Showing posts with label SUEPO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SUEPO. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Why would a patent office be afraid of bloggers? Only if it has something to hide. Like the EPO.

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Over the years I've learned not to take things personally, but there are situations when it's hard. I did take it personally when I ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Shame on the European Patent Office for its legal threats against TechRights author Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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The European Patent Office is the last dictatorship on Central European soil. Local police cannot allowed to enter the EPO's facilities ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

EPO labor dispute getting completely out of hand: three union leaders suspended, others pressured

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The conflict between the leadership and staff representatives of the European Patent Office appears to be totally out of control now. The la...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

European Patent Office intentionally treats patent applicants and staff unfairly: leaked documents

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While I'm currently taking a break from patent (not copyright) blogging, there's a few EPO-related issues I quickly wanted to draw a...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Leadership of European Patent Office pressures staff union to remove links to FOSS Patents blog

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What's so outrageous about my two most recent posts on the EPO labor conflict ( 1 , 2 ) that the Staff Union of the European Patent Offi...

European Patent Office threatens legal action against staff union leader: escalating conflict

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Last week, the TechRights blog published a letter by the head of the EPO's investigative unit to Elizabeth Hardon, the chairwoman of th...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

In the face of repression, EPO employees should quit their jobs to promote innovation in industry

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Political initiatives to improve the terrible situation at the EPO appear to be "too little, too late." Now that the summer vaca...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

17 Members of the European Parliament raise questions about human rights situation at the EPO

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As I reported last week , the human rights conflict at the European Patent Office continues and certain national governments acknowledge tha...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

EPO president reportedly threatened to resign; Dutch diplomat concedes concern over bad press

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Today's EPO staff demonstration in Munich ( see my previous post ) turned out a lot more interesting than expected. An estimated 700 p...

Promise of union recognition insufficient to solve conflict at European Patent Office: new protests

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By promising (after approximately four decades) formal recognition of EPO staff unions , the Administrative Council of the European Patent O...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Administrative Council offers 'formal recognition of the trade unions within the EPO's legal framework'

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My hopes for some progress resulting from this week's meeting of the Administrative Council (AC) of the European Patent Organisation (E...
Monday, March 9, 2015

EPO human rights issues and EU patent (litigation) reform: questions and concerns

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Before the European patent system can grow in terms of having an EU unitary patent and a European Unified Patent Court (UPC), it may have to...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

European Patent Office staff asks a good question: How many patents does Europe need?

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Since December, I've been following the labor and human rights conflict at the European Patent Office and the debate over judicial indep...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Dear EPO Leadership: a judge subjected to an 'office ban' IS a suspended, temporarily-removed judge

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It's time for a follow-up on what's going on at the European Patent Office . The day before yesterday, the EPO staff union, SUEPO, t...