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IP Kat (or its Google/Blogspot blog, IPKitten) did some spectacular work exposing abuses at the EPO under the pseudonym "Merpel". After heavy-handed intervention by the EPO, however, IP Kat put an end to this and there were notable changes at the top with significant departures (around 2017).
=> EPO
06.07.16 Streisand Effect Award Won by EPO: It Has Just Blocked IP Kat Blog (Updatedx7)
=> Streisand Effect Award Won by EPO: It Has Just Blocked IP Kat Blog (Updatedx7)
06.21.16 EPO Self-Censorship by IP Kat or Just Censorship of Opinions That IP Kat Does Not Share/Accept (Updated)
07.03.16 Post-Jeremy IP Kat Deems It OK to Publish Anonymous Comment Comparing Techrights to “Daesh” While Censoring Polite Response to That
09.29.16 IP Kat is Lobbying Heavily for the UPC, Courtesy of Team UPC
=> IP Kat is Lobbying Heavily for the UPC, Courtesy of Team UPC
10.09.16 Has IP Kat’s Unofficial (Self-)Censorship Policy Expanded From Protecting the EPO’s Image to Protecting the UPC?
03.10.17 ‘Lobbyists’ Annsley Merelle Ward and Alan Johnson (Bristows) Return to Using IP Kat to Spread Fake News About Unitary Patent (UPC)
03.21.17 “Then They Came For Me—And There Was No One Left To Speak For Me.”
=> “Then They Came For Me—And There Was No One Left To Speak For Me.”
04.02.17 Team UPC ‘Took Over’ IP Kat, Readers Don’t Believe What It Says
=> Team UPC ‘Took Over’ IP Kat, Readers Don’t Believe What It Says
04.05.17 IP Kat is Helping Battistelli by Lobbying for the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Spreading Falsehoods
=> IP Kat is Helping Battistelli by Lobbying for the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Spreading Falsehoods
04.20.17 Bristows-Run IP Kat Continues to Spread Lies to Promote the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Advance the EPO Management’s Agenda
06.13.17 In Spite of Censorship by IP Kat, Issues Associated With UPC Had Become Apparent, Even Before Germany Halted Ratification
06.13.17 A Massive Proponent of UPC, CIPA, Enters IP Kat, as Readers Call Out Stacked UPC ‘Panels’
=> A Massive Proponent of UPC, CIPA, Enters IP Kat, as Readers Call Out Stacked UPC ‘Panels’
07.26.17 The ‘New’ IP Kat on Patents: A Front Group for Team UPC (Bristows) and CIPA (British Patent Microcosm)
08.30.17 IP Kat Missing in Action as Unitary Patent (UPC) Rots
=> IP Kat Missing in Action as Unitary Patent (UPC) Rots
09.07.17 Personal Attacks, Censorship of Comments and More Nefarious Tricks Expected in the Wake of UPC Panic
=> Personal Attacks, Censorship of Comments and More Nefarious Tricks Expected in the Wake of UPC Panic
10.24.17 The Last Comment in IP Kat (Before Censorship) Was About Patent Quality at the EPO
=> The Last Comment in IP Kat (Before Censorship) Was About Patent Quality at the EPO
10.25.17 IP Kat Admits It Was Its Own Choice to Censor (Delete) Many Comments About the European Patent Office
11.04.17 IP Kat Peddles Patent Trolls and Software Patents Agenda
=> IP Kat Peddles Patent Trolls and Software Patents Agenda
04.29.18 Team UPC and Team Battistelli in IP Kat and IAM
=> Team UPC and Team Battistelli in IP Kat and IAM
05.31.18 IP Kat is Still Acting as a Propaganda Front for UPC (and EU Software Patents) Lobbying by US-Based Front Groups
06.05.18 IP Kat as an Extension of Team UPC After Departure of the Blog’s Founder
=> IP Kat as an Extension of Team UPC After Departure of the Blog’s Founder
10.18.18 IAM and IP Kat Are Still Megaphones of Battistelli and His Agenda
=> IAM and IP Kat Are Still Megaphones of Battistelli and His Agenda
01.12.19 IP Kat Has Turned From EPO Critic (to the Point of Being Blocked by the EPO) to EPO Whitewasher That Gags EPO Whistleblowers
12.21.08 The OOXML Patent Kat is Out of the Bag
=> The OOXML Patent Kat is Out of the Bag
11.06.15 IP Kat Bemoans Crushing of the EPO’s Boards by an Increasingly Paranoid EPO Management
=> IP Kat Bemoans Crushing of the EPO’s Boards by an Increasingly Paranoid EPO Management
10.11.16 “Very Mysterious Things Going on at the IPKat Recently”
=> “Very Mysterious Things Going on at the IPKat Recently”
11.19.16 European Media, Dutch Parliament and Spectacularly Enough Even IP Kat (Yes, It’s Back!) Subject the EPO to Serious Scrutiny
12.06.16 Heiko Maas, the SPD “Cash for Access” Affair, and Suspicions of Unwarranted Censorship at IP Kat (Again)
03.10.17 After EPO Sanctions Against IP Kat (Censorship of More Than 10,000 Articles) Even Merpel Throws in the Towel
03.26.17 With IP Kat Coverage of EPO Scandals Coming to an End (Officially), Techrights and The Register Remain to Cover New Developments
03.26.17 Thanks to Merpel, the World Knows EPO Scandals a Lot Better, But It’s a Shame That IP Kat Helped UPC
=> Thanks to Merpel, the World Knows EPO Scandals a Lot Better, But It’s a Shame That IP Kat Helped UPC
04.07.17 IP Kat or IP Troll? IP2Innovate Warns That UPC Would Help Patent Trolls While IP Kat Promotes UPC
=> IP Kat or IP Troll? IP2Innovate Warns That UPC Would Help Patent Trolls While IP Kat Promotes UPC
04.22.17 The European Patent Office Has Just Killed a Cat (or Skinned a ‘Kat’)
=> The European Patent Office Has Just Killed a Cat (or Skinned a ‘Kat’)
04.25.17 Astoundingly, IP Kat Has Become a Leading Source of UPC and Battistelli Propaganda
=> Astoundingly, IP Kat Has Become a Leading Source of UPC and Battistelli Propaganda
06.11.17 Bristows/IP Kat Still Promoting UPC and Patent Trolls, Also Accused of Deleting Comments and “Brown-nosing” Judges to Help Patent Trolls
06.30.17 Former ‘Kats’ Debunk IP Kat (Bristows) on Unitary Patent, Insisting It May Even be Dead
=> Former ‘Kats’ Debunk IP Kat (Bristows) on Unitary Patent, Insisting It May Even be Dead
10.16.17 Monika Ermert’s Reports About the Crisis at the EPO and IP Kat’s Uncharacteristically Shallow Coverage
10.23.17 IP Kat Participates in Deletion of Information About EPO Scandals
=> IP Kat Participates in Deletion of Information About EPO Scandals
11.30.17 Ignore Today’s Fake News From IP Kat/Bristows, the UK is Not Ratifying the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Ignore Today’s Fake News From IP Kat/Bristows, the UK is Not Ratifying the Unitary Patent (UPC)
12.16.17 Bristows LLP/IP Kat Carrying on With Dead UPC Jingoism
=> Bristows LLP/IP Kat Carrying on With Dead UPC Jingoism
01.26.18 The ‘Collusion’: IP Kat’s (Until Recently) Stephen Jones Meets Battistelli to Lobby for the Unitary Patent (UPC)
04.28.18 In Protest of IP Kat No Longer Covering EPO Abuses, Märpel Rises in “R.I.P. Kat”
=> In Protest of IP Kat No Longer Covering EPO Abuses, Märpel Rises in “R.I.P. Kat”
05.03.18 Bristows LLP Already Uses Kluwer Patent Blog and IP Kat as Its UPC Megaphone, Now IAM as Well
=> Bristows LLP Already Uses Kluwer Patent Blog and IP Kat as Its UPC Megaphone, Now IAM as Well
10.24.18 Pretty Revealing That EPO Management Promotes Software Patents and IP Kat Promotes Patent Trolls
=> Pretty Revealing That EPO Management Promotes Software Patents and IP Kat Promotes Patent Trolls
01.07.08 Patents Roundup: Illustrating the Serious Issue Using Examples
=> Patents Roundup: Illustrating the Serious Issue Using Examples
02.05.08 Microsoft and a Puppet Regime Act Upon Copyrights, Deception Involved; Update on Software Patents and Europe
03.10.08 Would You Trust a Microsoft Lobbying Arm When It Comes to Eliminating Software Patents?
=> Would You Trust a Microsoft Lobbying Arm When It Comes to Eliminating Software Patents?
03.19.08 Microsoft’s Possible Role in Legalising Software Patents in England
=> Microsoft’s Possible Role in Legalising Software Patents in England
10.30.08 Failing SCO, Microsoft Eyes EU and Software Patents
=> Failing SCO, Microsoft Eyes EU and Software Patents
11.03.08 What the Bilski Ruling Might Mean to Software Patents, Microsoft
=> What the Bilski Ruling Might Mean to Software Patents, Microsoft
11.09.08 European Patent Office: From Riot to Order?
=> European Patent Office: From Riot to Order?
12.13.08 Patents Roundup: Pools, Apple, Google and Obama Appointment
=> Patents Roundup: Pools, Apple, Google and Obama Appointment
02.04.09 Patents Roundup: Linux, Microsoft, Apple, Patent Trolls and Reform
=> Patents Roundup: Linux, Microsoft, Apple, Patent Trolls and Reform
05.02.09 General Electric Joins Microsoft’s Fight Against Free Software
=> General Electric Joins Microsoft’s Fight Against Free Software
05.25.09 Is the United Kingdom Immune to Software Patents? Continental Europe is… for Now… Sort of…
=> Is the United Kingdom Immune to Software Patents? Continental Europe is… for Now… Sort of…
06.27.09 Patents Roundup: Novell Still Applying for Software Patents (and Other Patent News)
=> Patents Roundup: Novell Still Applying for Software Patents (and Other Patent News)
06.29.09 Patents Roundup: OIN Addresses Patent Trolls Issue, Public Patent Foundation Video, and More
=> Patents Roundup: OIN Addresses Patent Trolls Issue, Public Patent Foundation Video, and More
09.24.09 Patents Roundup: Microsoft Patents Customer-hostile DRM, Refuses to Obey Patent Law; Apple and eBay Sued; Patent Troll Tracker Set Free
11.23.09 Patents Roundup: Bilski, USPTO and Justice for the Rich Only; ‘Community’ Patent and ‘Harmonisation’ in Europe
03.11.10 Patents Roundup: Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Monsanto, Pfizer, and ACTA
=> Patents Roundup: Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Monsanto, Pfizer, and ACTA
04.07.10 Patents Roundup: USPTO Changes, New Zealand’s Law Ambiguity, Facebook and Apple Sued
=> Patents Roundup: USPTO Changes, New Zealand’s Law Ambiguity, Facebook and Apple Sued
04.12.10 Patents Roundup: New Conferences, Oink of the Patent Lawyers in New Zealand, and TurboHercules’ Secret Home in 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4200 Seattle, WA 98104
04.14.10 Patents Roundup: IBM, TurboHercules, Microsoft, New Zealand, Palm, and CompTIA
=> Patents Roundup: IBM, TurboHercules, Microsoft, New Zealand, Palm, and CompTIA
11.16.10 Microsoft is Speaking ‘for’ Small EU-based Businesses to Promote Software Patents
=> Microsoft is Speaking ‘for’ Small EU-based Businesses to Promote Software Patents
11.17.10 Microsoft Está Hablando “Por”las Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (PYMES) En la UE para Promover las Patentes de Software
01.19.11 Patents Roundup: Software Patent Opinions in the UK
=> Patents Roundup: Software Patent Opinions in the UK
05.24.11 Software Patents Spread Like a Plague Owing to US-based Multinationals
=> Software Patents Spread Like a Plague Owing to US-based Multinationals
06.23.11 The Linux Foundation Needs a Rethink About Software Patents Stance (Currently Represents Multinationals, Not GNU/Linux Users/Developers)
06.24.11 ES: La Fundación Linux Necesita Replantear su Postura Sobre las Patentes de software(actualmente representa a las multinacionales no a GNU/Linux y los usuarios/desarrolladores)
09.24.11 With Failure to Reform USPTO, Grim Future for Patent Systems Worldwide
=> With Failure to Reform USPTO, Grim Future for Patent Systems Worldwide
10.06.11 Patents Roundup: Europe Under Pressure, Microsoft Moles in the Press, and More Patent Trolls
=> Patents Roundup: Europe Under Pressure, Microsoft Moles in the Press, and More Patent Trolls
10.27.11 Patents Roundup: Microsoft Patents PR, Red Hat/Groklaw’s Response, and Apple’s Slide to Unlock Thermonuclear War
11.03.11 Patents Roundup: Software Patents, Patent Trolls, Reexaminations, and Apple
=> Patents Roundup: Software Patents, Patent Trolls, Reexaminations, and Apple
11.11.11 Patent Lawyers Compare Patent Monopolies to Children
=> Patent Lawyers Compare Patent Monopolies to Children
11.28.11 Lehne and the Polish Presidency Continue to March for Software Patents in Europe
=> Lehne and the Polish Presidency Continue to March for Software Patents in Europe
03.31.13 With Unitary Patent Scheme, EPO Pushes Hard for Software Patenting (More Leech Income)
=> With Unitary Patent Scheme, EPO Pushes Hard for Software Patenting (More Leech Income)
04.18.13 Pressuring for US Style European Patent System and Anti-Android Policies, Courtesy of Bill Gates and His Goons
10.14.14 The EPO’s Protection Triangle of Battistelli, Kongstad, and Topić: Part VI
=> The EPO’s Protection Triangle of Battistelli, Kongstad, and Topić: Part VI
11.06.14 EPO and UPC in Europe Now the Hope of Patent Maximalists, China Too is Assimilating
=> EPO and UPC in Europe Now the Hope of Patent Maximalists, China Too is Assimilating
12.06.14 EPO Imploding: Battistelli Throws a Fit at EPO’s Investigation Unit
=> EPO Imploding: Battistelli Throws a Fit at EPO’s Investigation Unit
12.09.14 Protests Against EPO Corruption Approach 1,000 in Attendance
=> Protests Against EPO Corruption Approach 1,000 in Attendance
12.09.14 Exclusive: The Enlarged Board of Appeal Complains About Battistelli’s Corrupt Management to the Administrative Council (Updated)
12.11.14 Rolling of Heads Likely Imminent at EPO
=> Rolling of Heads Likely Imminent at EPO
12.12.14 Dreaming of a Just Christmas: When a Third of EPO Walks Out to Revolt and European Judges Attack the EPO Over Abuses
12.13.14 News From France and Germany: Battistelli Under Fire, But Not Fired Yet, Just Firing His Opposition
=> News From France and Germany: Battistelli Under Fire, But Not Fired Yet, Just Firing His Opposition
12.28.14 EPO Corruption: Battistelli Augments His ‘Loyals’ Circle With Frederic Angermann and Charm Offensive in Patent Lawyers’ Sites
01.07.15 Intellectual Property Judges’ Association (IPJA) Speaks Out Against EPO Tyrant Battistelli
=> Intellectual Property Judges’ Association (IPJA) Speaks Out Against EPO Tyrant Battistelli
01.11.15 The EPO Connection Now a Liability as Administrative Council Has Become a Laughing Stock, Jesper Kongstad to be Targeted by EPO Staff Protests
02.01.15 The EPO’s Paid Propaganda Campaign in the Media
=> The EPO’s Paid Propaganda Campaign in the Media
02.07.15 The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) is Again Protesting Against EPO as More Crackdowns by EPO Management Reveal Depth of Abuse
02.08.15 The EPO’s Vice-President Željko Topić and the Case of Ivan Kabalin: Part XIII
=> The EPO’s Vice-President Željko Topić and the Case of Ivan Kabalin: Part XIII
02.11.15 Cyberattacks on SUEPO Server Raise More Questions
=> Cyberattacks on SUEPO Server Raise More Questions
02.17.15 Benoît Battistelli Has Made Oversight of European Patent Office Absolutely Impossible
=> Benoît Battistelli Has Made Oversight of European Patent Office Absolutely Impossible
02.19.15 EPO Staff Protests Against Benoît Battistelli’s Lowering of Patents Quality (Scope Expansion and Software Patents for Profit)
02.19.15 Techrights Under Attack Again, Shortly After Important EPO Articles
=> Techrights Under Attack Again, Shortly After Important EPO Articles
03.16.15 EPO Management Still in a Freefall, Tries to Warp/Divert the Debate Away From Its Abuses
=> EPO Management Still in a Freefall, Tries to Warp/Divert the Debate Away From Its Abuses
03.23.15 Politics of Blackmail at the EPO
=> Politics of Blackmail at the EPO
03.23.15 The Royal Norwegian Department of Labour on the Right of European Patent Office (EPO) Workers to Strike
03.23.15 Benoît Battistelli’s EPO Comes Under Attack From the British
=> Benoît Battistelli’s EPO Comes Under Attack From the British
03.25.15 The EPO’s Administrative Council is Under Increased Pressure to Rein in and to Finally Stop Benoît Battistelli
03.26.15 The EPO’s Dutch Scandal Leaves Battistelli and His Cronies on the Run
=> The EPO’s Dutch Scandal Leaves Battistelli and His Cronies on the Run
04.01.15 When Battistelli’s Defender, Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten, Attacked Europeans’ Right to Demonstrate
04.08.15 The EPO is Becoming More Like the USPTO Under Benoît Battistelli’s Greed-Driven Reign
=> The EPO is Becoming More Like the USPTO Under Benoît Battistelli’s Greed-Driven Reign
04.18.15 More Translations of French Article About the EPO
=> More Translations of French Article About the EPO
04.21.15 9 Millionth US Patent Tells a Story of Failure and USPTO Misconduct
=> 9 Millionth US Patent Tells a Story of Failure and USPTO Misconduct
05.03.15 PATENT Act a ‘Reform’ for Big Corporations, Hence Does Not Address the Core Issues, Including Patent Scope and Massive Patent Aggressors
05.18.15 The EPO’s Fight to Bring Software Patents Into Europe is One Step Closer to a ‘Victory’ (for Multinationals)
05.25.15 Süddeutsche Zeitung Says Talking Helps While EPO Management Back-stabs Other Side of the Table
=> Süddeutsche Zeitung Says Talking Helps While EPO Management Back-stabs Other Side of the Table
05.26.15 Patent Scope at the EPO is Totally Out of Control, UPC Will Make Things Worse
=> Patent Scope at the EPO is Totally Out of Control, UPC Will Make Things Worse
05.30.15 The EPO Still Wastes Public Money on Publicity Stunts and ‘Reputation Management’ Campaigns
=> The EPO Still Wastes Public Money on Publicity Stunts and ‘Reputation Management’ Campaigns
05.31.15 Supreme Failure: With SCOTUS Approval of Patent Trolls and a Push by Justice Department to Reinforce Copyright on APIs (at SCOTUS Level) the Future Looks Gloomy
06.01.15 EPO Reluctantly (and Privately) Confirms Giving Public Money for Military-connected ‘Control Risks’ to Spy on Journalists and Their Sources While Techrights is Under Fresh DDOS Attacks
06.03.15 EPO Corruption Compared to FIFA Corruption While ‘Control Risks’ Helps EPO Hide/Suppress Evidence of Corruption; Calls on German Authorities to Crack Down on Both
06.04.15 The EPO Sinks Deeper in a Scandal After Paying Public Money for Military-Connected Control Risks to Stalk Journalists and Staff
06.06.15 EPO and Administrative Council Stall Criticism by Pretending to Negotiate With Staff Whilst Actually Attacking It
06.07.15 The High Cost of Low Patent Bar at the EPO
=> The High Cost of Low Patent Bar at the EPO
06.08.15 The European Patent Office Has Become Militarised
=> The European Patent Office Has Become Militarised
06.09.15 EPO May be Creating Its Own Lawless NSA (or GCHQ) With Control Risks Group Deal
=> EPO May be Creating Its Own Lawless NSA (or GCHQ) With Control Risks Group Deal
