Demonstrations at the European Patent Office
On Tuesday 2 December, in The Hague some 600 employees demonstrated in front of the French embassy. From there they marched towards the Danish embassy.On the same day in Munich an overwhelming 1350 employees, some with their families, gathered in front of the Pschorrhöfe building, making this the largest demonstration ever in the history of the Office. The demonstrators then marched peacefully to the local Palace of Justice.
Radio Bayern 5 made a brief reporton the Munich demonstration (podcast available here), starting at about 2:40).FOSS patents published an extensive report together with an analysis of governance issues in the EPO.
World Intellectual Property Review (articles of 02.12.2014 and 03.12.2014) andIPKat (posts of 02.12.2014 and 03.12.2014) also reported on the demonstrations.