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Summary: This week the EPO's staff made a clear statement to the EPO's administration; the staff isn't happy and almost half of the workers, according to the union, were willing to take the risks associated with striking

THE EPO was half empty in 2016 due to Benoît Battistelli's war on staff. That was 6 years after Battistelli had become the President of the EPO. António Campinos is managing to get there even faster; it hasn't even been 4 years (July 1^st will mark 4) and informed estimates say that almost half the workers -- the people who do all the actual work -- went on strike this past Tuesday. It's hard to organise because of the pandemic and it's difficult to count how many workers participated because of the logistics.

"The media should pay attention, but the EPO pays it not to."In the video above I discuss the information from the union and what it means to patent quality, not just to internal affairs. More organisations and companies need to take a lesson. The media should pay attention, but the EPO pays it not to. ⬆