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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

 

EPO Patent Examiners on Strike?

I have no other confirmation for EXTERNAL LINKthis report:
"[...] Patent examiners don't exactly have a reputation for staging angry protests. But on Tuesday 9 May they plan to hold a half-day strike at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany, to defend their right to work to a high quality. [...]"
Years ago, there have als been reports on EXTERNAL LINKa strike of OHIM personnel. Maybe for very similar reasons.

[UPDATE 2006-05-10] See also EXTERNAL LINKthis report by Ms. Ingrid Marson on EXTERNAL LINKZDNet UK:
"[...] Wolfgang Manntz, the chair of the Berlin branch of the EPO staff union, told ZDNet UK that a half-day strike was held in Munich and a full-day strike in Berlin. Management has proposed a change to the patent assessment system, which the union claims will force patent examiners to process more applications.

'If we have to produce more, then patent quality will go down,' he said. 'We are already at the limits of working productivity.'

A spokesman for the EPO confirmed the strike had taken place and said it had been 'followed by a large majority of EPO staff' [...]"
It does not really come as a surprise that the EPO Officials beg to differ. A spokesman told the research journal Nature last week that the proposed system is expected to increase patent quality as well as productivity, writes Ms. Marson.

[UPDATE 2006-05-17] There is EXTERNAL LINKa report on Heise News [In German only, sorry] saying that the EPO Examiner's strike was announced to be continued on May 16, 2006.

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