This document provides a non-exhaustive list of some articles, blog posts or videos published in April 2017 (sorted in reverse chronological order, not necessarily by relevance). Latest additions are highlighted in yellow:
"UK Election called: UPC timetable likely to slip" (DEHNS Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys - Dr. Alex Robinson, 18 April 2017).
"Alles neu mit Fragezeichen - Wie wird das Europäische Patentgericht arbeiten?" (FAZ, 18 April 2017).
"Euro Patent Office reforms hit another stumbling block: Reality" (The Register, 13 April 2017).
"Europäisches Patentgericht: Briten zaudern bei UPC-Ratifizierung" (Juve.de, 11 April 2017).
"FREIE WÄHLER kritisieren Grundrechtseingriffe beim Europäischen Patentamt in München / Schmidt: Staatsregierung muss endlich handeln" (Bundespresseportal.de, 07 April 2017). Translations are available in English and French.
"New IP advocacy group warns: trolls now accounting for 20% of German patent suits" (Foss Patents, 05 April 2017).
"The EPO and the Problem of the Right Speed (IV) – Appeal Proceedings" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 07 April 2017).
"The EPO and the Problem of the Right Speed (Part III) – Opposition Proceedings" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 06 April 2017).
"The EPO and the Problem of the Right Speed (Part II) – Examination Proceedings" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 05 April 2017).
"The EPO and the Problem of the Right Speed (Part I) – Introduction" (Kluwer Patent Blog, 02 April 2017).
"The UPC after Brexit - is CJEU jurisdiction a deal-breaker?" (The IPKat, 04 April 2017). Please note that the comments are also worth reading.
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.
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.