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On 12/05/2012 11:56 AM, Thomas Bruderer wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">The Berne
declaration asked us to help to distribute this call
internationally, hope it is of interest to you all.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Please
redistribute this call to companies or NGOs in your country
which could support this call.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Regards, <br>
Thomas, PP-CH<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Dear
Colleagues</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p>The
president of the European Patent Office (EPO) proposed </span><span
class="hps"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN">a € 4,000
bonus payout to each EPO staff person based</span></span><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> <span class="hps">on 31%
of the € 89.2 million excess in operating result of the EPO
in</span> <span class="hps">2011. </span></span><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> </span><b><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN">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.</span></b></span><span
class="hps"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> And the
EPO should not generate any surplus anyway. </span></span><span
style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> 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,
the</span></span><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> <span
class="hps">vote</span> <span class="hps">will be very</span>
<span class="hps">close.</span> <span class="hps">Each
country can</span> <span class="hps">make the difference.</span></span><span
style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> We therefore intend to
send a letter to all delegates at the Administrative Council
(attached). </span></span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> We are now looking for
signatories for the sign-on letter from the 38 Member
Countries of the EPO. </span></span><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> </span><b><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN">Please send your
sign-on (name/organisation/country) to François
Meienberg, Berne Declaration (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:food@evb.ch"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">food@evb.ch</span></a>)
<u>till December 6<sup>th </sup>, 2pm</u> (Central
European Time) . </span></b></span><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"><span
style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> </span>Please get in
touch with me, if you have any question in this regard. </span><span
style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN"> Best</span><span
style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN">François
Meienberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">Ps: See following
Article for more information:</span><span style="color:#1F497D"
lang="EN-US"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/13/proposal-for-epo-staff-bonus-raises-questions/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts">http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/13/proposal-for-epo-staff-bonus-raises-questions/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts</a></span>
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