Reply to post: Re: "seize private property" ?

Euro Patent Office staff warns board of internal rule changes

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: "seize private property" ?

"I guess if you sign a contract saying you will allow your employer to come round and sniff around in your dirty laundry then they can. "

Actually, no, that can't happen. In most normal jurisdictions that would break human rights legislation and that trumps contract law every time. The EPO, however, seems to be in it's own jurisdictional bubble.

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