Judgment No. 2045

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 12.07.2001
• Original: English
• Judges: Gentot, Hugessen, Carroll
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. THE ORGANISATION IS ORDERED TO DIRECT THE EXAMINING PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE THE COMPLAINANT WITH COPIES OF DOCUMENT 2 ("BEFUNDUNG VON FREMDAUFNAHMEN VOM 02.10.96") AND, ASSUMING THAT SUCH DOCUMENT EXISTS, DOCUMENT 1 ("ALLGEMEINER UNTERSUCHUNGSBEFUND").
2. IT SHALL PAY THE COMPLAINANT 1,000 EUROS FOR HER COSTS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL.
3. ALL OTHER CLAIMS ARE DISMISSED.

Consideration 11

Extract:

"As the Tribunal has recalled in Judgment 1684 [...], medical records are strictly personal and the staff member's right to see them may not ordinarily be challenged."

Reference(s)

ILOAT Judgment(s): 1684

Keywords

confidential evidence; duty to inform; medical records; right