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The Syndical Union of the European Patent Office

The employees of the European Patent Office do not ignore the problems caused by its practice. They have complained a few times, warning that their management forces them to disregard their duty of public service.

We have collected some of these warnings::

• Web page in the SUEPO site about the EPO ignoring an UE directive.
• Article in the Syndical Union newsletter, Agora, June 2000 on the lack of democratic control over the EPO.
• Article in the Syndical Union newsletter, Agora december 2000, on the changes to the European Patent Convention, worried that diplomacy hasn't evolved to democracy.
• The union website. Includes a letter to MEPs against the EPO management.
• Articles on a survey showing that EPO staff loses faith in the quality of their work..