06.09.15 Full Translation of Süddeutsche Zeitung Article About Blackhat Tactics (Keyloggers) in EPO (Updated)
=> Full Translation of Süddeutsche Zeitung Article About Blackhat Tactics (Keyloggers) in EPO (Updated)
06.09.15 When the European Patent Office Lost in Court and Refused to Obey the Law: An Analysis
=> When the European Patent Office Lost in Court and Refused to Obey the Law: An Analysis
06.10.15 EPO Comes Under Fire From the Bavarian Data Protection Supervisor After the Spying Scandal
=> EPO Comes Under Fire From the Bavarian Data Protection Supervisor After the Spying Scandal
06.17.15 More Political Interventions in EPO Abuse Cases
=> More Political Interventions in EPO Abuse Cases
06.18.15 French Newspaper Les Echos Censors Criticism of Benoît Battistelli and the EPO (Updated)
=> French Newspaper Les Echos Censors Criticism of Benoît Battistelli and the EPO (Updated)
06.24.15 EPO Protest in Munich and Growing Unpopularity of EPO Management, Media Manipulation by the Management
06.25.15 An Estimated 1,000 EPO Staff in Munich Demonstrated Against EPO Management Yesterday Afternoon
=> An Estimated 1,000 EPO Staff in Munich Demonstrated Against EPO Management Yesterday Afternoon
06.26.15 The Council of Europe Slams the EPO as Political Pressure Grows for EPO Management to Obey the Law
=> The Council of Europe Slams the EPO as Political Pressure Grows for EPO Management to Obey the Law
06.28.15 After Intervention by the Council of Europe Comes a Detailed Summary of the Situation in the European Patent Office (EPO)
07.02.15 Patent Lawyers and Corporate Media Nervous About New Patents Barrier/Reality (Less Patents on Software and Business Methods)
07.11.15 European Censorship: Tyrants of the EPO Blacklist Techrights, Web Site Not Accessible Office-Wide
=> European Censorship: Tyrants of the EPO Blacklist Techrights, Web Site Not Accessible Office-Wide
08.05.15 EPO Measures Productivity Using the Wrong Yardstick in Order to Sell Its Racket to the Public
=> EPO Measures Productivity Using the Wrong Yardstick in Order to Sell Its Racket to the Public
08.06.15 The Rise of Patents as Just a Marketing Tool
=> The Rise of Patents as Just a Marketing Tool
08.11.15 Patents Roundup: EPO, Alicestorm, Facebook, ‘Trade’ Agreements, and Google Publicity Stunts
=> Patents Roundup: EPO, Alicestorm, Facebook, ‘Trade’ Agreements, and Google Publicity Stunts
08.13.15 Geographical Scope of Broadening Scope of Patents is Expanding With 1%-Centric ‘Globalisation’ and ‘Trade’ Deals
08.17.15 Patents Roundup: Patent Reform, Google’s ‘Startups’ Ploy, JDate, Fitbit, Cisco, and UPC in the UK
=> Patents Roundup: Patent Reform, Google’s ‘Startups’ Ploy, JDate, Fitbit, Cisco, and UPC in the UK
08.21.15 EPO Corruption of Patent Boundaries: Business Methods and Algorithms Patented
=> EPO Corruption of Patent Boundaries: Business Methods and Algorithms Patented
09.01.15 Patents Roundup: IAM’s Claims About India, Lawyers’ Patent Bias, ITC for Microsoft, and PTAB Against Kyle Bass
09.02.15 Software Patent From Troll Called ‘Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations’ a Symptom of a Rotten Patent System
09.04.15 Patents Roundup: Apple Versus Android/Linux, Leigh Rothschild Versus Everyone, Patent Lawyers Versus Patent Reform and Progressivism
09.12.15 EPO Staff Suicides Estimated to Have Grown Tenfold Under Current Regime — Claim
=> EPO Staff Suicides Estimated to Have Grown Tenfold Under Current Regime — Claim
09.23.15 EPO President Benoît Battistelli Compared to Famous Criminals on European Television
=> EPO President Benoît Battistelli Compared to Famous Criminals on European Television
09.24.15 EPO Managers, Patent Lawyers, Commissioners and Other Non-Technical Personnel Tackle Democracy, Alter Laws in Bulk and in Secret
10.02.15 Microsoft’s Secret Special Relationship With EPO Illustrates Serious Corruption at Microsoft and the EPO
10.05.15 New Information on Limbo in the Enlarged Board, Courtesy of Illegal Actions by the EPO’s Benoît Battistelli
10.05.15 Dr. Ingve Björn Stjerna Explains Why the UPC (“Unitary Patent“ System) is an Undemocratic Sham Whilst UPC Silently Advanced by Patent Lawyers and Politicians
10.06.15 Commenters Provide Possible Explanations for Mr Van der Eijk Being on Unlimited Sick Leave
=> Commenters Provide Possible Explanations for Mr Van der Eijk Being on Unlimited Sick Leave
10.06.15 Željko Topić Attacks EPO Staff for ‘Daring’ to Legally Challenge the EPO’s Management Over Its Gross Abuses in Europe
10.08.15 The Coup D’état of Benoît Battistelli Follows an Imperialist Model, Threatens Opposition and Dissent
=> The Coup D’état of Benoît Battistelli Follows an Imperialist Model, Threatens Opposition and Dissent
10.09.15 Benoît Battistelli’s Office Accused of Institutional Harassment Against EPO Staff in New Letter to the Administrative Council, Calling for External Investigation
10.12.15 Benoît Battistelli’s Group of ‘Loyals’ Crushes Not Only the Independent Boards But Also ‘Unwanted’ Directorates-General
10.13.15 Confirmed: Benoît Battistelli is Crushing the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA)
=> Confirmed: Benoît Battistelli is Crushing the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA)
10.13.15 Patent Trolls Roundup: MPHJ, Kyle Bass, Acacia, Intellectual Ventures, Unwired Planet, Core Wireless, Vringo, and Unified Patents
10.13.15 Staff of the EPO Under Siege Ahead of Tomorrow’s Demonstration in Munich
=> Staff of the EPO Under Siege Ahead of Tomorrow’s Demonstration in Munich
10.14.15 EPO Says Crushing Patent Neutrality is a Good Thing® Because Authenticity of Self-Incriminating EPO Document Cannot be Denied
10.16.15 The ‘Sherlocks’ of EPO/Spin-Doctoring Pretend That All of the EPO’s Problems Boil Down to One Disgruntled Person (Updated)
10.25.15 EPO Slammed for Granting Patents on Life
=> EPO Slammed for Granting Patents on Life
10.27.15 European Patent Organisation: Hallmark of a Corrupted (by Corporations) Entity
=> European Patent Organisation: Hallmark of a Corrupted (by Corporations) Entity
11.03.15 The Benoît Battistelli Way or the Highway: EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal is Being Discredited, SUEPO Web Site is Down Again
11.03.15 More European Politicians Take on the EPO for Ignoring the Rule of Law
=> More European Politicians Take on the EPO for Ignoring the Rule of Law
11.06.15 The EPO’s Investigative Unit Exposed: Part IV
=> The EPO’s Investigative Unit Exposed: Part IV
11.10.15 New Reports Highlight Need to Crack Down on the European Patent Office and Microsoft
=> New Reports Highlight Need to Crack Down on the European Patent Office and Microsoft
11.16.15 The EPO is Criticised Again for Serving the Monsanto (and Syngenta) Agenda
=> The EPO is Criticised Again for Serving the Monsanto (and Syngenta) Agenda
11.18.15 EPO: It’s Like a Family Business – Part II
=> EPO: It’s Like a Family Business – Part II
11.18.15 Meltdown at the EPO, Massive Staff Protests This Afternoon
=> Meltdown at the EPO, Massive Staff Protests This Afternoon
11.20.15 Gross Aggression by EPO Management Shows the Urgent Need to Remove Immunity From EPO
=> Gross Aggression by EPO Management Shows the Urgent Need to Remove Immunity From EPO
11.20.15 In an Effort to Counter EPO Staff Narrative (After ~2,000 of Staff Protest) EPO Management Portrays Staff as Violent But Provides No Evidence
11.21.15 German Media Reveals That Out-of-Control EPO Management is Even Threatening and Abusing Lawyers Now
=> German Media Reveals That Out-of-Control EPO Management is Even Threatening and Abusing Lawyers Now
11.21.15 Translation of Thomas Magenheim-Hörmann’s Article in the German Media, Urging European Politicians to Intervene in EPO Chaos and Lawlessness
11.21.15 It Pays (Off) to ‘Bribe’ the Media: Watch How Les Échos Covers EPO Matters and Self-Censors
=> It Pays (Off) to ‘Bribe’ the Media: Watch How Les Échos Covers EPO Matters and Self-Censors
11.22.15 Rumour About Efforts to Dismiss a Board Judge by Intimidating Boards of Appeal
=> Rumour About Efforts to Dismiss a Board Judge by Intimidating Boards of Appeal
11.23.15 The Bogus Narrative Floated by EPO Management: Our Judges and Examiners Are Armed and Violent
=> The Bogus Narrative Floated by EPO Management: Our Judges and Examiners Are Armed and Violent
11.23.15 EPO President Battistelli Now Intimidates Even National Delegations
=> EPO President Battistelli Now Intimidates Even National Delegations
11.24.15 New Heise Article Makes It Clear That ‘Nazi’-Themed Accusations Against the Suspended Board Judge Were Insufficiently Substantiated
11.24.15 United They Stand: FFPE-EPO Supports Suspended Staff Representatives From SUEPO
=> United They Stand: FFPE-EPO Supports Suspended Staff Representatives From SUEPO
11.25.15 Even the EPO Central Staff Committee is Unhappy With EPO Management
=> Even the EPO Central Staff Committee is Unhappy With EPO Management
11.27.15 The European Private Office: What Was Once a Public Service is Now Crony Capitalism With Private Contractors
11.27.15 Blogger Who Wrote About the EPO’s Abuses Retires
=> Blogger Who Wrote About the EPO’s Abuses Retires
11.30.15 Željko Topić Tries to Do to EPO Staff What He Did in Croatia, Now Crushes Staff Assembly in The Hague
12.01.15 The Spanish EPO Scandal – Part II
=> The Spanish EPO Scandal – Part II
12.01.15 EPO Staff Representatives Highlight to Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ How Battistelli Deceived Him
=> EPO Staff Representatives Highlight to Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ How Battistelli Deceived Him
12.04.15 Amid EPO Exodus/Brain Drain, Two Options: ‘Gestapo’ Staff and Assistant to Battistelli Have Quit or Battistelli’s Praetorian Guard is Expanding
12.04.15 EurActiv’s Puff Piece for EPO (Amid High-Budget Media Blitz) Reveals Just How Clueless and Tactless the EPO’s President Really is
12.05.15 EPO All-Time Low: Memorandum From the Praesidium (of the Boards of Appeal) Complains to the Administrative Council About Latest Questionable Moves
12.05.15 European Private Office (EPO) Increasingly the Subject of Media Scrutiny Despite Huge Spendings on Reputation Laundering
12.06.15 More Than 2,000 People, Including Directors, Said to Have Protested in Munich (About HALF of All EPO Staff Including The Hague Protest)
12.06.15 Suppression of Voices Critical of the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> Suppression of Voices Critical of the European Patent Office (EPO)
12.07.15 New WIPR Survey Shows 96% of Respondents Are Concerned About the Situation at the European Patent Office (EPO)
12.08.15 Hypocrite in Chief: Benoît Battistelli Compares Staff Union to ‘Mafia’
=> Hypocrite in Chief: Benoît Battistelli Compares Staff Union to ‘Mafia’
12.08.15 Chairman of the Administrative Council Failed to Stop Suspension (and Potential Firing) of EPO Staff Representatives
12.10.15 Tightening Media Control: European Patent Office (EPO) Silences Blogs of Critics by Intimidation, Lawsuits
12.12.15 EPO Censored Itself After Publishing a Document Which Had Been Leaked Anyway
=> EPO Censored Itself After Publishing a Document Which Had Been Leaked Anyway
12.12.15 The EPO’s Failed (Dismissed) Attempt to Dismiss a Judge Alleged to Have Communicated About EPO Abuses
12.12.15 EPO ‘Sweetener’ for Administrative Council National Delegates
=> EPO ‘Sweetener’ for Administrative Council National Delegates
12.14.15 Watch Out For the EPO-SUEPO Parity Spin
=> Watch Out For the EPO-SUEPO Parity Spin
12.15.15 When Europe’s Leading International Patent Litigators Get Fed Up With Benoît Battistelli and Want Him Sent to ‘Exile’
12.15.15 Ahead of Tomorrow’s Administrative Council Meeting EPO Staff Representatives Warn Heads of Delegations About Union Busting and Other Abuses
12.16.15 New WIPO Figures Reinforce Reality Where More Patents Needn’t Imply More Innovation, Just Lower Standards
12.17.15 Administrative Council Does Not Crush the Boards But Does Crush the Unions (Suspension Duration Sextupled)
12.17.15 Benoît Battistelli’s EPO Continues Its Self-Congratulatory PR Charade, Neglecting to Even Acknowledge the Catastrophes Therein
12.18.15 Benoît Battistelli: “An Earthquake Would be Needed for the Administrative Council… Not to Support My Major Proposals.”
12.19.15 Watch Out for ‘Divide and Rule’ Tactics From the Control Risks- and FTI Consulting-Steered EPO
=> Watch Out for ‘Divide and Rule’ Tactics From the Control Risks- and FTI Consulting-Steered EPO
12.21.15 Battistelli’s Furious Love Affair With French Power: Part V
=> Battistelli’s Furious Love Affair With French Power: Part V
12.22.15 Translation of the Latest Communiqué About the Administrative Council, No Longer Published by ‘President’
12.23.15 EPO Administrative Council: the Situation is “Detrimental to the Proper Functioning of the Office and the Public Image of the Whole Organisation”
12.24.15 Concerns About the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) Among EPO Staff an Outcome of Battistelli’s Attacks on Staff
12.26.15 Witnessing the Patent Mess That the USPTO Created
=> Witnessing the Patent Mess That the USPTO Created
12.28.15 Today’s Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Talk: EU Software and Business Method Patents: Call for Action
=> Today’s Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Talk: EU Software and Business Method Patents: Call for Action
01.10.16 Patent Lawyers and Judges Don’t Understand Software Development and It Harms Programmers, Practicing Software Companies
01.12.16 The European Patent Office (EPO) Still Quietly Abusive
=> The European Patent Office (EPO) Still Quietly Abusive
01.14.16 La Ofícina Europea de Patentes (OEP) Sigue Completamente Abusiva
=> La Ofícina Europea de Patentes (OEP) Sigue Completamente Abusiva
01.15.16 Massive EPO Protests After Team Battistelli Fires Legitimate Critics and Staff Representatives (Even Those With Young Children)
01.15.16 Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ Lashes Out at EPO for Firing Staff Representatives
=> Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ Lashes Out at EPO for Firing Staff Representatives
01.15.16 Hundreds of EPO Staff at The Hague (Including Managers) Spontaneously Protested Today, Making Almost Half of All Staff Present
01.16.16 Summarising the Latest Attacks by the European Patent Office (EPO) on European Society, With Complicity of Corporate Media
01.16.16 Masivas Protestas en la OEP Después que el Equipo Battistelli Despide a Críticos y Representates de su Unión (Incluso aquellos con Niños)
01.17.16 Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ Responde Críticamente a la OEP por Despedir a Sus Representates
=> Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ Responde Críticamente a la OEP por Despedir a Sus Representates
01.18.16 European Patent Office (EPO) is Not “the Real World” But a Parallel Universe Without Any Regard for the Rule of Law
01.18.16 Techrights Needs Translations as Another EPO Staff Protest Looms
=> Techrights Needs Translations as Another EPO Staff Protest Looms
01.18.16 French Politician Philip Cordery Calls the EPO Authoritarian, Says the Union-busting Decisions Are Purely Scandalous
01.19.16 Battistelli “Exacerbated the Penalties Which Were Recommended by the Disciplinary Committees for All Three EPO Unionists” (Under Mock Trial)
01.20.16 Politico Frances Philip Cordery llama a la OEP por lo que es: Autoritarian, Dice las Decisiones Destructivas Contra la Unión Son Puramente Escándalosas
01.20.16 Benoît Battistelli Blasted by Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’, Who Initiates More Political Actions Against Him
01.20.16 In Unison, Nations Hop Aboard the Unitary Patent Train Wreck, For (Foreign) Corporate Gain at Europe’s Expense
01.22.16 Benoît Battistelli es Repréndido por Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’, Quien Ha Iniciado Acciones Políticas en Su Contra
01.23.16 Additional Information About EPO Management and Its Abuses, as Told by Anonymous Comments
=> Additional Information About EPO Management and Its Abuses, as Told by Anonymous Comments
01.26.16 The United States’ Patent System Lets Software Patents Rot, as Patent Trolls Take Over the System and Unrest Grows
01.26.16 Philip Cordery Says the EPO Situation is Well Known to All, as Attested by the Numerous Press Articles, Political Actions, or Administrative Recommendations
01.26.16 Newly-Released Badinter Report Shows That by Treating Staff Like Garbage the European Patent Office is Violating Fundamental Rights
01.28.16 Many Software Firms No Longer Bother With Software Patents, Especially After Alice
=> Many Software Firms No Longer Bother With Software Patents, Especially After Alice
01.28.16 Independent Dutch Investigation to Commence Into the Working Conditions at the European Patent Office in Rijswijk
01.28.16 Philip Cordery Dice que la Situación de la OEP es Bien Conocida por Todos, Lo Atestigua Numerosos Artículos de Prensa, Acciones Políticas, o Recomendaciones Administrativas
02.01.16 Under Battistelli’s Regime the European Patent Office is Rapidly Rotting
=> Under Battistelli’s Regime the European Patent Office is Rapidly Rotting
02.02.16 SUEPO (EPO Staff Union) Appears to Have Launched a New and Improved Web Site After Attempts to Crush (‘Decapitate’) SUEPO
02.03.16 Patent Invalidation Statistics and Cost of Patent Litigation (Even If Bogus) Show That Patent Scope and Examination Standards a Problem in Europe, Not Just the US
02.03.16 The Most Detailed Explanation (Yet) of What’s Wrong With the EPO
=> The Most Detailed Explanation (Yet) of What’s Wrong With the EPO
02.04.16 European Patent Office Pretends It’s Business as Usual and Prepares New Vanity Pieces
=> European Patent Office Pretends It’s Business as Usual and Prepares New Vanity Pieces
02.07.16 EPO Staff Responds to Team Battistelli’s Expansion to Include French Economic Propagandist on the Payroll
02.07.16 Estadísticas de Invalidación de Patentes y Costos de Litigación de Patentes (incluso si son falsas) Muestran que la Esfera de Patentes y los Estándares de Examinación son un Probleman, No Sólo en Los Estados Unidos
02.09.16 La Más Detallada Explicación (hasta ahora) de ¿Qué esta mal con la OEP?
=> La Más Detallada Explicación (hasta ahora) de ¿Qué esta mal con la OEP?
