SUEPO, the trade union of the European Patent Office (EPO), announced, on Friday 17 June, that it has filed a petition calling for a conference of ministers to address the abuse of the Office over the past several years.
“The development of the European Patent Organisation (...) has increasingly departed from the structure and its mission as foreseen under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and it appears that no appropriate countermeasures will be taken”, the petition reads....