Judgment No. 2957

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 02.02.2011
• Original: English
• Judges: Gaudron, Barbagallo, Hansen
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. The EPO shall pay the complainant 1,000 euros in moral damages and 500 euros in costs.
2. All other claims are dismissed.

Consideration 4

Extract:

Contestation of a performance appraisal report.
"[T]he Tribunal notes that as an administrative body the Appeals Committee has the authority to recommend that a case be sent back for review or, in an appropriate case, to recommend a precise remedy."

Keywords

procedure before the tribunal; internal appeals body; competence; recommendation