Judgment No. 1966

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 12.07.2000
• Original: French
• Judges: Ba, Gentot, Hugessen
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. THE COMPLAINTS ARE DISMISSED.
2. THE EPO'S COUNTERCLAIMS ARE DISMISSED.

Considerations 10 and 12

Extract:

"Even if [a] practice [of distributing internal personal mail could create] an obligation upon the Office, it should be emphasised that such an obligation could involve limits relating, for example, to the content, nature and purpose of the mail that it is requested to distribute. [The] staff members [of the organisation] do not enjoy an absolute right to have information or documents of any type distributed through the office's facilities."

Keywords

organisation's duties; practice; limits; effect; right