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
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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.

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

• "Déjà vu: Euro Patent Office prez ignores yet another formal rebuke" (The Register, 17 February 2017).

Bayerischer Landtag Veröffentlichung vom 02 Februar 2017

Antrag - Grundrechte der Bediensteten des Europäischen Patentamts endlich sicherstellen!

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Bavarian State Parliament published on 02 February 2017

Request - finally ensure the fundamental rights of the staff of the European Patent Office!

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Translations are available in English and French.
 

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

• "Industrie-Umfrage zum Europäischen Patentamt: Mehrheit für Rücktritt von Amtschef Battistelli" (Juve.de, 31 January 2017). Translations are available in English and French.

• "King Battistelli tries again to break Euro Patent Office union" (The Register, 31 January 2017).

• PATENT-UMFRAGE - Klarer Auftrag" (Juve.de, 27 January 2017). Translations are available in English, French and Dutch. UPDATED!

• "EPO immune from Dutch jurisdiction in trade union row, says Supreme Court" (WIPR, 24 January 2017).

• "Streit über Mitarbeitervertretung: Niederländisches Verfassungsgericht stellt Europäischem Patentamt Freibrief aus" (Heise.de, 23 January 2017).

• "Leiding Europees Octrooibureau Rijswijk kan zijn gang gaan" (NOS.nl, 20 January 2017).

• "Dutch Supreme Court upholds immunity EPO in conflict with trade unions" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 20 January 2017).

• "Dutch courts can’t act in European Patent Office dispute" (DutchNews.nl, 20 January 2017).

• "Battistelli's octrooibureau blijft een juridisch eiland" (NRC.nl, 19 January 2017) Translations are available in English, German and French. UPDATED!

• "Riche cuisine a l'Office européen des brevets" (Le Canard Enchaîné, 18 January 2017).
  Translations are available in English and German.

• "Brexit and EPO unrest in top ten of most popular posts Kluwer Patent Blog in 2016" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 01 January 2017). EPO info can be found at reference points 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10.

• "Patentbeurteilungen, Arbeitsbedingungen, Gewerkschaftsrechte: Europäische Patentbeamte im Clinch mit ihrem Chef" (Heise.de, 03 January 2017).