The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation Has More Reasons Than Cocainegate to Vote for Real Change in the European Patent Office
While the EPO "Cocainegate" scandal [1, 2, 3] attracts a lot of attention the maladministration at the EPO includes bullying of staff, mental breakdowns, suicides etc.
The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (the EPO that isn't the Office) is scheduled to hold its 185th meeting on the 10th to 11th of December, 2025.
It all starts 5 days from now. Industrial action by staff may coincide, not limited to protests.
Throughout the weekend we shall encourage people to contact their national delegates, likely a day or two before they leave for the meeting/assembly and meet a dentist (or enjoy some other perks, aside from the de facto bribes from António Campinos, who wants to ensure everyone votes "correctly").
We recall that the Administrative Council is responsible for the oversight of the European Patent Office and for the appointment of senior officials of the Office such as the President and Vice-Presidents. The Administrative Council is the only body that can exercise disciplinary authority over the President of the European Patent Office.
As recently as today, we privately saw letters in which bullying, aggressive language is used by those Vice-Presidents. These are thugs, supportive of what staff has dubbed "Mafia". They should never be put in any position of power.
How can they be removed? The Administrative Council. The problem is, the EPO (Organisation) has such a severe governance issue that people inside the Administrative Council are being paid by those whom they are meant to oversee, regulate, judge.
Will next year see the downfall of the "Mafia" (as EPO staff calls it). That partly depends on courage and determination of staff; be ready to sacrifice comfort, join (and vote) for industrial actions while EPO outsiders contact their national delegates (I did so many times in the past, far more times than I can recall, and some people did respond).
We'll soon unveil some contact details. We kindly ask Techrights readers who are based in Europe to participate in the communication/messaging endeavours. This is about democracy and accountability in Europe. █
"[I AM] THE F--KING PRESIDENT!" - EPO President, António Campinos, 2022 (after it turned out he had given EPO money and EPO data to Belarus)
