EPO vs. EPO ?

[Erik Josefsson erikjosefsson@telia.com.sslug.dk]

Jag fick just den här länken från facket på EPO. Det verkar bekräfta
Törnroths uppgift om låg patentkvalité:

"A Public Service Organisation out of control?"
 
"The Administrative Council has shown a tendancy to treat the office as
a commercial entity rather than as the public service organisation it
is. This results in the continuing demands for ever more granted
patents, while refusing to increase the resources of the European Patent
Office accordingly. SUEPO, the Staff Union of the EPO soundly condemns
this development due to the risks it poses to the quality of patent
rights granted in Europe."

"Although originally intended to be the authority charged with the grant
of patent rights for the European Community, the EPO was created outside
the framework of the European Union. As a result, the European Patent
Office is in many respects an "autonomous state", which is not bound by
any of the directives of the EU unless it so chooses." 

http://www.usoeb.org/Suepo/kontrol.htm

//Erik