12.31.17
Posted in Europe, Patents at 6:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: AMBA, which represents the members of the Boards of Appeal, warmed that unnecessary changes would give Battistelli’s circle ‘disciplinary’ control/leverage over judges like Patrick Corcoran — a warning that came more than half a decade ago and two years prior to the assault on Corcoran
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 6:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: SUEPO (EPO staff union) and the staff committee both warned that Battistelli’s ‘secret police’ would not really protect the dignity of staff but potentially punish people whom the President (Battistelli) does not like, e.g. Patrick Corcoran
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:47 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The notion of “separation of powers” (except in a theatrical sense) does not exist in Battistelli’s mind
Also see: Raw: How Battistelli Stacked (to Effectively Control) the Consultation Process Rubber-stamping All His Controversial Proposals
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Summary: In violation of — or in defiance of the spirit of — Article 38(3) ServRegs, Battistelli undermined the staff’s ability to participate in decision-making by putting the MAC inside the GAC (General Advisory Committee) as far back as over half a decade ago, raising suspicions and causing understandable animosity
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Original/full: SUEPO on pensions [PDF]
Summary: “The EPO commissioned a study showing that Germany is hugely benefiting from the EPO presence on it soil,” SUEPO wrote 5 years ago (diagram above) and EPO “unduly benefits two Host countries (with 40% of our pensioners residing in Germany and 25% in the Netherlands).”
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:02 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Original/full: Home Leave: a new attack on our working conditions [PDF]
Summary: The staff union of the EPO (SUEPO) explains how staff is having rights revoked by an administration which knows that appeals can take many years to even reach the front of the queue and institute a potent legal challenge
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 4:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Also see: Raw: EPO Stonewalled Staff Committee, Failing to Reply to About 30 Letters in Succession
Original/full: How social is the President’s agenda for 2013 [PDF]

Always together, undermining justice in the dark
Summary: Consultation in the EPO became so farcical that management basically denied staff’s input (in defiance of the EPO’s rules/spirit) and when challenged on the matter it responded, very harshly, whereupon staff representatives themselves were painted as the problem
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 4:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Original/full: Story-telling by Mr Battistelli [PDF]
Summary: “All this is indicative of a smoke-screen, which we believe has the aim to distract staff from the real issues, focussing solely on the alleged misbehaviour of staff or SUEPO representatives,” explained staff representatives
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Posted in Europe, Patents at 3:54 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Battistelli patented carte blanche
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Summary: By creating an overlap between GAC and MAC, Battistelli has effectively eliminated the GAC’s role/purpose and thus staff’s influence in decision-making processes
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