A Step Close to Shutting Down the European Patent Office (EPO)
Not going to work all month long
There are plans brewing for EPO industrial actions. One plan looks like this:
Notice all that red. That's staff not showing up, not working. This year isn't going to be an ordinary year and, as we've kept saying, it may as well be the last of "Alicante Mafia" (the national delegates need to "get the message"; staff won't put up with this). Stakeholders will demand change.
A more conservative, tentative plan (for now):
Will delegates work to avoid national deficits by belatedly tackling corruption at the Office?
European readers, please contact your representatives today (when they vote and make decisions). Take a look at "European Patent Office Issues: Points to Raise or Factoids to Share With Delegates of the EPO's Administrative Council" █