02.10.16 La Oficina Europea de Patentes Pretende que No Pasa Nada y Prepara una Feria de Vanidad
=> La Oficina Europea de Patentes Pretende que No Pasa Nada y Prepara una Feria de Vanidad
02.10.16 UPC Nepotism, Political Abuses, and UPC Involvement From the Legal Firm That EPO Hired to Bully Techrights
02.11.16 Nepotismo de la UPC, Abusos Políticos, y el Envolvimiento en la UPC de la Firma ¨Legal¨ que la OEP Contrato para Matonear a Techrights
02.14.16 Patents Roundup: Software Patents, Patenting Loopholes, PTAB, Patent Trolls, and Software Patents Propagandists
02.15.16 With Software Patents, “the Low Level of the USPTO Has Now Be[en Reached by the EPO”
=> With Software Patents, “the Low Level of the USPTO Has Now Be[en Reached by the EPO”
02.16.16 Con Patentes de Software, “el Bajo Nivel de la UPSTO Ahora Ha Sido Alcanzado por la OEP”
=> Con Patentes de Software, “el Bajo Nivel de la UPSTO Ahora Ha Sido Alcanzado por la OEP”
02.17.16 A Short Visit to Pro-Patents (or Patent Maximalism) Sites of Patent Lawyers and Patent Predators
=> A Short Visit to Pro-Patents (or Patent Maximalism) Sites of Patent Lawyers and Patent Predators
02.17.16 Patent Lawyers and EPO Officials Are Parading the Unitary Patent (UPC) in, Despite Lack of Democratic Process
02.18.16 The EPO’s Patent Coup in Europe Moves on With Conflict of Interests-Plagued German Authorities for UPC
02.22.16 Los Abogados de Patentes y los Oficiales de la OEP están Desfilando Como si Fuese Carnaval a Favor de La Corte Unitaria de Patentes, A Pesar de la Falta de Proceso Democrático
02.23.16 New Leak: Battistelli’s Circle, Now Fighting for Survival, Circulates a Letter (and Why Some at the EPO Believe It’s a Form of Blackmail)
02.24.16 EPO-Funded Unitary Patent (UPC) Propaganda Events and the Latest on the Undemocratic (Even Antidemocratic) UPC Push
02.25.16 The Mass Media Recognises This May be the End of the Battistelli Regime
=> The Mass Media Recognises This May be the End of the Battistelli Regime
02.26.16 New Evidence Emerges, Showing That Unitary Patent (UPC) is Indeed an SME Killer That Negatively Affects Europe for Patent Lawyers’ Sake
02.28.16 Nueva Evidencia Emerge, Mostrando que La Corte Unitaria de Patentes es en Realidad un Asesino de PYMEs Que Afecta a Europa para Beneficio de los Abogados de Patentes
03.01.16 Battistelli and Godwin’s Law (Comparing One’s Opposition to Nazis)
=> Battistelli and Godwin’s Law (Comparing One’s Opposition to Nazis)
03.01.16 Team Battistelli’s New Media Strategy at Times of EPO Emergency
=> Team Battistelli’s New Media Strategy at Times of EPO Emergency
03.02.16 UPC Anything But a Certainty With Battistelli on His Way Out, But Patent Lawyers Are Still in Denial
=> UPC Anything But a Certainty With Battistelli on His Way Out, But Patent Lawyers Are Still in Denial
03.03.16 Overview of Today’s Growing Press Coverage About the European Patent Office
=> Overview of Today’s Growing Press Coverage About the European Patent Office
03.03.16 Further Evidence Suggests and Shows Stronger Evidence That Team Battistelli Uses FFPE-EPO as ‘Yellow Union’ Against SUEPO
03.03.16 3/3 is EPO Propaganda Day: Techrights to Respond and Alert the Media About Misinformation
=> 3/3 is EPO Propaganda Day: Techrights to Respond and Alert the Media About Misinformation
03.04.16 La UPC No Pasa Nada Con Battistelli de Salida, Pero los Abogados de Patentes Todavía lo Niegan
=> La UPC No Pasa Nada Con Battistelli de Salida, Pero los Abogados de Patentes Todavía lo Niegan
03.04.16 3/3 es Día Para Propaganda de la OEP: Techrights Responderá y Alertará Contra las Mentiras delos Medios
03.04.16 “FFPE-EPO Was Set up About 9 Years Ago With Management Encouragement”
=> “FFPE-EPO Was Set up About 9 Years Ago With Management Encouragement”
03.05.16 Forget Staff Union-busting ‘Strike Ballots’, How About Ballots on Presidential Matters?
=> Forget Staff Union-busting ‘Strike Ballots’, How About Ballots on Presidential Matters?
03.05.16 Fallout of the FFPE EPO MoU With Battistelli’s Circle
=> Fallout of the FFPE EPO MoU With Battistelli’s Circle
03.06.16 The EPO’s Media Strategy at Work: Union Feuds and Group Fracturing
=> The EPO’s Media Strategy at Work: Union Feuds and Group Fracturing
03.08.16 Claim and Perception: Under Battistelli, EPO More Permissive on Software Patents Than USPTO, In Spite of the EPC
03.09.16 Team Battistelli’s Bergot Reacts to Strike Action
=> Team Battistelli’s Bergot Reacts to Strike Action
03.09.16 Caricature of the Day: Recognising FFPE EPO
=> Caricature of the Day: Recognising FFPE EPO
03.10.16 The European Patent Office is in a State of Transition, But Not Battistelli’s Transition or ‘Reform’
=> The European Patent Office is in a State of Transition, But Not Battistelli’s Transition or ‘Reform’
03.12.16 The EPO ‘Results’ Are Bunk
03.13.16 Microsoft Accused of “Patent Trolling” While the United States Moves Closer to Restricting Patent Trolls
03.15.16 Microsoft Acusado de “Trolling con Patentes” Mientras Que Los Estados Unidos se Mueve Cerca a Restringir a los Trolles de Patentes
03.17.16 Insider’s Account (Not Face-Saving EPO Statement) Reveals That Even Battistelli’s Allies Turn Against Him, EPO ‘Results’ Not Believed by Some, and Munich Protests Break Records
03.20.16 The ‘Results’ That Battistelli and His EPO Bunch Brag About Not Believed by Patent Lawyers and Patent Examiners
03.22.16 Los ‘Resultados’ Que Battistellli y Sus Compadres de la EPO se Enorgullece NO son Creídos por los Abogados de Patentes y Exáminadores de Patentes
03.22.16 More Vomit-Inducing Publicity Stunts From Benoît Battistelli and the EPO Management
=> More Vomit-Inducing Publicity Stunts From Benoît Battistelli and the EPO Management
03.26.16 Ingve Björn Stjerna’s New Book About the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Why It’s Important
=> Ingve Björn Stjerna’s New Book About the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Why It’s Important
04.02.16 EUIPO and the Shady Relation to the EPO
=> EUIPO and the Shady Relation to the EPO
04.03.16 EUIPO y sus Sospechosa Relación con la EPO
=> EUIPO y sus Sospechosa Relación con la EPO
04.07.16 EPO is on Strike, Battistelli Escapes to London With His Bodyguards for More UPC Lobbying, FTI Consulting Goes for Brussels
04.08.16 La EPO esta en Huelga, Battistelli Escapa a Londres con su Guardia Pretoriana para más Cabildeo por la UPC, FTI Consulting Va a Bruselas
04.14.16 Totally Inappropriate: The European Patent Office is Still Intervening in European Law and Politics
=> Totally Inappropriate: The European Patent Office is Still Intervening in European Law and Politics
04.18.16 Say the Truth About the US Patent System, Get Attacked by the Patent Propaganda Machine (Disguised as Press)
04.19.16 The ‘Great Conspiracy’ of Patent Lawyers, Lobbyists and Large Corporations for UPC and for Software Patents
04.21.16 Growing Threats of Software Patents in Europe and the FRAND Trap Which Microsoft Promotes/Lobbies For
04.22.16 Fighting Back Against Limitations on Software Development in Europe
=> Fighting Back Against Limitations on Software Development in Europe
04.23.16 [ES: Luchando Contra las Limitaciones Para el Desarrollo de Software en Europa
=> [ES: Luchando Contra las Limitaciones Para el Desarrollo de Software en Europa
04.24.16 [ES: Di la Verdad Acerca del Sistema de Patentes de los EE.UU., Conseguiras Ser Atacado por la Máquina Propagandistica de Patentes (Disfrazada de Prensa)
04.24.16 Patents Roundup: Marijuana Patents, Patent Satellites, Patent Trolls, Wars, and Merchants (Notably Lawyers)
04.26.16 A Farce of a System: How SIPO, USPTO, and Increasingly the EPO Too Turn Into Filing Systems (No Proper Examination/Filtering Required)
04.27.16 [ES: Una Fársa de Sistema: ¿Cómo la SIPO, USPTO, y cada vez más la EPO se Convierten en Llenado de Patentes (No Se Requiere Propia Examinación)
04.28.16 If EPO “Form of Thinking Were to be Followed, Guantanamo on German Soil Would be Possible.”
=> If EPO “Form of Thinking Were to be Followed, Guantanamo on German Soil Would be Possible.”
04.29.16 [ES: ”Si la Forma de Pensar de la EPO fuese Seguida, Guantánamo Sería Posible en Suelo Alemán.”
=> [ES: ”Si la Forma de Pensar de la EPO fuese Seguida, Guantánamo Sería Posible en Suelo Alemán.”
05.08.16 Microsoft’s Patent Troll and Taxman Intellectual Ventures Gets Indirectly Closer to Google (Android/ChromeOS Steward) and to Linux
05.08.16 The Economist Says What Patent Lawyers and Other Maximalists Prefer Not to Hear About the Patent System
05.09.16 Corporate Imperialism in Europe Through the UPC, the Horrible Patent Deal Almost Nobody Heard of
=> Corporate Imperialism in Europe Through the UPC, the Horrible Patent Deal Almost Nobody Heard of
05.10.16 Golden Parachute or Not, Battistelli is Wasting Huge Amounts of Money on His Longtime Bodyguards Fetish
05.11.16 [ES: Paracaídas de Oro o No, Battistelli Está Desperdiciándo Dinero Con Su Fetiche de Guardia Pretoriana
05.11.16 [ES: El Troll de Patentes y Taxman de Microsoft Intellectual Ventures Se Acerca Indirectamente a Google (Android/ChromeOS Supervisor) y a Linux
05.12.16 Raising Barriers to UPC Cancellation and Withdrawal
=> Raising Barriers to UPC Cancellation and Withdrawal
05.15.16 Relying on EPO, CAFC — Originator of Software Patents in the US — Tries to Bring Them Back Into Play in Microsoft Case
05.16.16 UPC an Attack Not Only on the European Public But Also on Staff of the EPO
=> UPC an Attack Not Only on the European Public But Also on Staff of the EPO
05.17.16 Two Months Down the Line, Battistelli Has Done None of What the Administrative Council Told Him to Do; He Should be Sacked Next Month
05.18.16 [ES: La UPC un Ataque No Sólo Contra el Público Europeo Pero También Contra los Empleados de la EPO
=> [ES: La UPC un Ataque No Sólo Contra el Público Europeo Pero También Contra los Empleados de la EPO
05.19.16 Anonymous Commenters Debate Whether Battistelli’s EPO Can Revoke Pensions of Dismissed Employees Who Dare — GASP — Find Alternative Employment
05.19.16 CAFC Rules Against Software Patents But Witness With Horror the Silence From Patent Lawyers (Bias by Omission)
05.21.16 [ES: Comentadores Anónimos Debaten Si la EPO de Battistelli Puede Revocar las Pensiones de Empleados Que Se Atreveen — GASP — a Buscar Empleo Alternativo
05.22.16 Corrupting Democracy? Growing Frequency of Rumours That the EPO’s President Battistelli is ‘Buying’ Votes of Small Member States
05.24.16 Some Details About How the EPO’s President is Rumoured to be ‘Buying’ Votes and Why It’s Grounds/Basis for “Immediate Dismissal”
05.25.16 The Latest EPO Victim Card (Played by Željko Topić) Should be Treated as Seriously as Those Bogus Claims of Violence by a Judge (Updatedx3)
05.28.16 [ES: Algunos Detalles Acerca de ¿Cómo el Presidente de la EPO Es Rumoreado Estar Comprando Votos, y el Porqué es Suficientemente Base Para un Despido Inmediato?
05.28.16 Battistelli’s Assault on EPO Staff’s Right to Strike in Relation to French Politics and That ‘Bicycle’ Pretext for Crackdowns
06.01.16 [ES: El Asalto de Battistelli a los Derechos a la Huelga de sus Empleados en Relación a Políticas Francesas y el Pretexto de la Bicicleta para sus Ataques
06.01.16 Save the Boards of Appeal to Save the EPO From Battistelli’s Neoliberal Vision and Recipe for Disaster
06.04.16 Battistelli is Destroying the European Patent Office and Wasting a Lot of Money Hiding This Fact
=> Battistelli is Destroying the European Patent Office and Wasting a Lot of Money Hiding This Fact
06.06.16 Public Proceedings Next Week Could Expose Battistelli’s Incredible and Unprecedented Attack on EPO Judge
06.07.16 EPO Protest Tomorrow: Help the Media (Not ‘Media Partners’ in EPO Management’s Pocket) See What EPO Staff Really Thinks (Updated)
06.07.16 Perpetual Attack on EPO Staff, Even After the Staff Leaves the EPO
=> Perpetual Attack on EPO Staff, Even After the Staff Leaves the EPO
06.07.16 Time to Call Out Joff Wild (IAM’s Editor in Chief) for His EPO-Connected UPC Propaganda, Other Agenda-Pushing Initiatives
06.08.16 Goodbye to Patent Quality at the EPO, Thanks to Team Battistelli With Its Extreme Policies
=> Goodbye to Patent Quality at the EPO, Thanks to Team Battistelli With Its Extreme Policies
06.08.16 Leaks Required: EPO’s Plan to Crush the Appeal Boards and Media Contracts for Puff Pieces
=> Leaks Required: EPO’s Plan to Crush the Appeal Boards and Media Contracts for Puff Pieces
06.09.16 Battistelli is Said to be Engineering Further Attacks on People Whom He Already Fired From the EPO
=> Battistelli is Said to be Engineering Further Attacks on People Whom He Already Fired From the EPO
06.09.16 Dutch Media Reveals That Battistelli Continues His Vicious War on Staff Unions, Laurent Prunier the Latest Casualty (The Hague)
06.10.16 The EPO is in a Mess So Sordid That It Pays for Positive Publicity, Further Abolishes Labour Rights (to Punish Whistleblowers) and More
06.11.16 [ES: Se Dice Que Battistelli Esta Fabricando Más Ataques en Contra de la Gente a la Que Ya Despidió de la EPO
06.11.16 EPO Press Spokesperson and Director External Communications Busy Creating Distractions From EPO Controversies
06.11.16 [ES: Medios Holandeses Revelan que Battistelli Continua su Feroz Guerra Contra el Sindicato de Empleados, Laurent Prunier la Última Victima (La Hague)
06.12.16 Why Anonymous Dissent Against EPO on Google Platforms May be Risky
=> Why Anonymous Dissent Against EPO on Google Platforms May be Risky
06.13.16 Another EPO Staff Demonstration Planned for a Fortnight From Now When Battistelli Wishes to Make the EPO Even Crazier
06.14.16 Detailed Account of Today’s ‘Trial’ of a Judge Who Said the Truth About the EPO
=> Detailed Account of Today’s ‘Trial’ of a Judge Who Said the Truth About the EPO
06.14.16 EPO and Its ‘Buddies’ in the Media Lobby for the UPC in Spite of and in the Face of Resistance
=> EPO and Its ‘Buddies’ in the Media Lobby for the UPC in Spite of and in the Face of Resistance
06.14.16 Endgame of Manipulating Media With Payments and PR: The ‘Blame Everything and Everyone But EPO Management’ Tactics
06.15.16 EPO Crisis: What If There Was an Administrative Council Meeting and Nobody Came?
=> EPO Crisis: What If There Was an Administrative Council Meeting and Nobody Came?
06.15.16 Benoît Battistelli’s Façade Continues: Exploiting Terror Attacks Again, Throwing Expensive Parties at the EPO’s Expense, Crushing More Workers’ Rights
06.18.16 The Rule of Money and Power, Not the Rule of Law, at the European Patent Office
=> The Rule of Money and Power, Not the Rule of Law, at the European Patent Office
06.18.16 [ES: La EPO y sus ‘Compadres’ en los Medios Cabildean por la UPC a Pesar de y Enfrentar Resistencia
=> [ES: La EPO y sus ‘Compadres’ en los Medios Cabildean por la UPC a Pesar de y Enfrentar Resistencia
06.23.16 Looks Increasingly Plausible That Battistelli is Covering up Bogus and/or Illegally-Obtained ‘Evidence’ From the EPO’s Investigative Unit
06.23.16 Another Demonstration by European Patent Office (EPO) Staff on Same Day as Administrative Council’s Meeting
06.23.16 Benoît Battistelli Should Resign in Light of New Leak of Decision in His Vendetta Against Truth-Telling Judge (Updated)
06.23.16 Patent Lawyers Love (and Amplify) Halo and Enfish, Omit or Dismiss Cuozzo and Alice
=> Patent Lawyers Love (and Amplify) Halo and Enfish, Omit or Dismiss Cuozzo and Alice
06.25.16 With UPC Dead for Battistelli’s Entire Remaining Term, No Reason for the EPO or the Administrative Council to Keep Battistelli Around
06.26.16 Patents Roundup: Bad Quality (USPTO), Bad Analysis (India), Bad Microsoft, Bad Actors (Trolls), Bad Scope (Software Patents), and the Ugly
06.27.16 Battistelli May Still be on the Way Out as Pressure Grows in Germany, UPC in Shambles
=> Battistelli May Still be on the Way Out as Pressure Grows in Germany, UPC in Shambles
06.28.16 New Efforts to Work Around Barriers to UPC in Light of ‘Brexit’; Behind These Efforts Are Self-Serving Patent Profiteers
06.28.16 [ES: Con la UPC Muerta por el Resto del Termino de Battistelli, No Hay Razón para que la EPO o el Consejo Administrativo Sigan Manteniéndolo Más
06.28.16 [ES: El Caradura Benoît Battistelli Debería Renunciar a Luz de la Filtrada Nueva Decisión en Su Vendeta en Contra de un Juez que se Atrevió a Decir la Verdad (Actualizado)
06.28.16 Injunction Against Battistelli’s Investigative Unit (Known Internally as ‘Gestapo’) Amid Serious Injustices and Bogus ‘Trials’
06.28.16 [ES: Cada Vez Más Parece Que Battistelli está Escondiéndo ‘Evidencia’ Falsa y/o Ilegalmente Obtenda de la Unidad Investigativa de la EPO
06.29.16 The EPO Has Become Battistelli’s Circus and the Administrative Council Has Been Reduced to (Illegal) Circus Animals Controlled With ‘Treats’
06.29.16 Rumours That EPO President Battistelli Got Sacked to be Replaced by Christoph Ernst Appear to be Baseless
06.29.16 Growing Consensus Even Among Patent Professionals That UPC is Dying Everywhere If Not Just in the UK
=> Growing Consensus Even Among Patent Professionals That UPC is Dying Everywhere If Not Just in the UK
06.29.16 The Latest Lies About the Unitary Patent (UPC) Would Have Us Believe That It’s Alive and Well
=> The Latest Lies About the Unitary Patent (UPC) Would Have Us Believe That It’s Alive and Well
06.30.16 You Know That UPC is Quite Likely Dead (at Least in the UK) When Even Baroness Neville-Rolfe Dodges the Question (Updated)
07.01.16 EPO Leak: Administrative Council’s Latest Meeting Report (Updated)
=> EPO Leak: Administrative Council’s Latest Meeting Report (Updated)
07.01.16 The European Patent Organisation’s Administrative Council Helps Benoît Battistelli Destroy Patent Quality for the Sake of ‘Production’
07.02.16 Patents Roundup: Patent Maximalism, Apple’s Patent Deception, and Failure of Patent-Centric Media to Name and Shame Patent Trolls
07.02.16 Cuozzo Case Summarised, Immersion Corp. v HTC Corp. to Remain Negligible Unless it Too Reaches SCOTUS
07.05.16 SUEPO “Speechless” About Administrative Council Delegates for “Cavalier Attitude Towards Law-Making” and “Contempt for Consultative Processes”
07.11.16 Will Battistelli’s Friend/Ally Lucy Neville-Rolfe Shamelessly Attack British Democracy and Push for UPC in Spite of Brexit?
