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14 December 2018Patents

New chairman of EPO oversight body to face tough task: lawyers

The newly-elected head of the European Patent Organisation’s Administrative Council (AC) will face the tough task of improving staff relations at the European Patent Office (EPO), but is likely to be up to the job, lawyers have told WIPR.

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