Reply to post: Re: There is one good thing about the European patent office

European Patent Office palace coup bombs

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Re: There is one good thing about the European patent office

> Once an EU court is selected for a patent dispute, that court's decision applies to the whole of Europe

Awesome. How did they do this?

You see, the EPO member states include also countries like Turkey, Switzerland and Norway, countries that are NOT members of the EU. And now you tell me that an EU court will decide matters inside these countries? This would normally be considered "ultra vires" but according to you not in this case. Therefore I must again ask: how did they achieve this?

Also your wide brush also includes countries that are in Europe but not EPO members states.

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