Scenes From Vilnius: EPO and Friends Converge for Lobbying and Self-Congratulatory Talks

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-05-30 11:29:39 UTC
Modified: 2022-05-30 11:29:39 UTC

Sourced from the official footage [1, 2]

Gurry and Ernst: Gurry crushing his own staff; Ernst protecting two presidents who crush EPO staff

Gurry and Ernst: Tap-tap on nose: Just slap them like this

The hippo from HIPO

Rimvydas Naujokas: Bought and paid for

Gurry speech

Team UPC; Team Topic

Battistelli grooms me for next job

The saboteur

Cooperation in crime

Bought and paid for

INPI import

Kongstad chinchilla

Topic's mistress; Mihaly

Will receive EUIPO job as a bribe

Paymaster

Battistelli needs advice

Battistelli needs advice again

Battistelli and chair

Welcome

Lecture

Handshake

F***ing president

Tony will import me from Alicante to Munich

Battistelli

Giver of funds/paymaster

Battistelli looks

Battistelli and partner

Battistelli and bagman

Battistelli and his mate

Say yes

UPC plotters

I came to push UPC

Chief of EPO

Coming soon: UPC! -Battistelli a decade ago

'Cooperation' (coercion) money

Private signing: Nothing to see here, move along...

Where's all the wine gone?

One second later: Oh, there it is! Battistelli fuel

Summary: Old footage (almost a decade old) shows the proximity between many of today's culprits, who gradually ruined the EPO with a wide web of nepotism, corruption, and unconstitutional actions

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