04/07/2016
June 2016 press articles
This document provides a non-exhaustive list of some articles, blog posts or videos published in June 2016 (sorted in reverse chronological order, not necessarily by relevance). Latest additions are highlighted in yellow. You may also want to access the list of articles for May 2016 or July 2016.
- “Vakbond wil opheffing immuniteit Battistelli” (NRC, 29 June 2016). Translations are available in English, French and German.
- “A l'Office européen des brevets, un patron français sème la culture antisyndicale” (Libération, 28 June 2016). Translations are available in English and German.
- “EPA-Streit: Richter fühlen sich von Amtschef Battistelli bedroht” (JUVE, 28 June 2016). Translations are available in English and French.
- “EPO – EBA complains undue pressure exercised by the President of the Office in proceedings on the request to remove a member of the Boards of Appeal from office” (EPLAW, 24 June 2016).
- “Nazi witch-hunt ends with fierce judgment” (The Register, 24 June 2016). Translations are available in French and German.
- “CIPA response to proposals for reform of the EPO Boards of Appeal” (CIPA, 23 June 2016).
- “Enlarged Board publishes decision: EPO President violated judicial independence” (IPKAT, 23 June 2016). A translation is available in French.
- “Open letter from EPO staff pleads with country reps to fire president” (The Register, 22 June 2016). Translations are available in French and German.
- “Scary Figures Call for Action by the EPO” (Kluwer Patent Blog, 19 June 2016).
- “EPO president caught threatening independent appeal board” (The Register, 15 June 2016). Translations are available in French and German.
- “Eklat am EPA: Battistelli greift in Amtsenthebungsverfahren ein” (JUVE, 15 June 2016). Translations are available in English and French.
- “High how will the ball bounce?” (IP - non credere, 15 June 2016): analysis of B1 publications (granted patents) of the EPO.
- “Procedure to remove Board of Appeal member from office ends - after reports of attempts to nobble the Enlarged Board” (IPKAT, 14 June 2016).
- “The European Inventor Award Is Like Eurovision for Hot Patent Talent” (Motherboard, 14 June 2016).
- “EPO – Structural Reform of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO (BoA)” (EPLAW, 13 June 2016).
- “Privéoorlog topman en bond octrooibureau nog niet voorbij” (NRC, 9 June 2016). Translations are available in English, French and German.
- “The EPO's plans to restrict post-service employment” (IPKAT, 7 June 2016).
- “European Patent Office blocks staff reading critical articles at work” (The Register, 7 June 2016). In the meantime, access to the IPKAT has been restored within the EPO.
- “But is it appealing?” (IP - non credere, 7 June 2016): analysis of the increase in appeal fees on the number of appeals filed before the Boards of Appeal.
- “Ënnerstëtzt Lëtzebuerg weiderhin den aktuellen, staark ëmstriddenen EPO-President?” (Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, 3 June 2016). Scroll down to read the parliamentary question in French of Claudia Dall’Agnol, Member of Parliament. Translations are provided in English, German and Dutch.
- “MdL Susann Biedefeld kritisiert Verhalten des Europäischen Patentamts gegenüber Arbeitnehmerinnnen und Arbeitnehmern aufs Schärfste” (2 June 2016).
- “EPO accused of decreasing power of boards of appeal” (WIPR, 2 June 2016).
- [Video] “MdL Susann Biedefeld kritisiert Verhalten des Europäischen Patentamts” (intervention of Susann Biedefeld in the Bavarian Parliament, 1 June 2016).
- “Schmidt/FREIE WÄHLER: Mitarbeiter-Schikane beim Europäischen Patentamt stoppen” (Presse Portal, 1 June 2016). Translations are available in English and French.
- “FREIE WÄHLER setzen sich im Landtag weiter gegen Mitarbeiter-Schikane beim Europäischen Patentamt ein / Schmidt: EPA-Mitarbeiter brauchen dringend Hilfe” (Bundes Presse Portal, 1 June 2016).
- “Leak: Euro Patent Office 'court of appeals' rails against King Battistelli” (The Register, 1 June 2016). Translations are available in French and German.