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Even the EPO Central Staff Committee is Unhappy With EPO Management

Questions to EPO



Summary: The questions asked by the Central Staff Committee shared for the public to see that not only a single union is concerned about the management's behaviour

THE EPO is not behaving well and even groups that are traditionally quite loyal to the management aren't entirely happy. Based on this new document [PDF], the Central Staff Committee has some tough questions for the EPO. It's easy to see why the Central Staff Committee needs to tread carefully, or else risk being crushed like SUEPO. The roaring aggression of the EPO is now making people reluctant to say anything, even to colleagues (privately). It's not just an atmosphere of fear; it's a climate of terror from the man who purports to be fighting terrorism.



As one commenter said earlier today: "you have to be a bit careful about how you word something, and avoid accusations, but merely stick to facts in the public domain (damning enough). Could someone please let me know where it is said that you are not allowed to contact your delegate? I'm sure BB [Battistelli] does not like it, but that is not the same as it being against the Service Regulations. I have already done so a while ago on another matter. So far no comeback."

"By the way," this commenter added, "where are the patent attorneys in all this? They, or their professional organizations, should get active. Politicians cannot ignore representatives of industry as easily as they can civil servants."

IP Kat is now sharing recommendation of books for patent lawyers or examiners, but there are some urgent matters we'll attempt to address through the rest of this week. Please review the new PDF, on which we shall elaborate on a later occasion.

"It's easy to see why the Central Staff Committee needs to tread carefully, or else risk being crushed like SUEPO. The roaring aggression of the EPO is now making people reluctant to say anything, even to colleagues (privately)."If anybody has information about a €800,000 contract, please consider sharing it with us.

It's nice to have discovered a circulated message titled "Enemies everywhere", wherein it stated: "The Blogger, Florian Müller, posted yesterday an article taking a clear view on the latest ac ons of the EPO, entitled “Shame on the European Patent Office for its legal threats against TechRights”: he notes that “with almost 20,000 blog posts, Dr. Schestowitz had not received a legal letter before an EPO lawyer sent him one.” and despite not being a great fan of the “opinionated” TechRights site (the latter has often attacked Mr. Müller), he adds he would personally “contribute money and lend an endorsement to a crowdfunding effort to finance his defence”.

Stay tuned for more exclusive coverage of EPO matters.

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