Summary: A federation of unions is once again speaking out against the EPO's abuses, this time addressing the man who will become the EPO's leader in exactly four months

THE STAFF UNION of the EPO, SUEPO in abbreviation/short, has uploaded a copy of this letter (as image, not text, see above). SUEPO has just quoted from it: "USF is the largest Federation of unions in the European international public service and has been following with great concern the situation at the European Patent Office (EPO) which deserves to be labelled as extreme. A number of shocking events around social policy and rule of law issues at the EPO were reported upon in various media over the last few years. These reports also reveal fundamental flaws in the institutional setup of the EPO taken in combination with its assigned jurisdiction, the ILOAT."

The EPO has basically become a disgrace to Europe and a stain on Europe's reputation in sciences and technology. The other major disgrace is Team UPC, whose latest lies and mischief we shall deal with in our next post. ⬆