• “Verwaltungsrat gegen Amtspräsident” (ovb-online.de, 29 February 2016). Translations are available in English, French and Dutch.
• “Interview With EPO President Battistelli: Investigations, Unitary Patent And Global Change” (IP-Watch, 29 February 2016)
• “European Patent Office still in nosedive as union denies reaching deal” (The Register, 27 February 2016).
• “Growing pressure on EPO president Benoît Battistelli ahead of AC meeting” (Kluwer Patent Blog, 27 February 2016). Translations are available in French and German.
• “Franse despoot wil 18 miljoen bij vertrek” (De Telegraaf, 26 February 2016).
• “Lidstaten keren zich tegen 'tirannieke' topman Europees octrooibureau” (de Volkskrant, 25 February 2016). Translations are available in English, French and German.
• “Octrooibureau wil onderzoek naar bestuursstijl president” (NRC, 25 February 2016). Translations are available in English, French and German.
• “European Patent Office extends olive branch to furious trade unions” (The Register, 25 February 2016). Regarding the matter of this article, this was corrected with the article dated 27 February 2016 of the Register.
• “Europäisches Patentamt: Blauer Brief für Battistelli” (JUVE, 24 February 2016). A first translation in English is available on techrights.org (i.e. not accessible within the EPO).
• “European Patent Office heads rapidly toward full meltdown” (The register, 24 February 2016).
• “Battistelli falls out with Board 28” (IPKAT, 23 February 2016).
• “Mal-être des salariés dans les institutions européennes” (novethic.fr, 22 February 2016). Translations are available in English, German and Dutch.

On 17 November 2015, Ana Gomes (S&D) posed a written question (French and English versions) to the European Commission regarding the re-establishing fundamental rights at the European Patent Office. Translations are provided in German and Dutch.

On 2 February 2016, JUVE reported on the structural reform of the Boards of Appeal proposed by Benoît Battistelli, President of the EPO. Translations of the article are provided in English, French and Dutch.

On 5 February 2016, Claudine Lepage, French Senator, reported on the social situation in the European Patent Office. Translations are provided in English, German and Dutch.

Surrounding the demonstration planned in Munich on 20 January, SUEPO Munich sent a letter to Herrn Ministerpräsidenten Horst Seehofer. A reply has been received on 5 February by Dr. Marcel Huber, MdL Minister of State. Translations of the reply are provided in English, French and Dutch.

 

Please find here a recent blog article that gives a good overview of the current situation at the EPO and its background. The chapter headings are:

• The battle for EPOnia
• "The hated Sun King"
• "EPOnia is turning [into] Banania"
• How many patents can the EU economy tolerate?
• EPOnia's Gestapo
• Allegations of harassment
• Does Microsoft jump the patent queue?
• "Mafia-type entity"
• Trolls get ready for the unitary patent
• Something rotten