19/10/2015

World Intellectual Property Review, "EPO demo in Munich attracts 900"

WIPR reports on the demonstration of 900 members of EPO staff in front of the ISAR building on 14 October:"Elizabeth Hardon Hardon is defending herself against claims that she "orchestrated and promoted" a harassment campaign against a member of staff at the EPO's The Hague office [...] she has been on the receiving end of institutional harassment from EPO management"

"the protestors were denied the right to protest on the EPO's office grounds by management. SUEPO said the EPO's decision was "utterly irresponsible" [...] staff and police ended up on the road in close proximity to moving traffic. [...] It says a lot about how much the current top management hates its staff union that it allows Greenpeace to demonstrate on office grounds, but not SUEPO."