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EPO staff demonstrate in Munich yesterday, (December 2)
3 December 2014Patents

EPO demonstrations attract ‘close to 2,000’

Nearly 2,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Munich and The Hague to protest against continuing problems at the European Patent Office (EPO), it has been claimed.

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