October 2020 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

EU Working Party
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Dear all, our issue will be discussed tomorrow, 20. Oct. / 10 am by the Working Party on Intellectual Property of the EU Council <https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/preparatory-bodies/working-pa rty-intellectual-property/> . Here is the extract from the agenda <https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/CM-3699-2020-INIT/en/pdf> : 3.) Meeting of the EPO Committee on Patent Law, 10/11 November 2020 - Exceptions to patentability following opinion G 3/19 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal - Exchange of views Best, Johanna Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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!! 2 very nice updates: We are now on the agenda of the patent law committee and the hearing melon will take place without industry.
by Christoph Then 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

Dear all in her response to our letter from August, the German Minister for Justice now replies that she managed to get our issues on the agenda of the patent law committee as well as on EU Patent Law working group. Both will deal with our requests this autumn. In addition, next year a conference is announced from the Ministry in which we might contribute. very nice, very good. Please see attached (in German). Please do not distribute at this stage. furthermore, the EPO will hold its hearing on the melone as announced despite Bayer (Monsanto) and BASF (Nunhems) have withdrawn their request for a public hearing. This will give us the opportunity to explain our findings directly to the Board. It looks like the companies so far also missed to explain their answers to the question of the Board. Good fun. Today, Johanna sent out the first set of letters to Experts of Member States. Please help us to it done in your country. We are making progress. Cheers Christoph

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Deutsche Version des Lobby-Briefes
by Christoph Then 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

für die Schweiz und Luxembourg. Gerne noch eine Runde Kommentare - Danke!

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Fwd: Appeal case No. T1045/16-3304 Oral proceedings on 12.11.20 in Munich Haar-Room OP04
by Christoph Then 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

in case you want to attend .. -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Appeal case No. T1045/16-3304 Oral proceedings on 12.11.20 in Munich Haar-Room OP04 Datum: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:00:46 +0000 Von: Irma Aperribay <iaperribay(a)epo.org> An: info(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org <info(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org> Dear Mr Then, In reply to your letter dated 9 October 2020, please be informed that in Room OP04 four places will be available for the public. Please find attached the declaration form you need to sign on entering the building in Haar. Kind regards, Irma Aperribay Registrar | Geschäftsstellenbeamtin | Greffière Board of Appeal | Beschwerdekammer | Chambre de recours 3.3.04 BoA European Patent Office 8inOne | Richard-Reitzner-Allee 8 | 85540 Haar | Germany Office: +49 (0)89 2399 3341

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final version lobby letter
by Christoph Then 12 Oct '20

12 Oct '20

dear all, please see attached the letter (meant to be sent in open mail to experts of Member States). I also attach the annex (meant to be attached) maybe Johanna can provide us with a list of countries, senders, receivers and languages we use. The German version is available as draft, currently at Johanna. Cheers Christoph

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final english draft version lobby letter
by Christoph Then 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

dear all this version now is sent to English editing. I also prepared a German version, will be sent around soon. Let us start to approach the experts starting from next week. Johanna hopefully can coordinate the translations. cheers Christoph

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heads up for the Melon Case
by Christoph Then 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Dear all, the Board of Appeal has forwarded the attached preliminary opinion on the Melon Case hearing (Monsanto) on 12 November 2020. some findings in short: There are new rules of procedure which will be applied (have to find and study it) key question is, if the deposition of the material was in line with the request by law: The material was not deposited in gene bank under Budapest Treaty but just in US National Plant Germplasm Systems. The Board will examine if this deposit is an equivalent to a Gene bank under Budapest Treaty. I think this offers strong opportunity for us - please help with arguments, findings, you may have. The Board considers claim 3 to cover an inbred plant which has to be regarded as plant variety. This also seems quite interesting - this paragraph may brings some new clarity into the discussion about plant varieties. The Board does not want to apply Rule 28 (2) because of the date of the application (before June 2017) - this may be a strong element for our public communication. The Board does not consider 53 (a) and Nagoya protocol to be an issue (we had some involvement from Vandana Shiva and the Indian government in this regard). Please, if you have, give your thoughts and comments on this angle. I will inform Vandana. I will try to get some feedback from Dolder and other patent lawyers - maybe I can convince them to represent us. we will see. Cheers Christoph

