08/01/2015
Pressure mounts on EPO president and administrative council over suspension of patent judge
Following the scandal caused by the suspension of a member of the Boards of Appeal, FOSS Patents considers that the EPO suffers from structural issues and that: "The Administrative Council plays a key role in the "reign of terror" that tries to discourage EPO staff, including judges, from fighting for basic human rights and one of the most fundamental values of the civilized world: judicial independence. [..] "Instead of exercising oversight, that body is largely responsible for the banana republic that the EPO has become."