07.11.16 Benoît Battistelli’s Attacks on EPO Unions, Judges, Boards, and Even Justice Itself the Subject of Media Fascination
07.15.16 What If EPO Under Battistelli Gets Broken Beyond Repair Just Like the UPC?
=> What If EPO Under Battistelli Gets Broken Beyond Repair Just Like the UPC?
07.16.16 This is Why Benoît Battistelli Has 0% Approval Rating Among ‘His’ Staff at the EPO
=> This is Why Benoît Battistelli Has 0% Approval Rating Among ‘His’ Staff at the EPO
07.17.16 [ES: ¿Que si la EPO Bajo Battistelli Se Arruina Sin Posibilidad de Reparación Como la UPC?
=> [ES: ¿Que si la EPO Bajo Battistelli Se Arruina Sin Posibilidad de Reparación Como la UPC?
07.17.16 Microsoft and Its Patent Minions at Nokia Still Have Patent Stacking Ambitions Against Android/Linux OEMs
07.20.16 EPO USA: Under Battistelli, the ‘European’ Patent Office Emulates All the Mistakes of the USPTO
=> EPO USA: Under Battistelli, the ‘European’ Patent Office Emulates All the Mistakes of the USPTO
07.22.16 Haar Mentioned as Likely Site of Appeal Boards as Their Eradication or Marginalisation Envisioned by UPC Proponent Benoît Battistelli
07.22.16 Glimpse at Patent Systems Across the World: Better Quality Control at the USPTO Post-America Invents Act (2011), Unlike the EPO Post-Battistelli (2010)
07.28.16 EPO Loses More Than 80% of Cases at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
=> EPO Loses More Than 80% of Cases at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
07.30.16 EPO Crushed the Boards of Appeal (i.e. Quality Control) and Insiders Explain Why
=> EPO Crushed the Boards of Appeal (i.e. Quality Control) and Insiders Explain Why
08.03.16 Lucy in the Sky With Battistelli’s Diamonds (EU Budget) But No UPC in Sight
=> Lucy in the Sky With Battistelli’s Diamonds (EU Budget) But No UPC in Sight
08.06.16 Managing IP (MIP) Organises a UPC Event (European Patent ‘Reform’ Forum), the Largest Patent Microcosm/Corporate Players Dominate Through Fee Discrimination
08.09.16 Deviation From (and Violation of) the EPC Under Battistelli at the EPO for the Sake of ‘Production’
=> Deviation From (and Violation of) the EPC Under Battistelli at the EPO for the Sake of ‘Production’
08.11.16 ‘Constitutional Crisis’ at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> ‘Constitutional Crisis’ at the European Patent Office (EPO)
08.12.16 German Media Becomes Aware of Battistelli’s Defiance of the Very Basis of the EPO
=> German Media Becomes Aware of Battistelli’s Defiance of the Very Basis of the EPO
08.15.16 Clawing Back the Staff Benefits at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> Clawing Back the Staff Benefits at the European Patent Office (EPO)
08.16.16 That Time When the Administrative Council Helped Battistelli Crush Oversight (Audit Committee) and What ILO Said About It a Month Ago
08.18.16 Turkey Subjected to the European Patent Convention (EPC) But Benoît Battistelli is Not?
=> Turkey Subjected to the European Patent Convention (EPC) But Benoît Battistelli is Not?
08.18.16 Battistelli’s European Patent Office Goes to the United States to Speak About the UPC and Software Patents
08.22.16 The Collapse of Software Patents and Patent Law Firms Trying to “Overcome” Alice
=> The Collapse of Software Patents and Patent Law Firms Trying to “Overcome” Alice
08.25.16 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice Calls the European Patent Office “Rotten”, Other Sources Scrutinise Recent Moves
09.02.16 UPC Threatens to Send the European Patent Office Circling Down the Drain
=> UPC Threatens to Send the European Patent Office Circling Down the Drain
09.03.16 Specialists in Public International Law Bemoan Privacy Violations at the European Patent Office
=> Specialists in Public International Law Bemoan Privacy Violations at the European Patent Office
09.04.16 Death of Software Patents Almost Everywhere Except the Eastern District of Texas
=> Death of Software Patents Almost Everywhere Except the Eastern District of Texas
09.06.16 The US Supreme Court Cemented the End of Software Patents by Rejecting Them and Refusing to Revisit the Subject After Alice
09.08.16 A New Wave of the EPO’s Much-Expected Propaganda Push, Aided by ‘Managing IP’ and IAM ‘Magazine’
=> A New Wave of the EPO’s Much-Expected Propaganda Push, Aided by ‘Managing IP’ and IAM ‘Magazine’
09.11.16 USPTO Fraud Accusations and the ‘Coverup’ Attempt by USPTO Circles Inside the Corporate Media
=> USPTO Fraud Accusations and the ‘Coverup’ Attempt by USPTO Circles Inside the Corporate Media
09.13.16 Team UPC Has Not Grown Tired of Kicking a Dead (Trojan) Horse
=> Team UPC Has Not Grown Tired of Kicking a Dead (Trojan) Horse
09.13.16 Team UPC Has Not Grown Tired of Kicking a Dead (Trojan) Horse
=> Team UPC Has Not Grown Tired of Kicking a Dead (Trojan) Horse
09.18.16 EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Team UPC Are Still Lying, Don’t Believe a Word They Say
=> EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Team UPC Are Still Lying, Don’t Believe a Word They Say
09.24.16 Bristows LLP’s Hatred/Disdain of UK/EU Democracy Demonstrated; Says “Not Only Will the Pressure for UK Ratification of the UPC Agreement Continue, But a Decision is Wanted Within Weeks.”
09.25.16 Software Patents Propped Up by Patent Law Firms That Are Lying, Further Assisted by Rogue Elements Like David Kappos and Randall Rader (Revolving Doors)
09.27.16 After the EPO Paid the Financial Times to Produce Propaganda the Newspaper Continues to Produce UPC Puff Pieces, Just Ahead of EU Council Meeting
09.28.16 EPO’s Board 28 Notes Battistelli’s “Three Current Investigations/Disciplinary Proceedings Involving SUEPO Members in The Hague.”
09.29.16 Team UPC is Interjecting Itself Into the Media Ahead of Tomorrow’s Lobbying Push Against the European Council and Against European Interests
10.01.16 Immunity of the European Patent Office and Lack of Oversight Within the Organisation Mean That It’s a Rogue Entity Above the Law
10.04.16 Staff of the EPO is Going Out in Protest (Munich and The Hague) While EPO Management Buys European Media to Control This Media, Promote UPC
10.05.16 No Justice Even for a Judge at the EPO, as the Whole Institution is Beyond Rotten and Quite Corrupt
=> No Justice Even for a Judge at the EPO, as the Whole Institution is Beyond Rotten and Quite Corrupt
10.05.16 Echo Chamber’s Lobbying: Team UPC Citing Team UPC as ‘Proof’ Regarding the UPC
=> Echo Chamber’s Lobbying: Team UPC Citing Team UPC as ‘Proof’ Regarding the UPC
10.09.16 The Administrative Council Seems to Have No Issues With Battistelli Wasting Millions of Euros Buying the Media and Fake ‘Studies’
10.09.16 The UPC is Dead, Says Opinion Partly Funded by Team UPC, But Patent Scope in Europe Remains an Issue
=> The UPC is Dead, Says Opinion Partly Funded by Team UPC, But Patent Scope in Europe Remains an Issue
10.16.16 As Expected, Benoît Battistelli Puts Longtime Ally Roland Grossenbacher on Top of Boards of Appeal
=> As Expected, Benoît Battistelli Puts Longtime Ally Roland Grossenbacher on Top of Boards of Appeal
10.20.16 EPO Spokesman Lies to IP Watch in Order to Save Face and Save the King (Battistelli)
=> EPO Spokesman Lies to IP Watch in Order to Save Face and Save the King (Battistelli)
10.24.16 Updates Regarding EPO and BoAC: Unrest and Injustice Carry on
=> Updates Regarding EPO and BoAC: Unrest and Injustice Carry on
10.29.16 How to Tell You’re Deliberately Not Covering Important EPO Scandals
=> How to Tell You’re Deliberately Not Covering Important EPO Scandals
11.05.16 Dismissal of Laurent Prunier Worse Than It Seems as Battistelli Almost ‘Pulls a Hardon’ by Taking Away Pension Rights Too
11.05.16 UPC a Threat to the Boards of Appeal at the EPO (Soon Haar) and to Patent Quality in Europe
=> UPC a Threat to the Boards of Appeal at the EPO (Soon Haar) and to Patent Quality in Europe
11.07.16 Threats to Dismissed EPO Staff Representative Allegedly Hold Pension (Blackmail Point) to Silence Him Even After Unjust Dismissal, Munich Goes Protesting for Him
11.07.16 Don’t Believe Team UPC; the UPC is Going Nowhere Fast
=> Don’t Believe Team UPC; the UPC is Going Nowhere Fast
11.08.16 EPO Social Workshops on Monday and Tuesday? No, EPO Staff up in Arms!
=> EPO Social Workshops on Monday and Tuesday? No, EPO Staff up in Arms!
11.08.16 At EPOPIC Today, As Expected, Software Patents Courtesy of EPO
=> At EPOPIC Today, As Expected, Software Patents Courtesy of EPO
11.10.16 Battistelli Must Go, Says Yet Another French Politician, Arguing He is “Extremely Damaging to the Image of France”
11.10.16 “Not My President“: The Sentiment of European Patent Office Staff Towards Their Fascistic Boss
=> “Not My President“: The Sentiment of European Patent Office Staff Towards Their Fascistic Boss
11.12.16 Decline in Patent Quality at the EPO Increasingly Reaffirmed by More Branches, Insiders, and Even the European Commission
11.14.16 Leaked: Proof That Benoît Battistelli Disregarded Orders From the Administrative Council (Again)
=> Leaked: Proof That Benoît Battistelli Disregarded Orders From the Administrative Council (Again)
11.15.16 Violations of Human Rights at the EPO in the Name of Fraud Prevention
=> Violations of Human Rights at the EPO in the Name of Fraud Prevention
11.17.16 Battistelli Should be Made Redundant (Fired) Before All EPO Staff Becomes Redundant in a Defunct Office That Flagrantly Mocks the Law
11.20.16 Cases Against the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Demise of Transparency International (Which EPO Partly ‘Absorbed’)
11.24.16 Giants of Asia: India More Restrictive on Patent Scope, China More Lenient
=> Giants of Asia: India More Restrictive on Patent Scope, China More Lenient
11.25.16 EPO and the Art of Distraction, Disinformation
=> EPO and the Art of Distraction, Disinformation
11.26.16 Duplicate Events for Lobbying by Team UPC Meddle in Politics in an Effort to Enrich Itself at Europe’s Expense
11.29.16 The UPC Scam Part I: EPO-Bribed Media Outlets Lie to Brits (and to Europeans) About the UPC
=> The UPC Scam Part I: EPO-Bribed Media Outlets Lie to Brits (and to Europeans) About the UPC
11.29.16 The UPC Scam Part II: The Patent Echo Chamber at Work, Prematurely Congratulating Itself in Its ‘News’ Sites
12.02.16 Relocating the Boards of Appeal to Haar is a Poisonous Priority at Battistelli’s EPO
=> Relocating the Boards of Appeal to Haar is a Poisonous Priority at Battistelli’s EPO
12.03.16 More French Politicians Are Complaining That Benoît Battistelli is a Disgrace to France and Urge for Action
12.03.16 Dutch Media Covers Latest EPO Scandals, German Media Totally Absent (a Media Blackout of Convenience)
12.05.16 Leaked: Battistelli Acknowledges Bunk ‘Justice’ in About 100 Cases at the Internal Appeals Committee of the EPO
12.05.16 Quality of Patents at the EPO Dependent on the Appeal Boards When Battistelli Assesses Performance Using the Wrong ‘Production’ Yardstick
12.06.16 Good Riddance. Ray Niro is Dead.
=> Good Riddance. Ray Niro is Dead.
12.06.16 The UPC Scam Part VI: The Real Story Which People Missed Due to Puff Pieces Seeded by Battistelli-Bribed Media is That UPC Technically Cannot Come to the UK
12.08.16 British Media Slams Battistelli for Attempting to Cover Up 2 Years of Juridical Abuses With Help From the Administrative Council of the EPO
12.08.16 Memo “Deliberately Leaked to Cover up the UPC” With Its Many Associated Issues Amid Brexit
=> Memo “Deliberately Leaked to Cover up the UPC” With Its Many Associated Issues Amid Brexit
12.09.16 Ignore the Bristows UPC Echo Chamber, the UPC is Not Happening
=> Ignore the Bristows UPC Echo Chamber, the UPC is Not Happening
12.11.16 Supreme Cases and Some Supreme Outcomes That Tighten Patent Scope in the United States
=> Supreme Cases and Some Supreme Outcomes That Tighten Patent Scope in the United States
12.13.16 Another New Book, This Time From Dr Luke McDonagh, Chronicles the Demise of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement
12.15.16 Team UPC Salivating Over Unitary Patent Fantasy Even Though It is Stuck in a Limbo
=> Team UPC Salivating Over Unitary Patent Fantasy Even Though It is Stuck in a Limbo
12.16.16 Will the Patent Microcosm of London Please Stop Misleading the Public About UPC?
=> Will the Patent Microcosm of London Please Stop Misleading the Public About UPC?
12.19.16 From Bad to Worse: When a Horrible Regime (EPO) Publicly Makes Itself Look Like One
=> From Bad to Worse: When a Horrible Regime (EPO) Publicly Makes Itself Look Like One
12.20.16 ‘SIPO Europe’: The EPO’s Race to the Bottom of Patent Skills and Patent Quality
=> ‘SIPO Europe’: The EPO’s Race to the Bottom of Patent Skills and Patent Quality
12.21.16 No Justice at the EPO, Whose Underlying Purpose Was (Originally) to Do Patents Justice
=> No Justice at the EPO, Whose Underlying Purpose Was (Originally) to Do Patents Justice
01.03.17 New Article From Heise Explains Erosion of Patent Quality at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> New Article From Heise Explains Erosion of Patent Quality at the European Patent Office (EPO)
01.05.17 Technical Failure of the European Patent Office (EPO) a Growing Cause for Concern
=> Technical Failure of the European Patent Office (EPO) a Growing Cause for Concern
01.11.17 Patent Quality in the United States Can Only be Assessed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Courts
01.16.17 Independent and Untainted Web Sites About Patents Are Still Few and Rare
=> Independent and Untainted Web Sites About Patents Are Still Few and Rare
01.18.17 A Lot More Fake News About the UPC, Trying to Convince People That the UK is Ratifying (It’s Not, It Cannot)
01.19.17 Farce of an ‘Independence’ for the Boards of Appeal as Another Ally of Benoît Battistelli Enters as Parasite Inside the ‘Overseer’/Host
01.23.17 Media Blasts EPO Over Immunity Amid Suicides, Battistelli’s Behaviour Compared to Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s
01.24.17 The EPO’s Freedom to Disregard the Law and Abuse Employees is “Being Taken up by the Council of Europe”
01.31.17 Battistelli “Got Full Dictatorial Unaccountable Control of a Diplomatically Immune Organisation”
=> Battistelli “Got Full Dictatorial Unaccountable Control of a Diplomatically Immune Organisation”
01.31.17 EPO Members of Team Battistelli Promoted to Shield the Liar in Chief
=> EPO Members of Team Battistelli Promoted to Shield the Liar in Chief
02.02.17 Growing Rift Between EPO Stakeholders and the Office, Due to Battistelli’s Appalling Leadership
=> Growing Rift Between EPO Stakeholders and the Office, Due to Battistelli’s Appalling Leadership
02.02.17 The Quality of European Patents is Nosediving and Those Who Can Put an End to It (Appeal Boards) Are Controlled by Fear of Battistelli
02.02.17 New WIPR Survey and Other Data Points Suggest That the Unitary Patent (UPC) is Dead, at Least in the UK
02.03.17 “Team Battistelli Continues With Intimidation Tactics”
=> “Team Battistelli Continues With Intimidation Tactics”
02.03.17 Team UPC Continues to be a Premier Source of Fake News About Unitary Patent in the United Kingdom
=> Team UPC Continues to be a Premier Source of Fake News About Unitary Patent in the United Kingdom
02.05.17 Culture of Terror at The European Patent Office Escalates Thanks to Dutch Government’s Complicity
=> Culture of Terror at The European Patent Office Escalates Thanks to Dutch Government’s Complicity
02.06.17 The EPO’s President, Benoît Battistelli, May Have Become One of Europe’s Most Hated People
=> The EPO’s President, Benoît Battistelli, May Have Become One of Europe’s Most Hated People
02.06.17 China is Quickly Becoming a Patent Litigation Mess and Web Sites of Lawyers (or Their Fronts) Like It
02.09.17 This is Why Many People at the EPO Commit Suicide
=> This is Why Many People at the EPO Commit Suicide
02.12.17 Nazi Analogies at the EPO Are the Work of Battistelli, Who Libels Staff Representatives and Judges by Calling Them Nazis and Criminals
02.13.17 Claims That EPO Commits a Crime and Should be Prosecuted in the Netherlands
=> Claims That EPO Commits a Crime and Should be Prosecuted in the Netherlands
02.14.17 EPO-Connected Writers Are Using Alternative Facts or Fake News to Promote the Unitary Patent in British Media
02.17.17 Our Assessment: EPO Wants a Lot of Low-Quality Patents and Low-Paid Staff With UPC (Prosecution Galore)
02.20.17 Lack of Justice in and Around the EPO Drawing Scrutiny
=> Lack of Justice in and Around the EPO Drawing Scrutiny
02.24.17 Yes, There is Definitely Brain Drain (Experience Deficit) at the European Patent Office and Stakeholders Feel It
02.26.17 Wouter Pors and Other UPC Boosters Believe That Repeating the Lies Will Potentially Make Them Truths
=> Wouter Pors and Other UPC Boosters Believe That Repeating the Lies Will Potentially Make Them Truths
02.28.17 The Boards of Appeal Openly Complain (in the EPO’s Web Site) About Battistelli, But Don’t Tell Battistelli About It…
03.01.17 Justice is Dead Not Only at the European Patent Office But Also the Whole European Patent Organisation
03.01.17 MIP (Managing IP) International Patent Forum 2017 to Have EPO and UPC Propaganda, as Before
=> MIP (Managing IP) International Patent Forum 2017 to Have EPO and UPC Propaganda, as Before
03.02.17 EPO Budget Obscures and Distorts Facts About the Unitary Patent (UPC) in a Classic Antidemocratic Exercise by an Unaccountable Institution
03.04.17 Jo Johnson: UPC Agreement is “Currently Only Open to EU Member States” (i.e. Britain Cannot Join or Ratify)
03.05.17 Poisonous Patents at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> Poisonous Patents at the European Patent Office (EPO)
03.05.17 The Very Thought of UPC in the UK “is a Perfect Example of What Lobbying Can Achieve!”
=> The Very Thought of UPC in the UK “is a Perfect Example of What Lobbying Can Achieve!”