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Re: [Npos_2018] Conference call Oct/Nov CHANGED DATE
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Dear all, we had to change the date for our conference call. Sorry about that. The meeting will be on Wednesday, 4 November from 14.00h - 15.30h CET. Please find below the updated info for Zoom. Best, Johanna --- Topic: Conference call No patents on seeds! Time: Nov 4, 2020 02:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83569862053?pwd=ZG1aTXc1KzIzL2M1ZDQvUHVLRStuZz09 Meeting ID: 835 6986 2053 Passcode: 954676 One tap mobile +4312535502,,83569862053#,,,,,,0#,,954676# Austria +436703090165,,83569862053#,,,,,,0#,,954676# Austria Dial by your location +43 12 535 502 Austria +43 670 309 0165 Austria +43 72 011 5988 Austria +43 120 609 3072 Austria +43 12 535 501 Austria +32 2 788 0173 Belgium +32 1579 5132 Belgium +32 2 290 9360 Belgium +32 2 585 5574 Belgium +32 2 588 4188 Belgium +32 2 788 0172 Belgium +45 89 88 37 88 Denmark +45 32 70 12 06 Denmark +45 32 71 31 57 Denmark +45 32 72 80 10 Denmark +45 32 72 80 11 Denmark +45 47 37 25 75 Denmark +49 69 7104 9922 Germany +49 30 5679 5800 Germany +49 69 3807 9883 Germany +49 695 050 2596 Germany +31 20 794 6519 Netherlands +31 20 794 6520 Netherlands +31 20 794 7345 Netherlands +31 20 241 0288 Netherlands +31 20 794 0854 Netherlands +351 308 810 988 Portugal +351 211 202 618 Portugal +351 308 804 188 Portugal +41 44 529 92 72 Switzerland +41 22 591 00 05 Switzerland +41 22 591 01 56 Switzerland +41 31 528 09 88 Switzerland +41 43 210 70 42 Switzerland +41 43 210 71 08 Switzerland Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbO5LNY4l2 Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed From: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 1:26 PM To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Subject: Re: [Npos_2018] Conference call Oct/Nov Dear all, thank you for filling out the doodle. Our meeting will take place on Thursday, 5 November from 10.30h to 12.00h CET. We will as well schedule a German call afterwards. Please find below the access details for Zoom. Best, Johanna --- Topic: Conference call No patents on seeds! Time: Nov 5, 2020 10:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83569862053?pwd=ZG1aTXc1KzIzL2M1ZDQvUHVLRStuZz09 Meeting ID: 835 6986 2053 Passcode: 954676 One tap mobile +4312535502,,83569862053#,,,,,,0#,,954676# Austria +436703090165,,83569862053#,,,,,,0#,,954676# Austria Dial by your location +43 12 535 502 Austria +43 670 309 0165 Austria +43 72 011 5988 Austria +43 120 609 3072 Austria +43 12 535 501 Austria +32 2 788 0173 Belgium +32 1579 5132 Belgium +32 2 290 9360 Belgium +32 2 585 5574 Belgium +32 2 588 4188 Belgium +32 2 788 0172 Belgium +45 89 88 37 88 Denmark +45 32 70 12 06 Denmark +45 32 71 31 57 Denmark +45 32 72 80 10 Denmark +45 32 72 80 11 Denmark +45 47 37 25 75 Denmark +49 69 7104 9922 Germany +49 30 5679 5800 Germany +49 69 3807 9883 Germany +49 695 050 2596 Germany +31 20 794 6519 Netherlands +31 20 794 6520 Netherlands +31 20 794 7345 Netherlands +31 20 241 0288 Netherlands +31 20 794 0854 Netherlands +351 308 810 988 Portugal +351 211 202 618 Portugal +351 308 804 188 Portugal +41 44 529 92 72 Switzerland +41 22 591 00 05 Switzerland +41 22 591 01 56 Switzerland +41 31 528 09 88 Switzerland +41 43 210 70 42 Switzerland +41 43 210 71 08 Switzerland Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbO5LNY4l2 Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed From: Npos_2018 [ <mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:12 AM To: <mailto:npos_2018@testbiotech.de> npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Subject: Re: [Npos_2018] Conference call Oct/Nov Dear all, I suggest to extend the deadline to fill in the doodle until Monday (5 Oct.) evening, since we haven't got a lot of feedback yet. We can then fix a date on Tuesday. Best, Johanna Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed From: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 9:28 AM To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de <mailto:npos_2018@testbiotech.de> Subject: [Npos_2018] Conference call Oct/Nov Dear all, could you please fill in the doodle for our next conference call until this Thursday (1 Oct.) 9 am CET? https://doodle.com/poll/u6w9duc4rn9p46hu Once we fixed the date we will fix as well a Conference call in German. Best, Johanna Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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Conference call Oct/Nov
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Dear all, could you please fill in the doodle for our next conference call until this Thursday (1 Oct.) 9 am CET? https://doodle.com/poll/u6w9duc4rn9p46hu Once we fixed the date we will fix as well a Conference call in German. Best, Johanna Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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Article on EBA decision / genome editing patents
by ARCHE NOAH Katherine Dolan 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Dear all, I came across another article on the ruling of the EBA. Do we know it already or the author? The author raises the problem that patent protection on genome edited plants can capture conventionally bred plants with the same traits, and that even if the scope of the patent is restricted to plants resulting from the specific genome editing process (he doesn't mention the disclaimer provision in this context) the burden of proof lies with the alleged infringer. However, his argument is based on the assumption that, in some cases at least, it is not possible to differentiate between genome edited and conventionally bred plants - we don't have a position on this assumption as NPOS, as far as I know. He also refers to Rule 26 (5) of the Implementing Regulations: "A process for the production of plants or animals is essentially biological if it consists entirely of natural phenomena such as crossing or selection." If the option of adopting a new interpretation of Rule 28 (2) does not seem possible, we could instead demand a change of Rule 26 (5) to include random mutagenesis? Best Katherine Katherine Dolan ARCHE NOAH Leitung Politik / Head of Policy +43 (0)676 557 4408 ---------------------------------------------------------- ARCHE NOAH - Gesellschaft für die Erhaltung der Kulturpflanzenvielfalt und ihre Entwicklung / Association for the conservation and development of crop diversity Obere Straße 40, 3553 Schiltern www.arche-noah.at<http://www.arche-noah.at/> ---------------------------------------------------------- PS: Die Vielfalt braucht jetzt dringend Ihre Stimme! Jetzt hier Petition "Vielfalt säen, Gesundheit ernten" unterschreiben.<https://arche-noah-petition.sicher-helfen.org/pet/gesundheit-ernten/?cf=url> Für mehr Vielfalt auf Äckern und Tellern! PPS: Wir sind bei der Rettung der Vielfalt auf Sie angewiesen - jetzt spenden<https://arche-noah.sicher-helfen.org/archenoah/spende/?cf=www&payment_inter…>. [cid:image001.jpg@01D5C5FE.BDE05B60]

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