This article is a load of horse sh*t
As a UK Patent Attorney, I have to say that this article is the biggest load of sh*te.
The EPO is established to reduce bureaucracy involved in filing patent applications separately in the national patent offices of different countries, each with different requirements. It saves applicants seeking protection in more than one or two European countries and indeed the whole system a shitload of money, has driven up standards and greatly harmonised the law across Europe to the extent that third parties operating in markets across Europe now have a higher degree of certainty as to what they can and can't do without infringing competitors' patents. The patent granting process in Europe is all the better for the EPO and we are seen as being the world-leading jurisdiction for patent law and standards.
The pan-EU court of litigation in the form of the UPC will do the same for patent litigation, improving access to justice for patent holders and defendants of litigation actions and bringing us on a par with the US. If it were to go ahead without the UK being a part of It the UK and UPC and U.K. Companies would all be poorer with the result.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