03.07.17 With a Week Left Before the Administrative Council’s Meeting, Pressure on Battistelli to Leave the EPO Continues to Grow
03.08.17 Latest EPO ‘Results’ Should be Grounds for Immediate Dismissal of Battistelli Rather Than Celebrations
03.09.17 Battistelli’s Coup at the EPO Continues: The EPO is Becoming the Cash Cow of Battistelli and His Friends, Until This Cow Will Die
03.11.17 The Battistelli Mafia and Corsica
=> The Battistelli Mafia and Corsica
03.11.17 Higher Patent Quality Guarded Even Under the Trump Administration While the EPO Goes the Other Way
=> Higher Patent Quality Guarded Even Under the Trump Administration While the EPO Goes the Other Way
03.12.17 Germany Cannot Ratify the UPC Because Britain is Leaving the EU and Unitary Patent Strongly/Strictly Depends on the UK
03.12.17 Patents That Have Life and Death at Stake
=> Patents That Have Life and Death at Stake
03.13.17 How Big a Lie is Team UPC Spreading About Germany and Unitary Patent? A Must Read.
=> How Big a Lie is Team UPC Spreading About Germany and Unitary Patent? A Must Read.
03.13.17 What Appears Like News Sites or Blogs About Patents and ‘IP’ Got Polluted by Lobbying That Peddles Corporate Agenda
03.14.17 Unitary Patent (UPC) Misinformation in Spanish Media and EPO-Connected (Paid) Media That Lobbies Spain
03.14.17 WIPO is in the Business of Publishing Ads for Notorious Patent Aggressors (Facing Antitrust Charges) and Promoting Software Patents
03.15.17 New Examples of Fake News About the Unitary Patent (UPC), Courtesy of Patent Law Firms Looking to Prey on Gullible SMEs
03.16.17 Battistelli Wants to be ‘King’ for a Decade or Longer, Jesper Kongstad Protects Him
=> Battistelli Wants to be ‘King’ for a Decade or Longer, Jesper Kongstad Protects Him
03.17.17 UPC Fake News Rising Sharply as Door Closes for Unitary Patent Ratification and Jo Johnson ‘Needs’ to Believe the UPC Will Actually Happen
03.18.17 Governance Crisis at EPO Deepens After Latest Meeting of the Administrative Council, Necessitating Urgent Outside Intervention
03.20.17 Supposedly ‘Pampered’ Prisoners Are Still Prisoners of the EPO
=> Supposedly ‘Pampered’ Prisoners Are Still Prisoners of the EPO
03.21.17 Letter to Angela Merkel Expresses Concerns About Impact of EPO Scandals on Germany and Its Image
=> Letter to Angela Merkel Expresses Concerns About Impact of EPO Scandals on Germany and Its Image
03.23.17 The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation Has Just Buried an Innocent Judge That Battistelli Does Not Like
03.26.17 Everyone, Including Patent Law Firms, Will Suffer From the Demise of the EPO
=> Everyone, Including Patent Law Firms, Will Suffer From the Demise of the EPO
03.26.17 Even the EPO’s Administrative Council No Longer Trusts Its Chairman, Battistelli’s ‘Chinchilla’ Jesper Kongstad
03.26.17 EPO Critics Threatened by Self-Censorship, Comment Censorship, and a Growing Threat to Anonymity
=> EPO Critics Threatened by Self-Censorship, Comment Censorship, and a Growing Threat to Anonymity
03.27.17 The Crook Goes to Brussels to Lie About the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> The Crook Goes to Brussels to Lie About the Unitary Patent (UPC)
03.29.17 Kongstad and Battistelli Have Staged a Coup at the European Patent Organisation (EPO)
=> Kongstad and Battistelli Have Staged a Coup at the European Patent Organisation (EPO)
03.30.17 Devaluation of European Patents is a Recipe for Institutional Suicide and Immeasurable Harm to Europe’s Economy
04.01.17 Bristows UPC Delusions Are Back, Attempting to Distract From Bad News (UPC Isn’t Happening)
=> Bristows UPC Delusions Are Back, Attempting to Distract From Bad News (UPC Isn’t Happening)
04.04.17 Latest EPO Crisis: Junk Patents Granted in Preparation for Vision of Europe as Litigation Central (UPC)
04.04.17 Reign of Fear (Even Terror) at EPO Prevents People From Speaking About Injustices
=> Reign of Fear (Even Terror) at EPO Prevents People From Speaking About Injustices
04.05.17 Is Bristows UPC Falsifying UK-IPO Quotes or Just Using Informal Words to Lobby for the Unitary Patent (UPC)?
04.06.17 The EPO’s Management is Silencing Its Critics by Sheer Intimidation
=> The EPO’s Management is Silencing Its Critics by Sheer Intimidation
04.09.17 The Latest on the Collapse of the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> The Latest on the Collapse of the European Patent Office (EPO)
04.09.17 Lying Has Become the Norm When It Comes to the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Lying Has Become the Norm When It Comes to the Unitary Patent (UPC)
04.10.17 EPO’s Benoît Battistelli is Again Exploiting Truck Attacks to Spread Lies and Garner Sympathy (for the Abuser)
04.10.17 These Terrifying Comments From Patent Practitioners Suggest They Too Believe UPC is Intended to Make EPO Virtually Obsolete
04.13.17 Awful Quality of EPO-Granted European Patents (EPs) Becomes a Mainstream Topic
=> Awful Quality of EPO-Granted European Patents (EPs) Becomes a Mainstream Topic
04.13.17 The World is Burning for Qualcomm, Whose Dependence on Software Patent Bullying is Being Tackled in Several Continents
04.16.17 EPO Patent Quality and Quality of Service Have Become a Disaster, Say EPO Stakeholders
=> EPO Patent Quality and Quality of Service Have Become a Disaster, Say EPO Stakeholders
04.19.17 Another Final Nail in the UPC Coffin: UK General Election
=> Another Final Nail in the UPC Coffin: UK General Election
04.21.17 Expect Team UPC to Remain in Deep Denial About the Unitary Patent/Unified Court (UPC) Having No Prospects
04.23.17 For the Fordham Echo Chamber (Patent Maximalism), Judges From the EPO Boards of Appeal Are Not Worth Entertaining
04.26.17 Blog ‘Takeovers’ by Bristows and Then Censorship: Now This Firm Lies About the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Then Deletes Comments That Point Out the Errors
04.27.17 Team UPC and CIPA Are Lobbying, Publishing Puff Pieces, and Rewriting the Law for Unitary Patent (UPC) Behind Closed Doors
04.30.17 Twitter Shadowbans Critics of the EPO Now?
=> Twitter Shadowbans Critics of the EPO Now?
05.01.17 Insensitivity at the EPO’s Management – Part X: When EPO Calls the Truth “Defamation”
=> Insensitivity at the EPO’s Management – Part X: When EPO Calls the Truth “Defamation”
05.03.17 Bristows and IAM: Brits Who Lobby for Patent Trolls in Britain
=> Bristows and IAM: Brits Who Lobby for Patent Trolls in Britain
05.04.17 The EPO’s Administrative Council (AC) is “Amazingly Complicit” or “Awfully Compliant” (Like Much of the Media and Much of the System)
05.04.17 Latest WIPO Scandal, Echoing EPO Scandals, Demonstrates Freedom of the Press Coming Under Attack From International Patent Institutions
05.07.17 The Patent Microcosm’s Failed Push for Software Patents Resurgence in the US and Similar Attempts in India and China
05.08.17 Death of ‘IP’ Media: Front Groups of Microsoft Described as “Representing SME Developers” by Bristows
05.08.17 The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Against the European Patent Office (EPO), Lower House to Debate the Issue Today
05.09.17 ‘European Media Intervention Award’ (EIA), EPO Censorship, Self-Censorship, and Paid ‘Media Partners’
05.10.17 English-Speaking Media Catches Up With Latest Twists in EPO Fiasco, Including Appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
05.10.17 English-Speaking Media Catches Up With Latest Twists in EPO Fiasco, Including Appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
05.10.17 Team UPC Still Twists and Fabricates Statements to Make It Seem Like Unitary Patent is Happening Soon
05.11.17 The EPO is in Disarray and Additional Complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) May Be Imminent
05.13.17 Countries With a Dozen European Patents Are an Easy Photo-Op ‘Sell’ for Battistelli While the EPO’s Demise is Largely Ignored by the Patent Microcosm
05.27.17 The United States Has Already Tackled Both Software Patents and Patent Trolls
=> The United States Has Already Tackled Both Software Patents and Patent Trolls
05.30.17 The Silencing of Critics of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Media and in Blogs
=> The Silencing of Critics of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Media and in Blogs
06.12.17 German Barrier to the Unitary Patent (UPC) is Bound to Bring the Insidious Plans to a Halt
=> German Barrier to the Unitary Patent (UPC) is Bound to Bring the Insidious Plans to a Halt
06.14.17 Even UPC Proponents, Paid by the EPO’s PR Firm, Admit That UPC May Never Happen
=> Even UPC Proponents, Paid by the EPO’s PR Firm, Admit That UPC May Never Happen
06.15.17 Unitary Patent (UPC) Will Start “Real Soon” Now… Said Team UPC For So Many Years
=> Unitary Patent (UPC) Will Start “Real Soon” Now… Said Team UPC For So Many Years
06.17.17 Appalling Press Coverage Regarding the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Appalling Press Coverage Regarding the Unitary Patent (UPC)
06.21.17 EPO’s Elodie Bergot Calls Staff Suicide Just ‘Passing Away’, Pretends to Care
=> EPO’s Elodie Bergot Calls Staff Suicide Just ‘Passing Away’, Pretends to Care
06.22.17 You Know That the Unitary Patent (UPC) is in Huge Peril When Its Biggest Fans Admit It’s Unlikely to Happen Even Next Year
06.24.17 The Tide Has Turned Against the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and It Finally Looks as ‘Alive’ as TPP
=> The Tide Has Turned Against the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and It Finally Looks as ‘Alive’ as TPP
06.25.17 Wouter Pors Under Fire for Lying or Manipulating in the Name of the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Wouter Pors Under Fire for Lying or Manipulating in the Name of the Unitary Patent (UPC)
06.28.17 Bristows LLP is Still Trying to Attach Wings to the UPC and Distract From Serious (Likely Fatal) Barriers to It
06.29.17 European Patent Office is on Strike Until Tuesday and Insiders Study the New Head of the Organisation
06.29.17 The UPC’s Figurehead, Alexander Ramsay, Admits UPC is Stuck, Bristows LLP Comes Up With ‘Alternative Facts’
07.01.17 The Future of the EPO Does Not Look Encouraging as Injustice and Abuse Carry On While the Press Looks the Other Way
07.02.17 The Decline in Patent Quality at the European Patent Office (EPO) Already Causes Mass Abandonment of Patents
07.06.17 No UPC Progress, Only Further Delays and Lots of Puff Pieces From the EPO and Bristows (Team UPC) Today
07.09.17 Supreme Court Saves the Day as Latest Statistics Reveal Slump in Patent Litigation (Mostly Trolls) in the Eastern District of Texas
07.10.17 Lobbying Against the US Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision (Alice) by Bristows, IBM, David Kappos, IPO, ABA, AIPLA, Adam Mossoff and Kevin Madigan
07.11.17 In an Age of Mass Deception by Team UPC Benjamin Henrion (FFII) to Deliver a Talk About UPC and Software Patents
07.13.17 Status and Potency of European Patents Compromised
=> Status and Potency of European Patents Compromised
07.14.17 “EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Has Brought an Unprecedented Level of Certainty to the Law,” But Benoît Battistelli Crushes It
07.16.17 Serious Factual Errors in UPC Coverage at Science|Business and Lack of Coverage in the General Media
=> Serious Factual Errors in UPC Coverage at Science|Business and Lack of Coverage in the General Media
07.17.17 Software Patents Lobbying at IAM Strives to Reinforce the Positions of Patent Maximalists
=> Software Patents Lobbying at IAM Strives to Reinforce the Positions of Patent Maximalists
07.20.17 Unified Patent Court (UPC): A Conspiracy of Lies and Silence
=> Unified Patent Court (UPC): A Conspiracy of Lies and Silence
07.22.17 Lack of Independence of the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Organisation (EPO) a Fatal Blow for the UPC
07.25.17 Patent Maximalists Continue to Warp the Debate/Media Coverage About Patents in Britain
=> Patent Maximalists Continue to Warp the Debate/Media Coverage About Patents in Britain
07.29.17 Anonymous Comments Discuss Erosion of Lawful Activity at the EPO, Lowered Patent Quality, Software Patents, and Trump Comparisons
07.31.17 German Media Finally Waking up to EPO Scandals?
=> German Media Finally Waking up to EPO Scandals?
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
=> Antonio Campinos in Charge of the EPO Would Mean Greater EUIPO/EPO Overlap
08.05.17 EPO Directors Who Care About Patent Quality Are Being Kicked Out as Quality Continues to Plunge
=> EPO Directors Who Care About Patent Quality Are Being Kicked Out as Quality Continues to Plunge
08.18.17 The Staff Union of the EPO Has Long Warned About Declining Patent Quality
=> The Staff Union of the EPO Has Long Warned About Declining Patent Quality
08.20.17 Quality of European Patents Has Sunk, Value Diminished
=> Quality of European Patents Has Sunk, Value Diminished
08.22.17 Bristows LLP Tries Hard to Maintain the Illusion That UPC is Alive, Using Media Placements and Paid Plugs
08.25.17 At EPO, “Producing Stronger Patents (or Being Able to Produce Them) is Also a Matter of Professional Pride for the Examiners”
08.29.17 Hiring of German Judges for UPC Has Been Halted as the Future of UPC as a Whole Now in Doubt
=> Hiring of German Judges for UPC Has Been Halted as the Future of UPC as a Whole Now in Doubt
09.02.17 ‘Building the Evidence Base on the Performance of the UK Patent System’ Put in Perspective and Threats From Patent Maximalists
09.10.17 Latest Updates on UPC Constitutional Complaint in Germany and Brexit Barrier to UPC in Britain
=> Latest Updates on UPC Constitutional Complaint in Germany and Brexit Barrier to UPC in Britain
09.10.17 European Patent Office in Shambles and the EU’s Brexit Position Paper Suggests UPC is Off the Agenda
=> European Patent Office in Shambles and the EU’s Brexit Position Paper Suggests UPC is Off the Agenda
09.11.17 “The Constitutional Problems Linked to the UPC are Far From Being Minor”
=> “The Constitutional Problems Linked to the UPC are Far From Being Minor”
09.13.17 Latest Attempts to Blow Air Into the Sails of the Sinking Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Latest Attempts to Blow Air Into the Sails of the Sinking Unitary Patent (UPC)
09.15.17 The UPC Fantasy is Going Nowhere as Complaints and Paperwork Pile Up
=> The UPC Fantasy is Going Nowhere as Complaints and Paperwork Pile Up
09.16.17 European Patent Office Continues to Paint a Rosy UPC Picture Even Though the UPC May Already be Dead
=> European Patent Office Continues to Paint a Rosy UPC Picture Even Though the UPC May Already be Dead
09.21.17 The Latest Lies About the Unitary Patent (UPC) and CIPO’s Participation in Those
=> The Latest Lies About the Unitary Patent (UPC) and CIPO’s Participation in Those
09.21.17 Ambrose Chan Enters Document Security Systems (DSS), a Partly Patent Troll Entity
=> Ambrose Chan Enters Document Security Systems (DSS), a Partly Patent Troll Entity
09.21.17 In an Effort to Push the Unitary Patent (UPC), EPO and the Liar in Chief Spread the Famous Lie About SMEs
09.21.17 UPC Threatens to Weaponise Software Patents in Countries That Forbade These
=> UPC Threatens to Weaponise Software Patents in Countries That Forbade These
09.22.17 The EPO’s Latest Lies About the UPC and SMEs Unraveled, Long-Term Plan Described as Daunting
=> The EPO’s Latest Lies About the UPC and SMEs Unraveled, Long-Term Plan Described as Daunting
09.27.17 European Patent Expired, But $70,000,000 in ‘Damages’
=> European Patent Expired, But $70,000,000 in ‘Damages’
10.02.17 Death of European Patent Quality: The EPO Officially Sends the Appeal Boards to Exile Despite the UPC Going Nowhere
10.04.17 EPO Management Gambled on Europe Being a Patent Litigation Hub/Capital, But It’s All Coming Down in Flames Now
10.12.17 The Hogwash Begins: Patent Microcosm’s Media Pretends Campinos is Anything But Battistelli’s French Succession Plan
10.16.17 The Systematic Erosion of Workers’ Rights and Holidays at the EPO Goes Years Back
=> The Systematic Erosion of Workers’ Rights and Holidays at the EPO Goes Years Back
10.17.17 SUEPO Representatives Like Elizabeth Hardon Vindicated as Battistelli’s Detrimental Effect on Patent Quality is Widely Confirmed
10.18.17 In the Age of Alice and PTAB There is No Reason to Pursue Software Patents in the United States (Not Anymore)
10.18.17 Confessions of EPO Insiders Reveal That European Patents (EPs) Have Lost Their Legitimacy/Value Due to Battistelli’s Policies
10.19.17 The Spanish Supreme Court Rejects the EPO’s “Problem and Solution Approach” While Quality of European Patents Nosedives
10.21.17 Anonymous Professionals Speak of Benoît Battistelli’s Destruction of the EPO, But Why Does the Media Turn a Blind Eye?
10.22.17 Management by Intimidation Has Caused Deaths at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> Management by Intimidation Has Caused Deaths at the European Patent Office (EPO)
10.24.17 What If Lionel Baranes Was EPO President?
=> What If Lionel Baranes Was EPO President?
