Bonum Certa Men Certa

The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILO-AT) is Moot, EPO Plays It Like a Fiddle

Letter from Anette Koch to Battistelli

Letter from Koch to Battistelli



Summary: Another dark episode for EPO staff, staff representatives, and even ILO/ILO-AT (repeatedly failing to uphold the law at the EPO)

REGULAR READERS may already be familiar with Koch v EPO [1, 2, 3, 4], a case we last dealt with back in November, having researched some public postings. The latest developments, which are outlined with original documents in the tweets below, show that the management of the European Patent Office (EPO), i.e. lawyers of António Campinos and his cohorts, successfully managed to thwart any meaningful consideration of the case. ILO-AT has, as usual, gone along with it, demonstrating how toothless if not useless it can be. The tweets of relevance are added below in chronological order. Many people inside the EPO are likely familiar with this case already. It concerns a former staff representative.



https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1196474822743789577

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1196476041512001538

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1196779642109222913

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1207284126455345152

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216348465212657664

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216349777790717953

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216350210827390976

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216350619583352832

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216352091272368130

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216352334873231361

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216352957991616512

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216355087486013440

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1216672784895619072

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217068338070851584

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217069902047203330

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217070775682945024

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217073336095846401

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217074753573412865

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217078503440551937

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217080596817727488

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217501159382011906

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217503206995058688

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217506048929681409

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217511345517662209

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217515375287554049

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217517841714491392

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217519876123906049

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217523959236845570

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1214888148104351744

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1214889326208794624

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1217081961627496449

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218488612892893184

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218489361773289472

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218502739845619712

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218503184202838016

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218504783465734147

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218505621231820801

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218507150307315713

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218508261298712587

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218510237667340288

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218513442274971648

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1218518289153953793

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219227471532429312

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219244286325198850

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219252020009410560

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219254212439216128

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219272687111024640

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219275307825401857

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219281237489127425

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219593265718157313

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219595331366727680

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219596756473786368

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219598270760214528

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219609942849720320

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219610815483064327

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219615499182596097

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219624832167567361

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219625829812133902

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219626681603936256

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219627599430848515

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219628562556379137

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219953532327145473

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219966200815460354

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219968049731788803

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219972885198049281

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219976070096617477

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219978525316435968

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219979796471603200

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219982809676353537

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219983278356226048

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219986865463406592

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219987955412086784

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1219988615167664128

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220311543834972160

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220312338626117636

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220312880119271424

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220313295867056129

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220313817927835648

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220316233482035200

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220317261313073152

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220319338378530817

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220323637368102912

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220324613814616065

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220325331468419073

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220325893345816578

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220327572015341568

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220328486117789696

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220329800906215425

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220330662776987649

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220331700544208896

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220333199819186176

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220333678842273792

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220335088891760640

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220335328529129472

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220335884014407680

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220336470541639680

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220626778391306242

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220631255043186689

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220632919196295168

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220641507109212160

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220643143185575936

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220645283299762176

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220646760521093120

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220648211452432384

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220649993306091522

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220651270383554561

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220654517206835201

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220657888458350593

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220659568352604161

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1220661028993761280

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1221032610656391168

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1221033198228058112

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1221034467550203904

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1221035468894232577

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1222158368632115202

https://twitter.com/AnetteKoch/status/1222967948924551171

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