Extraordinary, a new president!

Dear weblog readers ...
"At the Extraordinary AC meeting in Munich today, the member states elected Benoît Battistelli as our next President [i.e. President of the European Patent Office]. Mr Battistelli obtained the necessary qualified majority of three-quarters of the votes cast. Currently Mr Battistelli is Director General of the French National Institute of Industrial Property".
Benoît Battistelli here
Another great French BB here
French without tears here
New site of the European Patent Office here
Horse trading here