10.24.17 Freedom of Expression is Dying Not Only at the EPO But Also Outside the EPO (Media Coverage of the EPO)
10.26.17 The EPO is Breaking the Law and Its Employees Cannot Speak About It (Updated)
=> The EPO is Breaking the Law and Its Employees Cannot Speak About It (Updated)
10.26.17 Big Blow for the Unitary Patent (UPC) as Even Patent Professionals Say “It’s Dead”
=> Big Blow for the Unitary Patent (UPC) as Even Patent Professionals Say “It’s Dead”
10.26.17 Professor Siegfried Broß Again Complains About the Situation at the EPO and Issues With the UPC
=> Professor Siegfried Broß Again Complains About the Situation at the EPO and Issues With the UPC
10.28.17 French Politician Claudine Lepage Confronts the EPO Again, Mentions the Hague Court
=> French Politician Claudine Lepage Confronts the EPO Again, Mentions the Hague Court
10.30.17 Irregularities at the EPO and UPC (Unitary Patent) Dodgy Dealings Should Draw Ire
=> Irregularities at the EPO and UPC (Unitary Patent) Dodgy Dealings Should Draw Ire
10.30.17 Belgium’s Jérôme Debrulle, the EPO and the UPC Connection
=> Belgium’s Jérôme Debrulle, the EPO and the UPC Connection
11.02.17 The Screws Tighten on Benoît Battistelli as His Departure is Just Two Seasons Away, Media Still Largely Complicit
11.04.17 In October, Silence in the Media Regarding EPO Scandals Turned From Self-Censorship Into Censorship
=> In October, Silence in the Media Regarding EPO Scandals Turned From Self-Censorship Into Censorship
11.08.17 Kluwer Patent Blog is Down/Sabotaged, But UPC and EPO Spin Carries on in Other Sites
=> Kluwer Patent Blog is Down/Sabotaged, But UPC and EPO Spin Carries on in Other Sites
11.10.17 More Microsoft AstroTurfing by Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) and Mingorance
=> More Microsoft AstroTurfing by Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) and Mingorance
11.13.17 Unitary Patent (UPC) is Dead to the EPO and ANSERA is Not the Answer as Patent Quality Declines and Talented Staff Leaves
11.14.17 Decline of Skills Level of Staff Like Examiners and Impartiality (Independence) of Judges at the EPO Should Cause Concern, Alarm
11.15.17 Benoît Battistelli and Elodie Bergot Have Just Ensured That EPO Will Get Even More Corrupt
=> Benoît Battistelli and Elodie Bergot Have Just Ensured That EPO Will Get Even More Corrupt
11.16.17 The Staff Union of the EPO (SUEPO) is Rightly Upset If Not Shocked at What Battistelli and Bergot Are Doing to the Office
11.17.17 Today’s EPO and Team UPC Do Not Work for Europe But Actively Work Against Europe
=> Today’s EPO and Team UPC Do Not Work for Europe But Actively Work Against Europe
11.20.17 Team Battistelli’s Attacks on the EPO Boards of Appeal Predate the Illegal Sanctions Against a Judge
=> Team Battistelli’s Attacks on the EPO Boards of Appeal Predate the Illegal Sanctions Against a Judge
11.23.17 EPO is Imploding as Benoît Battistelli Drains Out Work, Talent, and Justice
=> EPO is Imploding as Benoît Battistelli Drains Out Work, Talent, and Justice
11.23.17 Amid Constitutional Court Barrier, Unitary Patent (UPC) Looks Dead Even to UPC Proponents, the EPO’s UPC ‘Study’ Comes Under Fire
11.25.17 EPO Uses Bunk ‘Study’ and Team UPC Uses Italy to Prop Up Delusions About the Unitary Patent
=> EPO Uses Bunk ‘Study’ and Team UPC Uses Italy to Prop Up Delusions About the Unitary Patent
11.26.17 “Legal and Administrative Rules at the EPO Are Similar to Those at SIPO” (China)
=> “Legal and Administrative Rules at the EPO Are Similar to Those at SIPO” (China)
11.28.17 French Stress Levels at the EPO and Replacement of Patent Quality With ‘Autopilot’ (Like INPI, France)
11.29.17 EPO Spreads Two Lies Today, One About Patent ‘Production’ and Another About ‘Quality’
=> EPO Spreads Two Lies Today, One About Patent ‘Production’ and Another About ‘Quality’
11.30.17 The SEP/Patent Trolls’ Lobby Insults the Victims, Calling Them “Free Riders”
=> The SEP/Patent Trolls’ Lobby Insults the Victims, Calling Them “Free Riders”
12.03.17 Bristows Again Rebutted, Few Days After Telling Lies and Spreading Fake News About the Unitary Patent (UPC)
12.05.17 The Latest Noise About UPC in the UK
=> The Latest Noise About UPC in the UK
12.05.17 Unified Patent Court (UPC) is “Fata Morgana”
=> Unified Patent Court (UPC) is “Fata Morgana”
12.07.17 Less Than 24 Hours Later the EPO Already Refuses to Obey Court Orders From ILO (Updated)
=> Less Than 24 Hours Later the EPO Already Refuses to Obey Court Orders From ILO (Updated)
12.07.17 International Labour Organisation/ILOAT for UPC Yet Another Problem for Unitary Patent-Style Regime
=> International Labour Organisation/ILOAT for UPC Yet Another Problem for Unitary Patent-Style Regime
12.11.17 Bristows is Being Hammered With Negative Comments For Its Unitary Patent (UPC) Lies
=> Bristows is Being Hammered With Negative Comments For Its Unitary Patent (UPC) Lies
12.12.17 Battistelli-Campinos Transition Will Be a Smooth One as the Administrative Council Remains the Same and the Boards Still Besieged
12.18.17 “As an EPO Employee, I Am Actually Embarrassed by the Behaviour of the President and the Administrative Council”
12.19.17 Today’s Report From the Administrative Council (AC) of the European Patent Organisation ‘Tackles’ the Most Important Issue: Judge Corcoran
12.19.17 Dr. Siegfried Broß Says UPC is in Constitutional and Democratic Grey Area, Abuses at the European Patent Office Contribute to That
12.21.17 Media Blackout in Most European Media Regarding the Latest Major EPO Scandal
=> Media Blackout in Most European Media Regarding the Latest Major EPO Scandal
12.24.17 2017: The Year Software Patents Died Even in the Court Which Started Them
=> 2017: The Year Software Patents Died Even in the Court Which Started Them
12.25.17 Patent Justice Deficit Disorder
=> Patent Justice Deficit Disorder
12.28.17 EPO Remains in Defiance or Violation of ILO Rulings as Corcoran Contract Ends in 3 Days
=> EPO Remains in Defiance or Violation of ILO Rulings as Corcoran Contract Ends in 3 Days
01.05.18 The EPO’s Attack on the Boards of Appeal Dooms the Unitary Patent (UPC) and Team UPC Alters Its Tactics
01.19.18 The EPO Ignores This Week’s Decision Which Demonstrates Patent Scope Gone Awry; Software Patents Brought Up Again
01.22.18 Team UPC Calls Critics of the UPC Idiots, Deletes Their Comments, and Blocks Them
=> Team UPC Calls Critics of the UPC Idiots, Deletes Their Comments, and Blocks Them
01.23.18 Confidence in European Patents (EPs) is Eroding and Stakeholders Are Already Suffering
=> Confidence in European Patents (EPs) is Eroding and Stakeholders Are Already Suffering
01.24.18 CRISPR Patent Debacle Demonstrated That Opposition Divisions Do Their Job, But Also Highlighted Serious Deficiency in Patent-Granting Process
01.25.18 Justice Still Elusive at the EPO and ILOAT, But a Glimmer of Hope Remains
=> Justice Still Elusive at the EPO and ILOAT, But a Glimmer of Hope Remains
01.26.18 The Corcoran Incident Demonstrates That the EPO’s Boards of Appeal Are Threatened and Battistelli Violates Laws
01.27.18 Another Blow for the Unitary Patent (UPC) as More Delays Are Confirmed, Court Won’t Rule on Constitutional Issues Any Time Soon
01.28.18 The European Commission and the Failure to Stop the FRAND/SEP Lobby
=> The European Commission and the Failure to Stop the FRAND/SEP Lobby
02.01.18 Too Much to Cover Up at the EPO, the UN, and UN Agencies
=> Too Much to Cover Up at the EPO, the UN, and UN Agencies
02.03.18 The European Council Confirms That the Unitary/Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) is “Outside the Legal Framework of the European Union”
02.07.18 Team UPC Resorts to Paid ‘Articles’ and Lobbying With Battistelli in an Effort to Cause the UK and Germany to Ignore Their Own Laws
02.09.18 ‘Women in IP’: When the Gender Card is Used to Distract From Patent Policy
=> ‘Women in IP’: When the Gender Card is Used to Distract From Patent Policy
02.09.18 Team UPC is Working Overtime to Impose UPC on Europe, Based on a Pile of Lies
=> Team UPC is Working Overtime to Impose UPC on Europe, Based on a Pile of Lies
02.11.18 In Spite of Suppression Attempts, Resistance to UPC and EPO Tyranny Still Enters Kluwer Patent Blog
=> In Spite of Suppression Attempts, Resistance to UPC and EPO Tyranny Still Enters Kluwer Patent Blog
02.14.18 The EPO Now Censors the Central Staff Committee Like It Used to Censor SUEPO
=> The EPO Now Censors the Central Staff Committee Like It Used to Censor SUEPO
02.14.18 No, Britain is Not Ratifying ‘Unitary’ Anything, But Team UPC Insinuates It Will (Desperate Effort to Affect Tomorrow’s Outcome)
02.15.18 The Latest Lies About Unitary Patent (UPC) and the EPO
=> The Latest Lies About Unitary Patent (UPC) and the EPO
02.20.18 The Patent Trolls’ Lobby, Bristows and IAM Among Others, Downplays Darts-IP/IP2Innovate Report About Rising If Not Soaring Troll Activity in Europe
02.23.18 The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is Dead, But Spin From Team UPC is Now Abundant
=> The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is Dead, But Spin From Team UPC is Now Abundant
02.25.18 Allergan/Mohawk ‘Sovereign Immunity’ Patent Scam (Dodging PTAB) Backfires Spectacularly
=> Allergan/Mohawk ‘Sovereign Immunity’ Patent Scam (Dodging PTAB) Backfires Spectacularly
02.25.18 Changes Introduced by the EPO’s Administrative Council Made It Abundantly Clear That Separation of Powers Does Not Exist for Independence of Judges
02.27.18 The EPO’s Appeal Boards Remain Utterly Dependent and Far From Impartial After Battistelli’s Assault on Their Independence
03.01.18 The Latest Bristows Spin Distracts From the Fact that Britain Has No Intention of Ratifying UPC and Brexit Agreement Altogether Omits It
03.01.18 The UPC is Dead, But Team UPC is Lying to British Politicians in an Effort to Trick Them
=> The UPC is Dead, But Team UPC is Lying to British Politicians in an Effort to Trick Them
03.02.18 Battistelli’s Last Four Months: Peak Censorship at the European Patent Office (EPO)
=> Battistelli’s Last Four Months: Peak Censorship at the European Patent Office (EPO)
03.03.18 Next Week’s Annual Report From the EPO Will Say Nothing About Decline in Patent Quality
=> Next Week’s Annual Report From the EPO Will Say Nothing About Decline in Patent Quality
03.06.18 There’s No Patent Trolls Problem in Europe, Say Law Firms That Represent and Front for Patent Trolls
=> There’s No Patent Trolls Problem in Europe, Say Law Firms That Represent and Front for Patent Trolls
03.09.18 The EPO’s PR Department Receives Return on Investment (Puff Pieces) for Paying the Media
=> The EPO’s PR Department Receives Return on Investment (Puff Pieces) for Paying the Media
03.10.18 Glimmer of Hope for the EPO’s Boards of Appeal as Bavarian Parliament ‘Regroups’ on Tuesday
=> Glimmer of Hope for the EPO’s Boards of Appeal as Bavarian Parliament ‘Regroups’ on Tuesday
03.12.18 EPO Patent ‘Growth’ Not Achieved But Demanded/Mandated by Battistelli, by Lowering Quality of Patents/Services
03.12.18 Doubt Over Independence of Judges at the EPO Clouds Reason in Deciding Regarding Patents on Life
=> Doubt Over Independence of Judges at the EPO Clouds Reason in Deciding Regarding Patents on Life
03.15.18 Monumental Effort to Highlight Decline in Quality of European Patents (a Quarter of Examiners Sign Petition in Spite of Fear), Yet Barely Any Press Coverage
03.22.18 Battistelli’s Ongoing Attacks on the Boards Are Helping Unitary Patent (UPC), Which in Turn Helps French Patent Trolls
03.29.18 Senator Jean-Yves Leconte Accuses EPO and/or ILO of Injustice, But Don’t Expect Media to Notice or Cover It
04.01.18 EPO is Untrustworthy
04.01.18 Anonymous USPTO Whistleblower Explained Internal Management Affairs Last Month
=> Anonymous USPTO Whistleblower Explained Internal Management Affairs Last Month
04.02.18 The Latest SLAPP From the Patent Microcosm Shows Just How Abusive Patent Extremists Can be Towards Their Critics
04.03.18 The Mass Litigation Lobby Craves for Patent Armageddon
=> The Mass Litigation Lobby Craves for Patent Armageddon
04.07.18 Team UPC’s and Team Battistelli’s Lobbying Not Over Yet, Even Though the UPC is Likely Dead for Good
=> Team UPC’s and Team Battistelli’s Lobbying Not Over Yet, Even Though the UPC is Likely Dead for Good
04.22.18 The EPO is Dying and Those Who Have Killed It Are Becoming Very Rich in the Process
=> The EPO is Dying and Those Who Have Killed It Are Becoming Very Rich in the Process
04.23.18 Mythology About Patents in the East
=> Mythology About Patents in the East
04.26.18 Britain Has Not Fully Completed Unified Patent Court (UPC) Ratification and It Remains Incompatible With Brexit
04.26.18 World IP Day, a Propaganda Opportunity for Patent Maximalists, is Becoming More About Feminism
=> World IP Day, a Propaganda Opportunity for Patent Maximalists, is Becoming More About Feminism
04.27.18 Sam Gyimah Did What Was Expected Since 2016, But Unified Patent Court (UPC) is Still Completely Stuck in Most Important Country and Is Not Compatible With Brexit
05.01.18 People Are Belatedly Asking All Those ‘Awkward’ Questions About UPC and the Lies Told by Team UPC
=> People Are Belatedly Asking All Those ‘Awkward’ Questions About UPC and the Lies Told by Team UPC
05.03.18 Marks & Clerk is Still Pushing Patent Maximalism Agenda in Europe and Britain, Including UPC/UPCA/Unitary Patent (UP)
05.05.18 If Anyone Has Defamed the European Patent Organisation/Office (EPO) It’s Benoît Battistelli
=> If Anyone Has Defamed the European Patent Organisation/Office (EPO) It’s Benoît Battistelli
05.09.18 Barker Brettell is Wrong About Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the United Kingdom
=> Barker Brettell is Wrong About Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the United Kingdom
05.09.18 The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is Not Happening, But Kluwer Patent Blog Pretends It’s Already in Force
05.12.18 EPO Staff Deprived and Denied Basic Rights, Even Justice, But Almost Nobody in the ‘Mainstream’ Wants to Talk About It
05.14.18 A Sham and a Scam: How Patent Extremists Continue to Promote a Mohawks and Allergan Ploy Against PTAB, Even After Oil States
05.20.18 In Apple v Samsung Patents That Should Never Have Been Granted May Result in a Billion Dollars in ‘Damages’
05.24.18 Perpetuating the Big Lie That Unitary Patent (UPC) is About to Kick Off
=> Perpetuating the Big Lie That Unitary Patent (UPC) is About to Kick Off
05.27.18 Software Patents Advocacy and UPC Lies Go Hand in Hand
=> Software Patents Advocacy and UPC Lies Go Hand in Hand
05.30.18 St. Germain’s “Système Lamy” and Its EPO Clone – Part 3: Shooting the Messengers and Defaming Opponents
06.01.18 In Gross Violation of German Law, as Per EPO Tradition, Fronleichnam ‘Stolen’ by Benoît Battistelli
=> In Gross Violation of German Law, as Per EPO Tradition, Fronleichnam ‘Stolen’ by Benoît Battistelli
06.02.18 The European Patent Office Dominates Media Coverage in the Form of Paid-For Puff Pieces, Suppresses Coverage About Corruption
06.03.18 Watchtroll Continues to Attack Officials Who Favour Technology Over Law Firms and This Time Zoe Lofgren is the Target
06.07.18 Today, at the Expense of Millions (€) of EPO Budget, Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos Engage in Shameless Self Promotion
06.07.18 What Team UPC Wants: Patent Trolls, Unified Patent Court (UPC), Software Patents, and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)
06.09.18 Battistelli is Still Patently Delusional About the Unitary Patent (UPC)
=> Battistelli is Still Patently Delusional About the Unitary Patent (UPC)
06.09.18 A Post-TC Heartland (and Post-Alice) Patent System is Bad if Not Fatal News to Patent Trolls Like Microsoft’s Intellectual Ventures
06.12.18 Battistelli’s EPO is Outdoing North Korea When It Comes to Propaganda and Abuses Against Staff
=> Battistelli’s EPO is Outdoing North Korea When It Comes to Propaganda and Abuses Against Staff
06.14.18 Grünecker, Hoffmann Eitle, Maiwald and Vossius & Partner Find the Courage to Express Concerns About Battistelli’s Ugly Legacy and Low Patent Quality
06.15.18 The EPO’s Response to the Open Letter About Decline in Patent Quality as the Latest Example of Arrogance and Resistance to Facts, Truth
06.20.18 EPO Insiders Correct the Record of Benoît Battistelli’s Tyranny and Abuse of Law: “Legal Harassment and Retaliation”
06.23.18 Mainstream Media in Germany Covers Battistelli’s Corruption at the EPO Just as He Leaves
=> Mainstream Media in Germany Covers Battistelli’s Corruption at the EPO Just as He Leaves
06.24.18 The ILO Tribunal: Is It Still Worthy of Our Trust?
=> The ILO Tribunal: Is It Still Worthy of Our Trust?
