11.14.19
Gemini version available ♊︎Techrights’ Interpretation of Koch v EPO: The EPO’s Management Still Attacks Staff Representatives
Even those with disabilities (caused by the EPO) and even those who have already left the EPO
Summary: The EPO hopes to get its victims (of EPO abuse) to not only foot their own bills but also the EPO’s
OUR past coverage of Koch v EPO [1, 2, 3, 4]) highlights problems with ILO in relation to the European Patent Office (EPO). It shows that there’s no effective EPO oversight and not even a safeguard for mistreated employees. Here’s the latest from Koch:
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 5, 2019
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 5, 2019
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
According to the Tribunal's website https://t.co/3L4otrigbO the 129th session is already ongoing: " The Administrative Tribunal will hold its 129th Session from 21 October to 15 November 2019 at the International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva.
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
Article 10, under 2., of the Tribunal's Rules reads as follows, source: https://t.co/6XqVau0P3x:
“Article 10
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2. The Registrar shall inform the parties before the opening of that session of the inclusion of the complaint in the list and of the dates of the session."— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
Article 10, under 3., of the Tribunal's Rules reads
(source: https://t.co/6XqVau0P3x):
" 3. The Tribunal or, between sessions, the President shall rule on an application by either party for a stay of proceedings or for the adjournment of a listed case to a later session."— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
The EPO's last reply in re AT 5-4532, pages 1 to 3: pic.twitter.com/Kh0yx5UCrL
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
The EPO's last reply in re AT 5-4532, pages 4 and 5: pic.twitter.com/I66ayuWr8Y
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
My last incomplete reply in AT 5-4532, pages 1 and 2: pic.twitter.com/2hFO0LDnAO
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
My last incomplete reply in AT 5-4532, pages 3 and 4: pic.twitter.com/n2219LkqDD
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
My last incomplete reply in AT 5-4532, page 5 (without original signature): pic.twitter.com/mB32xX5786
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
The Annexes and other references cited in my last incomplete reply in re AT 5-4532 have been provided to the Admin. Tribunal of the ILO and were partly published via this Twitter account already.
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
The EPO waived its right to respond to my last incomplete reply in re AT 5-4532. pic.twitter.com/oQ8KX9FvDd
— Anette Koch (@AnetteKoch) November 14, 2019
We hope to say more about this in the near future as we’re investigating this in parallel to the Thierry Breton series (not that there’s a direct connection, but as we’ve just explained, bad and abusive management causes people depression and many end up desperate, even suicidal). █