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Rumour: Battistelli Wants to Extend the Term of Topić’s EPO Appointment in...
Maintaining the occupation of the Office in the face of the Administrative Council, which has not been infiltrated to the same degree (some say that it happens there too) Summary: The EPO’s...
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[ES] Rumor: Battistelli Quiere Extender el Periódo de Topic en la EPO a Pesar...
English/Original Article as ODF Publicado en Europa, Patentes, Rumour at 6:32 am por el Dr. Roy Schestowitz Manterse ocupado en laOficina frente al Consejo Administrativo, el cual no ha sido infiltrado...
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Rumours That EPO President Battistelli Got Sacked to be Replaced by Christoph...
Summary: Dr. Christoph Ernst is claimed to be the successor (interim or permanent) of the notorious Battistelli, but these claims have little or no evidence to support them THE EPO‘s President should...
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Whistleblower Protection Desperately Needed at the European Patent Office
Benoît Battistelli has a lot to fear if people actually get such protections Whistleblower ist weder Datendieb noch Erpresser Summary: EPO scandals are not publicly accessible or known to many people...
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Haar Mentioned as Likely Site of Appeal Boards as Their Eradication or...
Wouldn’t that be metaphorical given Battistelli's plan (all along) for the boards and mistreatment of ill staff? Reference: The Killing of Psychiatric Patients in Nazi-Germany between 1939 – 1945 [PDF]...
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Rumours About Secret EPO Salary of Benoît Battistelli
No transparency, no accountability (more greed and lawlessness) Summary: Rumours about the amount of money Benoît Battistelli gets paid to ruin the European Patent Office (EPO), which has become more...
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EPO’s Vice-President Willy Minnoye Was Rumoured to be Leaving
Summary: Willy/Guillaume Minnoye (VP1) was at one point rumoured to be on his way out, so maybe that is still the case THE EPO is probably Europe’s most notorious institution these days (worse than...
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Rumours About Likely Salary of (or Compensation to) Jesper Kongstad of the...
Summary: Successor of Benoît Battistelli at the Administrative Council, Jesper Kongstad, is rumoured to be hiding something from tax authorities, but lack of transparency in “Eponia” prevents actual...
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Rumour: The European Patent Office Intends to Sack Staff Representatives at...
Being above the law, even at The Hague, helps the autocracy of Battistelli and his praetorian guard Summary: The unaccountable, unregulated Patent Office continues its union-busting activities and is...
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Rumour: EPO in Berlin the Next Casualty of Battistelli’s ‘Reform’...
Early Certainty from ILO (serving Battistelli the news) Summary: Months after we learned that a former staff representative in Berlin had been dismissed we come across an anonymous claim that Berlin’s...
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Rumour: Carl Josefsson to Head EPO Boards of Appeal, Battistelli Unhappy
Photo credit: Bird & Bird, 2015 Summary: Early information (or at least rumour) begins to trickle in as day one of the meeting of the Administrative Council of the EPO reaches its end NOT much is...
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The EPO Under Benoît Battistelli Makes the Mafia Look Like Rookies
And Battistelli hypocritically compares the staff union to "Mafia" Summary: Pretending there is a violent, physical threat that is imminent, Paranoid in Chief Benoît Battistelli is alleged to have...
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No End to Battistelli’s Witch-hunts Against the Media, Against Staff, and...
When a dirty politician is put in charge of the EPO… Image source Summary: Rumours about the fate of people who are (or have been) criticising Battistelli’s reign of terror at the EPO THE ‘king’ of...
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Brexit/Trump Effect: Patent Systems With Institutional Corruption and Nepotism
Jo Johnson rumoured to be the next IP minister Summary: Rumours about Britain’s head of patents (and copyrights etc.) being the brother of the Brexit campaigner and Foreign Minister; meanwhile, on the...
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Rumours Suggest That EPO Management is Aware of Decline in Patent Quality and...
Pressure to grant rather than properly examine dooms the core function of the Office Summary: Whenever Battistelli brags about patent quality he may be consciously and deliberately lying through his...
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Still Waiting for Official Confirmation That Michelle Lee Will Head the...
Summary: As of today, there is still no official word on whether or not Lee continues her tenure, which saw the demise of patents on software and along with that the demise of patent trolls and...
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National Law Journal Believes That Gorsuch as Supreme Court Justice Would be...
Reference: Neil Gorsuch Summary: Whispering campaign surrounds Neil Gorsuch’s alleged or perceived views on patents, and in particular the America Invents Act (AIA) which brought the Patent Trial and...
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Latest French Hire of Battistelli Rumoured to be After EPO Workers’ Pensions
Another old ‘neighbour’ of Battistelli Summary: The EPO’s new “compensations and benefits” chief, Gurvan Le Guern, is rumoured to be bad news to all EPO workers (except top-level management, i.e. Team...
View ArticleSpeculations About Battistelli’s End of Term, Campinos at EUIPO, and Failed...
Summary: Rumours and speculations surrounding the fate of the EPO’s leadership now that the UPC gravy train is stuck again and Battistelli’s protector, Jesper Kongstad, is about to leave IN OUR...
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