06.27.18 Corruption at the EPO Should be a Subject Anybody Can Speak About, Even Insiders
=> Corruption at the EPO Should be a Subject Anybody Can Speak About, Even Insiders
06.29.18 Insults, Lies and Propaganda on Battistelli’s Last Day at the European Patent Office
=> Insults, Lies and Propaganda on Battistelli’s Last Day at the European Patent Office
07.01.18 The EPO’s Attacks on Bloggers Other Than Me (and ILO-AT Being Utterly Unpredictable)
=> The EPO’s Attacks on Bloggers Other Than Me (and ILO-AT Being Utterly Unpredictable)
07.04.18 Yesterday’s UPC Event Was a Reminder That Team Battistelli is Still in Charge of the European Patent Organisation, Fronting for Team UPC
07.05.18 Abstract Ideas and Mental (Thoughts) Type of Claims Still Deemed Patent-Ineligible, Buzzwords Are Used Instead
07.06.18 Team UPC Suggested Changing Constitutions to Facilitate the Unconstitutional UPC. It Didn’t Go Well…
=> Team UPC Suggested Changing Constitutions to Facilitate the Unconstitutional UPC. It Didn’t Go Well…
07.13.18 Constitutionality and CJEU as Barriers, the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is Already Moot in the United Kingdom
07.17.18 The European Council Needs to Check Battistelli’s Back Room Deals/Back Door/Backchannel With Respect to Christian Archambeau
07.17.18 Yesterday’s Misleading News From Team UPC and Its Aspiring Management of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
07.18.18 “Trade Secrets” Litigation Rising in the Wake of TC Heartland, Alice, Oil States and Other Patent-Minimising Decisions
07.19.18 When Amplifying the Message of ‘Global Innovation Index 2018′ IP Watch Sounds Like WIPO and IP Watchdog (Watchtroll)
08.25.18 ‘Cult of Patents’ Has Cheapened Patents and Nowadays Patent Law Firms Are Collapsing
=> ‘Cult of Patents’ Has Cheapened Patents and Nowadays Patent Law Firms Are Collapsing
09.07.18 CIPA and EPO, Two UPC Boosters, Get Together to Promote Software Patents in Spite of the EPC
=> CIPA and EPO, Two UPC Boosters, Get Together to Promote Software Patents in Spite of the EPC
09.07.18 Election of New Vice-Presidents at EPO Seems Rigged, Say Insiders and Former Insiders
=> Election of New Vice-Presidents at EPO Seems Rigged, Say Insiders and Former Insiders
09.11.18 Patentability of Software Constantly Pushed by the EPO Under António Campinos With Help From IAM, CIPA, IPO and Other Litigation Front Groups
09.20.18 It Wasn’t Judges With Weapons in Their Office, It Was Benoît Battistelli Who Brought Firearms to the European Patent Office (EPO)
09.20.18 Criticism of Unitary Patent (UPC) Agreement Doomed the UPC and Patent Trolls’ Plan — Along With the Litigation Lobby — for Unified ‘Extortion Vector’
09.25.18 Technology Groups and Innovators Bemoan Attempts to Override the Courts to Promote Patent Maximalists’ Agenda by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu
09.26.18 Lots of UPC Noise/News This Week Over a Document Which Merely Weakens Commitment to the UPC
=> Lots of UPC Noise/News This Week Over a Document Which Merely Weakens Commitment to the UPC
09.28.18 How Team UPC is Reacting to the Demise of EPO- and EU-Connected Court That Would Have Put Patent Maximalists in Charge
09.30.18 AIPPI is Led by Team UPC’s People and ‘AIPPI Congress Report’ Published by Team UPC
=> AIPPI is Led by Team UPC’s People and ‘AIPPI Congress Report’ Published by Team UPC
10.05.18 Patents on Life and on Algorithms in Europe Will Doom the EPO
=> Patents on Life and on Algorithms in Europe Will Doom the EPO
10.06.18 The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is Obsolete for More Reasons Than the German Constitutional Court, But Team UPC in the UK Refuses to Give Up
10.19.18 Ingve Björn Stjerna Has Just Warned That If Team UPC and the European Patent Office Rigged the Proceedings of the German Constitutional Court, Consequences Would be Significant
10.21.18 Lack of Patent Quality Means Lack of Patent Validity and Lack of Legal Certainty
=> Lack of Patent Quality Means Lack of Patent Validity and Lack of Legal Certainty
10.25.18 Battistelli and Team UPC Still Waiting for a Campinos Miracle
=> Battistelli and Team UPC Still Waiting for a Campinos Miracle
10.27.18 Lobbying and Blackmail Rewarded? JUVE Awards Team UPC Firm Bardehle Pagenberg, Which Represents Microsoft’s Worst Patent Troll, Intellectual Ventures.
10.30.18 Team UPC Hijacks the Debate in the Media and in British Parliament
=> Team UPC Hijacks the Debate in the Media and in British Parliament
11.04.18 EPO Granting European Patents on Nature and on Thoughts
=> EPO Granting European Patents on Nature and on Thoughts
11.05.18 The USPTO Under Director Andrei Iancu Actively Disses the Courts and Attacks Fundamental Patent Law
=> The USPTO Under Director Andrei Iancu Actively Disses the Courts and Attacks Fundamental Patent Law
11.06.18 The European Patent Office Lost Its Way, Found Buzzwords Instead
=> The European Patent Office Lost Its Way, Found Buzzwords Instead
11.08.18 The António Campinos Private/Secret Meeting With ILO Officials a Slap Across the Face to Employees of the European Patent Office
11.20.18 Germany Likes EPO in Munich, Litigation Factory in Düsseldorf and Mannheim (Like Eastern District of Texas)
11.21.18 To Mask the Decline in Patent Quality, e.g. Granting of Software Patents a.k.a. Computer-Implemented Inventions (CII), EPO Makes Oppositions Harder
11.27.18 127th Session of ILO Tribunal Rulings Will Deal With European Patent Organisation Complaints (Appeals) Tomorrow Afternoon, Staff Grows Tired of Office President António Campinos
12.01.18 Patent Offices Reward Microsoft for Corruption
=> Patent Offices Reward Microsoft for Corruption
12.02.18 Be Wary of the Latest Lies About the Unified Patent Court (UPC), Courtesy of CIPA and Marks & Clerk (Team UPC)
12.07.18 The European Patent Organisation is Like a Private Club and Roland Grossenbacher is Back in It
=> The European Patent Organisation is Like a Private Club and Roland Grossenbacher is Back in It
12.09.18 Patents on Life and Patents That Kill the Poor Would Only Delegitimise the European Patent Office
=> Patents on Life and Patents That Kill the Poor Would Only Delegitimise the European Patent Office
12.11.18 Patents on Abstract Things and on Life (or Patents Which Threaten Lives) Merely Threaten the Very Legitimacy of Patent Offices, Including EPO
12.13.18 The European Patent Troll Wants as Much Litigation as Possible
=> The European Patent Troll Wants as Much Litigation as Possible
12.19.18 UPC Would Mean Patent Scope Gone Out of Control and Beyond/Above the Law
=> UPC Would Mean Patent Scope Gone Out of Control and Beyond/Above the Law
12.21.18 Today’s EPO Envisions a Europe of Patent Trolls, Not of Science and Technology
=> Today’s EPO Envisions a Europe of Patent Trolls, Not of Science and Technology
01.03.19 The EPO is So Backwards That the Boss Has Just Become Subservient to the Subject of Oversight
=> The EPO is So Backwards That the Boss Has Just Become Subservient to the Subject of Oversight
01.08.19 EPO Corruption is Helping Patent Maximalists in the United States
=> EPO Corruption is Helping Patent Maximalists in the United States
01.09.19 European Patent Office Saga in 2019: “95% of the People Responsible for the Misery Are Still in Place and Have Not Even Been Rebuked”
01.13.19 European Patent Office a Textbook Example of Lawless, Rogue Institutions
=> European Patent Office a Textbook Example of Lawless, Rogue Institutions
01.15.19 Team UPC on Dead UPC: Choosing Gowns for Corpses
=> Team UPC on Dead UPC: Choosing Gowns for Corpses
01.19.19 The UPC is Dead. But Bristows is Now Fully Engaged in Necrophilia.
=> The UPC is Dead. But Bristows is Now Fully Engaged in Necrophilia.
01.20.19 EPO Defying Patent Restrictions/Limits From the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Countries It Claims to Represent
01.22.19 The Whitewashing of the EPO Under António Campinos
=> The Whitewashing of the EPO Under António Campinos
01.25.19 Declining Patent Quality and Lies About Software Patents at the EPO
=> Declining Patent Quality and Lies About Software Patents at the EPO
01.26.19 European Patent Quality as Awful Under António Campinos as (If Not Worse Than) Benoît Battistelli and Battistelli Makes a Public Comeback
01.29.19 “HE DID NOTHING Since He Arrived, Full Stop.” What EPO People Make of President Campinos…
=> “HE DID NOTHING Since He Arrived, Full Stop.” What EPO People Make of President Campinos…
01.30.19 People Are Dying Because of Low Quality of (Wrongly-Granted) European Patents
=> People Are Dying Because of Low Quality of (Wrongly-Granted) European Patents
01.31.19 President Campinos Maintains Battistelli’s Abusive Sanctions, EPO Staff Increasingly Losing Faith and Hope in Him
02.01.19 The Reputation of the EPO is Ruined But Now It Ruins the Lives of Staff and Europeans
=> The Reputation of the EPO is Ruined But Now It Ruins the Lives of Staff and Europeans
02.06.19 Bogus European Patents Kill Cancer Patients, But EPO Still Has the Audacity to Ride the Wave of World Cancer Day
02.11.19 The American Software Patents Lobby Has Died
=> The American Software Patents Lobby Has Died
02.19.19 Search Matters Not at the European Patent Office
=> Search Matters Not at the European Patent Office
02.19.19 What Happened in the United States Now Happens in Europe: Lots of Patents Turn Out to Be Bunk, Fake, Bogus, Invalid and Thus Worthless
02.22.19 The European Patent Office Goes Down a Very Slippery Slope by Promoting and Defending Patents on Life/Nature in Defiance of Parliament and the EPC
02.25.19 There is Still a Patent Quality Crisis at the EPO
=> There is Still a Patent Quality Crisis at the EPO
02.27.19 Teff Just One Among Countless Examples of Sheer Disregard for Patent Quality
=> Teff Just One Among Countless Examples of Sheer Disregard for Patent Quality
02.28.19 The Latest Brexit Developments Add Another Nail (Among Many) to the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Coffin
03.04.19 Unitary Patent (UPC/A) Constitutional Complaint Can be Decided in a Matter of Years (If Ever)
=> Unitary Patent (UPC/A) Constitutional Complaint Can be Decided in a Matter of Years (If Ever)
03.17.19 To Team UPC the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Has Become a Joke and the European Patent Office (EPO) Never Mentions It Anymore
03.23.19 The Unified Patent Court is Dead, But Doubts Remain Over the EPO’s Appeal Boards’ Ability to Rule Independently Against Patents on Nature and Code
03.27.19 The European Patent Scope is a Lost Cause, Does Not Exist Anymore
=> The European Patent Scope is a Lost Cause, Does Not Exist Anymore
03.28.19 European Patents Found to be Invalid and Deemed Impotent in the Highest British Court (Again)
=> European Patents Found to be Invalid and Deemed Impotent in the Highest British Court (Again)
03.30.19 The UK Supreme Court’s Latest Decision is Ammunition for the FCC to Scuttle the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA)
04.02.19 EPO Judges Lack Independence and the Internal Courts Are Seen to be Lacking Legitimacy (Decisions’ Validity) Under António Campinos
04.08.19 Europe’s EPO Has Become France’s INPI
=> Europe’s EPO Has Become France’s INPI
04.09.19 The Media is (Still) Failing to Cover EPO Corruption
=> The Media is (Still) Failing to Cover EPO Corruption
04.12.19 The EPO is Slipping Out of Control Again and It’s Another Battistelli-Like Mess With Disregard for the Rule of Law and Patent Scope
04.13.19 Patent Maximalists Are Enabling Injustices and Frauds
=> Patent Maximalists Are Enabling Injustices and Frauds
04.20.19 The Likes of Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), Team Campinos and Team UPC Don’t Represent Europe But Hurt Europe
04.24.19 Supreme Court of the UK, Which Habitually Throws Out European Patents, May Overturn Troublesome Unwired Planet v Huawei Decision
04.25.19 The Quality of Patents is Connected to the Quality of Life of Patent Examiners
=> The Quality of Patents is Connected to the Quality of Life of Patent Examiners
04.27.19 The ‘Technical Effect’ of Attacking the Independence of Judges at the Boards of Appeal and Ignoring/Breaking the Law
04.29.19 Haar is Where EPO Justice Came to Meet Euthanasia
=> Haar is Where EPO Justice Came to Meet Euthanasia
05.01.19 Lack of Justice at the EPO Continues to Usher in Fake Patents on Abstract Things
=> Lack of Justice at the EPO Continues to Usher in Fake Patents on Abstract Things
05.02.19 EPO in 2019: Pushing (and Bribing) for Buzzwords to Bypass/Cheat the Law Whilst Abolishing the Court System
05.03.19 In the Courts, Where Patents Are Assessed Independently, Geeks Are Winning the Battle Against Parasitic Litigation Firms
05.05.19 It’s 2019 and Team UPC is Still Composing ‘Fake News’ (Lobbying Disguised as Reporting)
=> It’s 2019 and Team UPC is Still Composing ‘Fake News’ (Lobbying Disguised as Reporting)
05.11.19 Team UPC Has Run Out of Arguments, So Now It’s Just Writing Anti-Brexit Rants With Testicles in the Headlines
05.14.19 Patents That Were Gleefully Granted by the EPO Continue to Perish in Courts
=> Patents That Were Gleefully Granted by the EPO Continue to Perish in Courts
05.16.19 The EPO’s Key Function — Like the UPC’s Vision — Has Virtually Collapsed
=> The EPO’s Key Function — Like the UPC’s Vision — Has Virtually Collapsed
05.18.19 Unified Patent Court Won’t Happen Just Because the Litigation Microcosm Wants It
=> Unified Patent Court Won’t Happen Just Because the Litigation Microcosm Wants It
05.18.19 The War on Patent Quality
03.03.09 Links 03/03/2009: Linux Gets Thumbs-up in Phones, New ARM/Linux Gadget
=> Links 03/03/2009: Linux Gets Thumbs-up in Phones, New ARM/Linux Gadget
06.03.09 Links 03/06/2009: A Lot of Sub-notebooks News
=> Links 03/06/2009: A Lot of Sub-notebooks News
11.04.09 Links 04/11/2009: Red Hat’s KVM Punch
=> Links 04/11/2009: Red Hat’s KVM Punch
03.19.10 Links 19/3/2010: Google’s TV Project, OpenOffice.org Turning 10, OSBC
=> Links 19/3/2010: Google’s TV Project, OpenOffice.org Turning 10, OSBC
03.22.10 Links 22/3/2010: Commodore 64 With Linux, Linux 2.6.34 @ RC2
=> Links 22/3/2010: Commodore 64 With Linux, Linux 2.6.34 @ RC2
05.07.10 Links 7/5/2010: RHEL and CentOS 3 EoL, Fedora 13 Near
=> Links 7/5/2010: RHEL and CentOS 3 EoL, Fedora 13 Near
05.21.10 Links 21/5/2010: Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring RC, Google Activates 100,000 Android/Linux Devices Per Day
05.23.10 Links 23/5/2010: GNU/Linux on TV; deltaCloud
=> Links 23/5/2010: GNU/Linux on TV; deltaCloud
07.20.10 Links 20/7/2010: Beyond Software, Lots of ACTA News
=> Links 20/7/2010: Beyond Software, Lots of ACTA News
12.03.10 Links 3/12/2010: Gnome Shell And Zeitgeist, RabbitMQ 2.2.0 Released
=> Links 3/12/2010: Gnome Shell And Zeitgeist, RabbitMQ 2.2.0 Released
12.22.10 Links 22/12/2010: Kno is Out, Tiny Core Linux 3.4 is Released
=> Links 22/12/2010: Kno is Out, Tiny Core Linux 3.4 is Released
10.30.12 Links 31/10/2012: Valve Likes GNU/Linux. EFF Does Not Like Unity in Ubuntu 12.10
=> Links 31/10/2012: Valve Likes GNU/Linux. EFF Does Not Like Unity in Ubuntu 12.10
01.04.15 Links 4/1/2015: Meizu M1 Note, Samsung Ahead of Apple in Customer Satisfaction
=> Links 4/1/2015: Meizu M1 Note, Samsung Ahead of Apple in Customer Satisfaction
01.16.15 Links 16/1/2015: Chapeau 21, Tails 1.2.3
=> Links 16/1/2015: Chapeau 21, Tails 1.2.3
03.22.15 Links 22/3/2015: GNOME 3.16 Shaping Up, LibrePlanet 2015
=> Links 22/3/2015: GNOME 3.16 Shaping Up, LibrePlanet 2015
04.24.15 Links 24/4/2015: Ubuntu and Variants in the News, Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1
=> Links 24/4/2015: Ubuntu and Variants in the News, Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1
05.06.15 Links 6/5/2015: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Enters Beta, Ubuntu Summit News
=> Links 6/5/2015: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Enters Beta, Ubuntu Summit News
06.01.15 Links 1/6/2015: wattOS R9, Tanglu 3
