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Reality Versus Fiction: EPO Insiders Versus EPO Web Site and UPC 'Churnalists'

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Summary: The "official" sources of the European Patent Office (EPO), as well as the sedated "media" that the EPO is bribing for further bias, cannot tell the truth about this very large institution; for proper examination of Europe's largest patent office one must pursue the interpretation by longtime veterans and insiders, who are increasingly upset and abused (they're being pressured to grant patents in violation of the charter of the EPO)

THE VIDEO above looks at this new staff presentation [PDF] from the EPO, the EPO's shameless PR, and Kluwer Patent Blog's current front page (UPC and EPO propaganda galore).



"The patent courts across Europe fear they might face the same fate as that of examiners, in effect being governed and abused by unaccountable corporate actors like Battistelli, Campinos, and their German enablers."While it's hardly surprising that suppressed staff and anonymous comments say a lot more than so-called media (they're openly mocking IAM, the EPO's unofficial mouthpiece), it's worth registering what's actually true and what's patently false, sometimes even criminal. Only a few days ago the staff unveiled a survey and we said that "European Patent Office Staff Votes in Favour of Freedom of Association (97% of Voters in Support)"; staff representatives at The Hague (TH/NL) issued the following statement:



[LSCTH] General Assembly The Hague January 2023 - 97% in favour of resolution to end breaches of fundamental rights at the EPO



 
Dear colleagues,

On January 24th, 631 colleagues from The Hague participated in the hybrid General Assembly by the Local staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH).
 
As a result:



  • a resolutionurging the Administrative Council and the President to put an end to breaches of the right to freedom of association and of the right to freedom of communication at the EPO was put forward and received 97% support from 502 respondents.

  • 415 colleagues responded to a poll about the Bringing Teams Together project with the following results:



    • 60% feel negative and 34% feel resignated about the move,

    • 92% declare that the recent changes including the move have affected their overall wellbeing with 53% indicating that it has affected them a lot,

    • 84% do not trust this will be the only move in the near future and 13% do not care,

    • 79% have no trust in the BTT project and its implementation at all.




For more information, please see slides below: 



 

Topic

Slides

1

Staff representation matters 2023: mass emails, freedom of association, call for candidates, vote on resolution

Page 3

2

Salary Adjustment Procedure

Page 13

3

Bringing Teams Together

Page 23

4

Q&A

 



 
We received many questions from the audience and responded to many of them during the meeting. However, if any of your queries or questions remain unanswered, please do not hesitate to contact us [...]  
We thank everybody who participated.

Kind regards,

Take care of yourselves and your loved ones,
 
Your Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH)



The video above does not discuss financial aspects of the dispute; with Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos it was rarely a dispute about money but about human rights. When it comes to the UPC, what's at stake is a lot of stuff, including European software patents. We strongly urge EPO staff, including the union, to talk about this. The patent courts across Europe fear they might face the same fate as that of examiners, in effect being governed and abused by unaccountable corporate actors like Battistelli, Campinos, and their German enablers. It's worth seeing the comments in Kluwer Patent Blog. We've made copies of them for preservation purposes (that blog quietly censors -- i.e. deletes -- some comments to silence "dissent"... or hide reality/facts).

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