Plenarsitzung des Bayerischen Landtags - Donnerstag, 6. April 2017 9:00 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr

Antrag der Abgeordneten Hubert Aiwanger, Florian Streibl, Gabi Schmidt u.a. und Fraktion (FREIE WÄHLER) In München nichts Neues: Grundrechte der Bediensteten des Europäischen Patentamts endlich sicherstellen! Drs. 17/15259, 17/16069

(A) Im federführenden Ausschuss für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten sowie regionale Beziehungen waren Berichterstatterin: Gabi Schmidt Mitberichterstatter: Walter Taubeneder

Beratungszeit: 32 Min.
Gesamtredezeit der
Fraktionen: 24 Min.

This document provides a non-exhaustive list of some articles, blog posts or videos published in March 2017 (sorted in reverse chronological order, not necessarily by relevance). Latest additions are highlighted in yellow:

• King Battistelli's swish penthouse office the Euro Patent Office doesn't want you to see (The Register, 22 March 2017).
  Translations are available in German and French.

• President Battistelli under pressure to improve ‘unacceptable’ social situation at EPO (Kluwer Patent Blog, 21 March 2017).

• Effort to fire EPO president beaten back – again (The Register, 20 March 2017).

• "Euro Patent Office hit with wave of anti-Battistelli letters" (The Register, 16 March 2017).
  Translations are available in German and French.

• "Are The EPO President’s Days Numbered?" (IP-Watch, 15 March 2017).

• "Curtain - Merpel's final EPO post" (The IPKat, 10 March 2017).

• "Euro nations push for vote to axe Europe's patent office president" (The Register, 08 March 2017).

• "Minister Koenders: snel verbeteringen bij Octrooibureau of anders actie ‘op hoog niveau’" (Omroepwest.nl, 07 March 2017).
  Translations are available in English, German and French.

• "Come in King Battistelli, your time at the Euro Patent Office is up" (The Register, 07 March 2017).

• "Euro Patent Office puts itself on Interpol's level, demands access to staff phones and laptops" (The Register, 03 March 2017).

Letter of support from the International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO), The European Central Bank's recognized trade union for ECB staff to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Justice Heiko Maas on dismissal at the European Patent Office.

Translations are available in English, French and Dutch.

Letter of support sent by Mr. Ghislain Roy, President of CERN Staff Association to the Staff Union of the European Patent Office in

• Munich         - French and English version

• The Hague    - French and English version

SUEPO Munich organises on Wednesday 15 March 2017 a demonstration in Munich in front of the EPO Isar building starting at 12.30h.

Letter sent by the FICSA, the biggest Federation of Civil Servants at UN level, which represents more than 20,000 Staff in the International Civil Service, to President Battistelli on 13 March 2017.

Open Letter from the EPO-Flyer Team - by email on 13 March 2017 to the Heads of Delegation.

Time to put an end to the deterioration of the European Patent system.

 

Report of the written consultation from the House of Representatives on the situation in the European Patent Office.

The report is in Dutch.
Translations in English, German and French are available.

Letter from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Bert Koenders, dated 23 February 2017 to the Chair of the House of Representatives.

The original letter is in Dutch. Translations in English, German and French are available.

Question orale sur la dégradation du climat social au sein de l'OEB: réponse du Gouvernement - Richard Yung, senateur des francais de l'etranger
Video starts at 2 h 30 mn 22 s
Le 21 février, j’ai interrogé le Gouvernement sur la dégradation du climat social au sein de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB).

Translations are available in English, German and Dutch.