英国 特許庁が100人解雇 アップデート

続報です。やはり英国でも不況の影響は深刻ですね。
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A spokesman for the IPO said: "Nobody is immune to the current financial situation and we are expecting to receive less income in 2009/10 than we received in the last three years."

The IPO said it expected to receive fewer applications for trademarks in 2010 and a weak pound meant it was spending more when paying in Euros and dollars.
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USPTOの予算は危機的状況にあるそうですが英国特許庁はレイオフに着手するそうです。

100 staff at ex-Patent Office facing the chop