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Primer on the Crises and Scandals at the European Patent Office (EPO)

posted by martyb on Sunday June 25 2017, @08:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the patently-absurd dept.

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Roy Schestowitz at Techrights has summarized the situation at the European Patent Office (EPO) with a Primer on the Crises and Scandals. Spying on staff, filtering staff web access, and union busting are just a sample of the shenanigans by top EPO management. And of course one chronic tale of woe includes the continued attempts by a few within the organization to introduce software patents into Europe. Software patents are a solid threat to all who use software for personal or, especially, business ends. As they fade from North America, vigilance is needed in Europe.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @12:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @12:36PM (#531276)

    A government is an organization founded on the principle of coercion.

    How do you enforce contracts? Well, you hire people to enact whatever the contract says you can do, as agreed upon by both sides prior to enforcement.

    How do you ensure that the enforcers don't turn into a government? As always, the answer is well known: Competition; that is what constitutes a true separation of powers, and that is why there has never been and never will be One World Government.

    Get it yet?

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