=> Links 1/6/2015: wattOS R9, Tanglu 3
07.20.15 Links 20/7/2015: Red Star Linux Serial Content Tracker, Linux 4.2 RC3
=> Links 20/7/2015: Red Star Linux Serial Content Tracker, Linux 4.2 RC3
07.23.15 Links 23/7/2015: New RHEL Release, Capital One Releases Code
=> Links 23/7/2015: New RHEL Release, Capital One Releases Code
07.24.15 Links 24/7/2015: openSUSE Leap 42.1, Intel With Rackspace for OpenStack
=> Links 24/7/2015: openSUSE Leap 42.1, Intel With Rackspace for OpenStack
07.29.15 Links 29/7/2015: Akademy 2015 Ends, NetBSD 7.0 RC
=> Links 29/7/2015: Akademy 2015 Ends, NetBSD 7.0 RC
09.09.15 Links 9/9/2015: Steam for GNU/Linux Rising, Plasma 5.4.1 is Out
=> Links 9/9/2015: Steam for GNU/Linux Rising, Plasma 5.4.1 is Out
09.13.15 Links 13/9/2015: Enlightenment 0.19.10, Linux 4.3-rc1
=> Links 13/9/2015: Enlightenment 0.19.10, Linux 4.3-rc1
09.30.15 Links 30/9/2015: New Kernels, Nexus Devices
=> Links 30/9/2015: New Kernels, Nexus Devices
10.02.15 Links 2/10/2015: Qubes 3.0, Linux.Wifatch
=> Links 2/10/2015: Qubes 3.0, Linux.Wifatch
10.27.15 Links 27/10/2015: Tanglu 4.0, Simplicity Linux 15.10
=> Links 27/10/2015: Tanglu 4.0, Simplicity Linux 15.10
11.05.15 Links 5/11/2015: Framing Linus Torvalds, NetBeans IDE 8.1
=> Links 5/11/2015: Framing Linus Torvalds, NetBeans IDE 8.1
11.10.15 Links 10/11/2015: International Space Station Uses GNU/Linux, TensorFlow Liberated
=> Links 10/11/2015: International Space Station Uses GNU/Linux, TensorFlow Liberated
11.15.15 Links 15/11/2015: Wine 1.7.55 and KDE Frameworks 5.16 Released
=> Links 15/11/2015: Wine 1.7.55 and KDE Frameworks 5.16 Released
11.20.15 Links 20/11/2015: DockerCon EU, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
=> Links 20/11/2015: DockerCon EU, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
12.14.15 Links 14/12/2015: KDE Frameworks 5.17.0, ‘Referendum’ on GPL Enforcement
=> Links 14/12/2015: KDE Frameworks 5.17.0, ‘Referendum’ on GPL Enforcement
01.01.16 Links 1/1/2016: WebGL2 in Firefox Nightly, Gentoo on PS4
=> Links 1/1/2016: WebGL2 in Firefox Nightly, Gentoo on PS4
01.05.16 Links 4/1/2016: DNF 1.1.5, *ubuntu 16.04 Alpha 1
=> Links 4/1/2016: DNF 1.1.5, *ubuntu 16.04 Alpha 1
01.21.16 Links 21/1/2016: Linux Foundation, Gates Foundation Under Fire; OpenStack Foundation Event Coverage
=> Links 21/1/2016: Linux Foundation, Gates Foundation Under Fire; OpenStack Foundation Event Coverage
02.18.16 Links 18/2/2016: New Ubuntu Phone, Go 1.6
=> Links 18/2/2016: New Ubuntu Phone, Go 1.6
03.06.16 Links 6/3/2016: KDE Sprint at CERN, Collabora Office 5.0
=> Links 6/3/2016: KDE Sprint at CERN, Collabora Office 5.0
03.09.16 Links 9/3/2016: Tails 2.2, Developer Preview Of “Android N”
=> Links 9/3/2016: Tails 2.2, Developer Preview Of “Android N”
04.14.16 Links 14/4/2016: Muktware Returns, Google Chrome 50 Released
=> Links 14/4/2016: Muktware Returns, Google Chrome 50 Released
04.28.16 Links 28/4/2016: Fedora 24, EE Goes Open Source
=> Links 28/4/2016: Fedora 24, EE Goes Open Source
05.01.16 Links 1/5/2016: Wine 1.9.9, Devuan Jessie 1.0 Beta
=> Links 1/5/2016: Wine 1.9.9, Devuan Jessie 1.0 Beta
05.03.16 Links 3/5/2016: Mozilla Firefox 46.0.1, More Jolla Funding
=> Links 3/5/2016: Mozilla Firefox 46.0.1, More Jolla Funding
05.06.16 Links 6/5/2016: Neptune 4.5.1, Parts of Basho DB Liberated
=> Links 6/5/2016: Neptune 4.5.1, Parts of Basho DB Liberated
05.12.16 Links 12/5/2016: Qt Creator 4.0.0, Mozilla Thunderbird 45.1.0
=> Links 12/5/2016: Qt Creator 4.0.0, Mozilla Thunderbird 45.1.0
05.15.16 Links 15/5/2016: Gaming on Linux, LinHES R8.4
=> Links 15/5/2016: Gaming on Linux, LinHES R8.4
05.17.16 Links 17/5/2016: Wine 1.9.10, ChaletOS 16.04
=> Links 17/5/2016: Wine 1.9.10, ChaletOS 16.04
05.23.16 Links 23/5/2016: GNOME 3.22, Calculate Linux 15.17
=> Links 23/5/2016: GNOME 3.22, Calculate Linux 15.17
05.26.16 Links 26/5/2016: CentOS Linux 6.8, Ansible 2.1
=> Links 26/5/2016: CentOS Linux 6.8, Ansible 2.1
05.28.16 Links 28/5/2016: Wine 1.9.11, New Gentoo
=> Links 28/5/2016: Wine 1.9.11, New Gentoo
05.29.16 Links 29/5/2016: NetBSD 7.0.1, Genode OS 16.05
=> Links 29/5/2016: NetBSD 7.0.1, Genode OS 16.05
06.07.16 Links 7/6/2016: Manjaro Linux 16.06, Firefox 47.0
=> Links 7/6/2016: Manjaro Linux 16.06, Firefox 47.0
06.08.16 Links 8/6/2016: Linux Mint 18 Beta, Spark Summit
=> Links 8/6/2016: Linux Mint 18 Beta, Spark Summit
07.19.16 Links 19/7/2016: ARM and Opera Buyout
=> Links 19/7/2016: ARM and Opera Buyout
07.21.16 Links 21/7/2016: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Xfce Beta
=> Links 21/7/2016: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Xfce Beta
07.22.16 Links 22/7/2016: Wine 1.9.15, KaOS 2016.07 ISO
=> Links 22/7/2016: Wine 1.9.15, KaOS 2016.07 ISO
07.23.16 Links 23/7/2016: Leo Laporte on GNU/Linux, Dolphin Emulator’s Vulkan Completion
=> Links 23/7/2016: Leo Laporte on GNU/Linux, Dolphin Emulator’s Vulkan Completion
07.26.16 Links 26/7/2016: Microsoft Growing Desperate, Linux 4.8 Visions
=> Links 26/7/2016: Microsoft Growing Desperate, Linux 4.8 Visions
07.29.16 Links 28/7/2016: CORD as Linux Foundation Project, Wine 1.9.15 Released
=> Links 28/7/2016: CORD as Linux Foundation Project, Wine 1.9.15 Released
07.30.16 Links 30/7/2016: Sysadmin Day, Stardew Valley on GNU/Linux
=> Links 30/7/2016: Sysadmin Day, Stardew Valley on GNU/Linux
08.05.16 Links 5/8/2016: ROSA Fresh R8, GNU C Library 2.24
=> Links 5/8/2016: ROSA Fresh R8, GNU C Library 2.24
08.10.16 Links 10/8/2016: digiKam 5.1.0 Released, GigaSpaces Liberates Code
=> Links 10/8/2016: digiKam 5.1.0 Released, GigaSpaces Liberates Code
08.11.16 Links 11/8/2016: Linux 4.6.6, KDE Kirigami UI Framework
=> Links 11/8/2016: Linux 4.6.6, KDE Kirigami UI Framework
08.20.16 Links 20/8/2016: Android Domination, FSFE summit 2016
=> Links 20/8/2016: Android Domination, FSFE summit 2016
09.06.16 Links 6/9/2016: QEMU 2.7.0, GNU Nano 2.7.0
=> Links 6/9/2016: QEMU 2.7.0, GNU Nano 2.7.0
09.07.16 Links 7/9/2016: Sony Microsoft Bundling Case, Torvalds’ ‘sh*t-for-brains stupid patch’
=> Links 7/9/2016: Sony Microsoft Bundling Case, Torvalds’ ‘sh*t-for-brains stupid patch’
09.17.16 Links 17/9/2016: Debian 8.6 Released, More Microsoft Layoffs and Dead Products
=> Links 17/9/2016: Debian 8.6 Released, More Microsoft Layoffs and Dead Products
09.19.16 Links 19/9/2016: Linux 4.8 RC7, KDevelop 5.0.1
=> Links 19/9/2016: Linux 4.8 RC7, KDevelop 5.0.1
09.22.16 Links 22/9/2016: Red Hat’s Latest Results, GNOME 3.22 Released
=> Links 22/9/2016: Red Hat’s Latest Results, GNOME 3.22 Released
10.14.16 Links 14/10/2016: 20th Birthday for KDE, Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3
=> Links 14/10/2016: 20th Birthday for KDE, Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3
10.24.16 Links 24/10/2016: Linux 4.9 RC2
=> Links 24/10/2016: Linux 4.9 RC2
11.12.16 Links 12/11/2016: Core Infrastructure Initiative Supports Reproducible Builds, Temer’s Assault on FOSS
11.28.16 Links 28/11/2016: X-Plane 11 Beta, Early Work For C++20, Microsoft Hole in RHEL
=> Links 28/11/2016: X-Plane 11 Beta, Early Work For C++20, Microsoft Hole in RHEL
12.10.16 Links 10/12/2016: KDE neon User LTS Edition, AsteroidOS in Headlines Again
=> Links 10/12/2016: KDE neon User LTS Edition, AsteroidOS in Headlines Again
12.15.16 Links 15/12/2016: Qt Creator 4.2, Kubernetes 1.5
=> Links 15/12/2016: Qt Creator 4.2, Kubernetes 1.5
12.16.16 Links 16/12/2016: New Linux Mint Releases
=> Links 16/12/2016: New Linux Mint Releases
01.25.17 Links 25/1/2017: Managed Kubernetes Service, Wine 2.0
=> Links 25/1/2017: Managed Kubernetes Service, Wine 2.0
02.27.17 Links 27/2/2017: GNU Linux-libre 4.10, Weston 2.0.0, Git 2.12.0, Linux From Scratch 8.0
=> Links 27/2/2017: GNU Linux-libre 4.10, Weston 2.0.0, Git 2.12.0, Linux From Scratch 8.0
03.11.17 Links 11/3/2017: PiCluster 1.6, GXml 0.14, No More Fedora Alpha Releases
=> Links 11/3/2017: PiCluster 1.6, GXml 0.14, No More Fedora Alpha Releases
04.06.17 Links 6/4/2017: CentOS Linux 6.9, Ubuntu is Back to GNOME
=> Links 6/4/2017: CentOS Linux 6.9, Ubuntu is Back to GNOME
07.04.17 Links 4/7/2017: Market Share Debate is Back, Libinput 1.8 Released
=> Links 4/7/2017: Market Share Debate is Back, Libinput 1.8 Released
08.22.17 Links 22/8/2017: Linux 4.13 RC6, Mesa 17.1.7, Wine 2.15, Android O
=> Links 22/8/2017: Linux 4.13 RC6, Mesa 17.1.7, Wine 2.15, Android O
08.23.17 Links 23/8/2017: Chrome OS For Work, GNOME 3.25.91
=> Links 23/8/2017: Chrome OS For Work, GNOME 3.25.91
08.26.17 Links 26/8/2017: Audacious 3.9, Krita 3.2.1, Eolie 0.9.1, FreeBSD 10.4 Beta 2
=> Links 26/8/2017: Audacious 3.9, Krita 3.2.1, Eolie 0.9.1, FreeBSD 10.4 Beta 2
09.14.17 Links 14/9/2017: Plasma 5.11 Beta, Q4OS 1.8.8, Orion
=> Links 14/9/2017: Plasma 5.11 Beta, Q4OS 1.8.8, Orion
01.30.18 Links 30/1/2018: Godot 3.0 and ncurses 6.1
=> Links 30/1/2018: Godot 3.0 and ncurses 6.1
02.09.18 Links 9/2/2018: Cockpit 161, Freespire 3.0.6.5, PostgreSQL 10.2
=> Links 9/2/2018: Cockpit 161, Freespire 3.0.6.5, PostgreSQL 10.2
02.15.18 Links 15/2/2018: GNOME 3.28 Beta, Rust 1.24
=> Links 15/2/2018: GNOME 3.28 Beta, Rust 1.24
03.28.18 Links 28/3/2018: Mesa 18.0.0, Kubernetes 1.10, Heads 0.4, GIMP 2.10 RC1
=> Links 28/3/2018: Mesa 18.0.0, Kubernetes 1.10, Heads 0.4, GIMP 2.10 RC1
03.31.18 Links 31/3/2018: Wine 3.5, KDE Connect Updates, Raspberry Pi Targeted by SUSE, Mozilla Turns 20
=> Links 31/3/2018: Wine 3.5, KDE Connect Updates, Raspberry Pi Targeted by SUSE, Mozilla Turns 20
04.18.18 Links 18/4/2018: New Fedora 27 ISOs, Nextcloud Wins German Government Contract
=> Links 18/4/2018: New Fedora 27 ISOs, Nextcloud Wins German Government Contract
04.21.18 Links 21/4/2018: Linux 4.9.95, FFmpeg 4.0, OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign
=> Links 21/4/2018: Linux 4.9.95, FFmpeg 4.0, OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign
04.23.18 Links 23/4/2018: Second RC of Linux 4.17 and First RC of Mesa 18.1
=> Links 23/4/2018: Second RC of Linux 4.17 and First RC of Mesa 18.1
04.28.18 Links 28/4/2018: Wine 3.7 Released, FigOS 2.8, GIMP 2.10
=> Links 28/4/2018: Wine 3.7 Released, FigOS 2.8, GIMP 2.10
05.11.18 Links 11/5/2018: New CentOS, X.Org Server 1.20, Rust 1.26, Krita 4.0.2, Cutelyst 2.3.0 and Kdenlive 18.04.1
06.16.18 Links 16/6/2018: LiMux Story, Okta Openwashing and More
=> Links 16/6/2018: LiMux Story, Okta Openwashing and More
07.06.18 Links 6/7/2018: New GIMP and Elisa
=> Links 6/7/2018: New GIMP and Elisa
07.22.18 Links 22/7/2018: Neptune 5.4, NetBSD 8.0
=> Links 22/7/2018: Neptune 5.4, NetBSD 8.0
08.06.18 Links 6/8/2018: Linux 4.18 RC8, Pinguy OS 18.04.1, Netrunner Rolling 2018.08, Thunderbird 60
=> Links 6/8/2018: Linux 4.18 RC8, Pinguy OS 18.04.1, Netrunner Rolling 2018.08, Thunderbird 60
08.07.18 Links 7/8/2018: TCP Vulnerability in Linux, Speck Crypto Code Candidate for Removal
=> Links 7/8/2018: TCP Vulnerability in Linux, Speck Crypto Code Candidate for Removal
08.14.18 Links 14/8/2018: Virtlyst 1.2.0, Blender 2.8 Planning Update, Zorin OS 12.4, FreeBSD 12.0 Alpha
=> Links 14/8/2018: Virtlyst 1.2.0, Blender 2.8 Planning Update, Zorin OS 12.4, FreeBSD 12.0 Alpha
08.15.18 Links 15/8/2018: Akademy 2018 Wrapups and More Intel Defects
=> Links 15/8/2018: Akademy 2018 Wrapups and More Intel Defects
08.23.18 Links 23/8/2018: Mesa 18.2 RC4 Released, Bodhi Linux 5.0.0 Released
=> Links 23/8/2018: Mesa 18.2 RC4 Released, Bodhi Linux 5.0.0 Released
08.25.18 Links 25/8/2018: Go 1.11, LLVM 7.0 RC2
=> Links 25/8/2018: Go 1.11, LLVM 7.0 RC2
08.29.18 Links 29/8/2018: Solaris 11.4, More Intel Issues
=> Links 29/8/2018: Solaris 11.4, More Intel Issues
09.09.18 Links 9/9/2018: New Mesa and Nitrux 1.0.15
=> Links 9/9/2018: New Mesa and Nitrux 1.0.15
10.02.18 Links 2/10/2018: Stratis 1.0 and Milestone for Alliance of Open Media
=> Links 2/10/2018: Stratis 1.0 and Milestone for Alliance of Open Media
10.03.18 Links 3/10/2018: IBM Containers and Red Hat Announces Satellite 6.4
=> Links 3/10/2018: IBM Containers and Red Hat Announces Satellite 6.4
10.15.18 Links 15/10/2018: Testing Ubuntu 18.10 Release Candidates, KaOS 2018.10 Released
=> Links 15/10/2018: Testing Ubuntu 18.10 Release Candidates, KaOS 2018.10 Released
10.18.18 Links 18/10/2018: New Ubuntu and Postgres
=> Links 18/10/2018: New Ubuntu and Postgres
11.14.18 Links 14/11/2018: KDevelop 5.3, Omarine 5.3, Canonical Not for Sale
=> Links 14/11/2018: KDevelop 5.3, Omarine 5.3, Canonical Not for Sale
12.04.18 Links 4/12/2018: LibrePCB 0.1.0, SQLite 3.26.0, PhysX Code
=> Links 4/12/2018: LibrePCB 0.1.0, SQLite 3.26.0, PhysX Code
12.10.18 Links 10/12/2018: Linux 4.20 RC6 and Git 2.20
=> Links 10/12/2018: Linux 4.20 RC6 and Git 2.20
12.12.18 Links 12/12/2018: Mesa 18.3.1 Released, CNCF Takes Control of etcd
=> Links 12/12/2018: Mesa 18.3.1 Released, CNCF Takes Control of etcd
12.28.18 Links 28/12/2018: Mesa 18.2.8 Released, Ubuntu/GNOME on a Tablet
=> Links 28/12/2018: Mesa 18.2.8 Released, Ubuntu/GNOME on a Tablet
01.04.19 Links 5/1/2019: Wine 4.0 RC5, Hyundai Joins the Linux Foundation
=> Links 5/1/2019: Wine 4.0 RC5, Hyundai Joins the Linux Foundation
01.11.19 Links 11/1/2019: IBM-Red Hat Obstacle Cleared, Toyota Chooses Linux
=> Links 11/1/2019: IBM-Red Hat Obstacle Cleared, Toyota Chooses Linux
01.14.19 Links 14/1/2019: Linux 5.0 RC2 and DXVK 0.95 Released
=> Links 14/1/2019: Linux 5.0 RC2 and DXVK 0.95 Released
01.17.19 Links 17/1/2019: ZFS Debate Returns, AWS Pains Free Software
=> Links 17/1/2019: ZFS Debate Returns, AWS Pains Free Software
01.22.19 Links 22/1/2019: Kodachi 5.8, LibreOffice 6.2 Finished
=> Links 22/1/2019: Kodachi 5.8, LibreOffice 6.2 Finished
01.26.19 Links 26/1/2019: Wine-Staging 4.0, MythTV 30.0 Released; Debian GNU/Linux 9.7 “Stretch”
=> Links 26/1/2019: Wine-Staging 4.0, MythTV 30.0 Released; Debian GNU/Linux 9.7 “Stretch”
02.05.19 Links 5/2/2019: Wine 4.1, Nanonote 1.1.0, openSUSE Board Elections
=> Links 5/2/2019: Wine 4.1, Nanonote 1.1.0, openSUSE Board Elections
02.22.19 Links 22/2/2019: GNOME 3.32 Beta 2 Released and Fedora 30 Flicker-Free Boot
=> Links 22/2/2019: GNOME 3.32 Beta 2 Released and Fedora 30 Flicker-Free Boot
02.28.19 Links 28/2/2019: KStars 3.1.0, Fedora IoT Docs Go Live, Devuan Developer Gathering
=> Links 28/2/2019: KStars 3.1.0, Fedora IoT Docs Go Live, Devuan Developer Gathering
03.18.19 Links 18/3/2019: Solus 4, Linux 5.1 RC1, Mesa 18.3.5, OSI Individual Member Election Won by Microsoft
03.19.19 Links 19/3/2019: Jetson/JetBot, Linux 5.0.3, Kodi Foundation Joins The Linux Foundation, and Firefox 66
03.21.19 Links 21/3/2019: Wayland 1.17.0, Samba 4.10.0, OpenShot 2.4.4 and Zorin Beta
=> Links 21/3/2019: Wayland 1.17.0, Samba 4.10.0, OpenShot 2.4.4 and Zorin Beta
03.29.19 Links 29/3/2019: Wayland’s Weston 6.0, Libinput 1.13, New Ubuntu Beta
=> Links 29/3/2019: Wayland’s Weston 6.0, Libinput 1.13, New Ubuntu Beta
03.30.19 Links 31/3/2019: Wine 4.5 Released, Pinguy OS 18.04.2
=> Links 31/3/2019: Wine 4.5 Released, Pinguy OS 18.04.2
04.01.19 Links 1/4/2019: Linux 5.1 RC3, Linux Lite 4.4 Released
=> Links 1/4/2019: Linux 5.1 RC3, Linux Lite 4.4 Released
04.10.19 Links 10/4/2019: Microsoft’s GDPR Trouble, New Fedora 29 Images
=> Links 10/4/2019: Microsoft’s GDPR Trouble, New Fedora 29 Images
04.23.19 Links 23/4/2019: Kodi ‘Leia’ 18.2 and DeX Everywhere
=> Links 23/4/2019: Kodi ‘Leia’ 18.2 and DeX Everywhere
04.29.19 Links 29/4/2019: Another Linux RC and Microsoft Uses GitHub to Devour the Apache Software Foundation
=> Links 29/4/2019: Another Linux RC and Microsoft Uses GitHub to Devour the Apache Software Foundation
05.03.19 Links 3/5/2019: Sparky 4.10, FuguIta 6.5, GCC 9.1
=> Links 3/5/2019: Sparky 4.10, FuguIta 6.5, GCC 9.1
05.11.19 Links 11/5/2019: Mesa 19.0.4, “2019 the Year of GNU/Linux on the Desktop”
=> Links 11/5/2019: Mesa 19.0.4, “2019 the Year of GNU/Linux on the Desktop”
05.16.19 Links 16/5/2019: Cockpit 194, VMware Acquires Bitnami, Another Wine Announcement and Krita 4.2.0 Beta
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