Original letter from USF [PDF]

Summary: The letters from USF keep coming; the latest of many refers to the EPO's very own survey, which the EPO's management attempted to spin

THE EPO PRESIDENT, António Campinos, has just received the above letter from Union Syndicale Federale (USF), which previously remarked on EPO scandals, e.g. union-busting and lawlessness. Among our articles about them:

• Union Syndicale Fédérale: Apparently ILO Considered Kicking Out the EPO for Repeatedly Refusing and Failing to Obey the Law
• European Commission Again Urged to Tackle Abuses at the European Patent Office (EPO)
• USF Warns Campinos (EPO President in 4 Months) of “Extreme” Situation at the EPO



• USF Revisits EPO Abuses, Highlighting an Urgent Need for Action
• Union Syndicale Federale Slams FFPE-EPO for Helping Abusive EPO Management by Signing a Malicious, Divisive Document
• All Members of the European Parliament Get Warned About the Deterioration at the European Patent Office (EPO)

The latest letter talks about the survey (we published it in full) and adds these remarks, partly reproduced by SUEPO as follows:

With a letter dated 26 November 2018 and a reminder dated 29 January 2019, USF drew Mr Campinos’ attention to the negative perception of the abusive – and for several of them still unresolved – disciplinary cases against staff or union representatives at the EPO and the personal suffering the situation still entails. In the meantime, a survey has been run at the EPO which seems to reveal/shows very worrying results calling for an analysis to be run jointly by the EPO President and the EPO staff representation / SUEPO.

We recently noted that, based on insiders, staff is running out of patience. A pressure cooker analogy was used. António Campinos isn't impressing or fooling anyone. Not even USF. ⬆