01/04/2015
IAM Magazine, "No ifs, no buts - it is time to shine a bright and permanent light on the full workings of the EPO"
IAM Magazine comments on the government crisis at the EPO and the joint declaration proposing the formal recognition of trade unions within the office’s legal framework. It concludes that:
"Those on both sides of the argument might see this as the beginning of the end of what has undoubtedly been a destructive dispute. But if they also believe that it means thing scan go back to normal, hopefully they are very wrong. What observers and users of the EPO have learned over the last few months is how little they know about the ways in which it works and what lies behind the decisions that it takes. And that is just not acceptable."
"As the EU unitary patent regime and Unified Patent Court regime fast approach – and with them a much more important role for Europe in the patent world - it is time for the governance of the European patent system to embrace the modern age."