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[News] Allegedly "Corrupt" EPO Lobbies the EU

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MEP Award for "research & innovation" goes to Paul Rübig

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| The Austrian also served on the jury for the first European Inventor of the 
| Year awards in 2006, presenting the trophy to the winners in the 
| category "New EU member states".  
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http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2008/20081009.html


Recent:

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| Staff at the European Patent Office went on strike accusing the organization
| of corruption: specifically, stretching the standards for patents in order to
| make more money.
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| One of the ways that the EPO has done this is by issuing software patents in
| defiance of the treaty that set it up.
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http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-jul-oct.html#24%20September%202008%20%28Patent%20Office%20on%20Strike%29
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