[pp.int.general] No Bonus for More Patents (Berne declaration, Eklärung von Bern)

[Thomas Bruderer]

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On 12/05/2012 11:56 AM, Thomas Bruderer wrote:
>
> The Berne declaration asked us to help to distribute this call 
> internationally, hope it is of interest to you all.
>
> Please redistribute this call to companies or NGOs in your country 
> which could support this call.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas, PP-CH
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> The president of the European Patent Office (EPO) proposed a EUR 4,000 
> bonus payout to each EPO staff person basedon 31% of the EUR 89.2 
> million excess in operating result of the EPO in 2011.
>
> *We believe that such a bonus is an adverse incentive. If more patent 
> fees result in a higher salary there is certainly a conflict of 
> interest for the employees of the EPO.*And the EPO should not generate 
> any surplus anyway.
>
>  The proposal was already endorsed by the EPO's Budget and Finance 
> Committee, where six states voted against and two abstained. The final 
> decision on bonus payment will be taken by the 38 member states in the 
> Administrative Council and requires a majority of three quarters of 
> the votes (=28,5 states). Presumably, thevote will be very close. Each 
> country can make the difference.
>
>  We therefore intend to send a letter to all delegates at the 
> Administrative Council (attached).
>
>  We are now looking for signatories for the sign-on letter from the 38 
> Member Countries of the EPO.
>
> *Please send your sign-on  (name/organisation/country) to François 
> Meienberg, Berne Declaration (food at evb.ch <mailto:food at evb.ch>) _till 
> December 6^th , 2pm_ (Central European Time) . *
>
> Please get in touch with me, if you have any question in this regard.
>
>  Best
>
> François Meienberg
>
> Ps: See following Article for more 
> information:http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/13/proposal-for-epo-staff-bonus-raises-questions/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts 
>
>
>
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