September 2021 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

latest from barley
by Christoph Then 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

now in the green house.

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Re: [Npos_2018] IMPORTANT: Petition Conference of Ministers / Feedback until today, 30.Sept
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

Dear all, please let me remind you to send your feedback in regard to the start of a petition until today. Update: Christoph and I had a talk with an association of 39 family owned breweries from Germany & Austria (Die Freien Brauer <https://www.die-freien-brauer.com/home.html> ). They are willing to start their own campaign against patents on beer & barley - including a petition and supported by a communication agency. And they are willing to plan long term, f.e. until the hearing of the third Carlsberg patent case on 10 May 2022. That is very good news, because they could really support our campaign from a different angle and with a very broad network - probably as well in Switzerland, Luxemburg, etc. So it would be a good opportunity to cooperate with them. We should take a decision on that, too, and if we decide to cooperate with them, try to combine our petitions as best as possible. Best, Johanna Mag. 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: Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org [mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 7:47 PM To: 'npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de' <npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de> Subject: IMPORTANT: Petition Conference of Ministers / Minutes Conference call 15.9.21 Dear all, at our last conference call on 15 September (minutes attached) we discussed the possibility to ask for a Conference of Ministers. Please come back to us with your feedback until the end of September (or if possible earlier)! We want to start a petition to ask for a Conference of the Ministers of the EPO in 2022. By doing so we would switch from addressing the technical level (Representatives of the EPO Admin. Council) to addressing the political level (ministers). We could set up a petition and possibly would then have the option to address ministers in different countries (of our member organisations) separately. We could then as well arrange for meetings to hand over the petiton. It could as well be a good opportunity to get other organisations involved, since it would be a quite easy way to support our demands. Article 4a <https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2020/e/ar4a.html> (EPC) foresees a Conference of Ministers every 5 years. In regard to the timeline we have two options: 1.) Start petition in December - We could now ask the AC to take decisions at the meeting in December, f.e. in our press release for 13 October. And we could as well launch a petition to support our opposition of the melon patent where we communicate as well our demands. - In case the AC does not take any decisions in December, we would still have a plan on how to hold up the pressure and only then ask for a Conference of Ministers. - have the petition running from December to March (next AC meeting). 2.) Start petition in October - We could concentrate our efforts until the end of the year and really focus on achieving a result. - National patent laws have to be amended anyways until the end of the year in regard to the Unitary Patent Court. So ministers are aware of the issue at the moment and this could be a good opportunity. In Austria, for example, a petition on European level would as well support the current national efforts for a change of law. - We could start the petition after the AC meeting on 13 October and send out a separate press release. - have the petition running from end October until December (AC meeting). In the conference call the tendency was rather towards starting the petition in October. Please come back to us with your feedback! - Do you think asking for a Conference would be a good option? - Which would be the better timeline? - Could your organisation support the petition, for example via addressing your national minister directly / setting up a national petition? Please come back to us if you have further questions! Best, Johanna Mag. 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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Doodle Conference call October
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear all, we'd like to have our next conference call after the meeting on 13 October and before a possible start of a petition. Please fill out the doodle until Tuesday 28 September evening. https://doodle.com/poll/y9stfkyq98rgnnfd?utm_source=poll <https://doodle.com/poll/y9stfkyq98rgnnfd?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link> &utm_medium=link Thank you. Best, Johanna Mag. 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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WEBINAR INVITATION - No patents on seeds, plants, animals and beer! SOUTH EUROPE
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear all, ARCHE NOAH organises the next capacity building workshop on patents for organisations in Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece). The goal is to inform organisations and empower them to get active against patents on plants & animals. Please feel free to forward the email to organisations that may be interested. The 2 workshops take place on Friday, 8 October 13h-15h CET and Friday 15, October 13h-14.30h CET. Best, Johanna Mag. 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: Fulya BATUR [mailto:fulya.batur@kybelesrl.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 1:08 PM To: Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org <johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org> Cc: ARCHE NOAH Dagmar Urban <dagmar.urban(a)arche-noah.at> Subject: FW: WEBINAR INVITATION - No patents on seeds, plants, animals and beer! SOUTH EUROPE Dear XX I sincerely hope that all is well with you ! I am contacting you in the scope of an Arche Noah project on patents. As you know, although European patent law provides for exceptions to limit its reach into the natural world, existing loopholes have been used by patent attorneys and large corporations to patent seeds, plants, animals and even beer. You can get some initial information here: <https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> Home | NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! (no-patents-on-seeds.org) This particular project's goals are to provide the latest information on the topic, and build capacity for potential campaigns. To that end, we are holding a two-parts webinar series targeting Southern Europe, which will be held in English : v Technical training & legislative update: Friday 8th October 2021 from 13:00 until 15:00 am CET v Campaign history, current options & next steps : Friday 15th October 2021 from 13:00 until 14:30 CET The full programme is attached to this email. You can register to both webinars using this <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__as0mpabSbaRwd4kAaAc7A> link by 5th October 2021. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email to join the events. I sincerely hope that you can make it, and circulate it within your association's network. Do not hesitate to forward this email to other individuals and organisations in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece that are engaged in seed saving, farming, or other parts of the food chain, as well as civil society movement with an interest and expertise in food systems, corporate control, or seed policy. We will focus on the aforementioned countries (including examples from national laws), but if you have contacts in other Southern European countries, which may be interested, do not hesitate to let us know. You may get in touch with me or with Dagmar URBAN (dagmar.urban(a)arche-noah.at <mailto:dagmar.urban@arche-noah.at> ) if you have any questions. We are convinced there is a currently a window of opportunity to stop patents on conventional seeds, plants and animals and would love to inform more organisations, movements and individuals and potentially join forces! Kindest Regards, Fulya Fulya BATUR, PhD Consultancy, Training, Research & Legal Advice <http://www.kybele-consult.com/> www.kybele-consult.com 0032.484.77.86.18 Do you want to receive updates on policy developments that affect the crop biodiversity movement in Europe? <https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/w0t1x1> Subscribe to the monthly newsletter Sprouts from Brussels !

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IMPORTANT: Petition Conference of Ministers / Minutes Conference call 15.9.21
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Dear all, at our last conference call on 15 September (minutes attached) we discussed the possibility to ask for a Conference of Ministers. Please come back to us with your feedback until the end of September (or if possible earlier)! We want to start a petition to ask for a Conference of the Ministers of the EPO in 2022. By doing so we would switch from addressing the technical level (Representatives of the EPO Admin. Council) to addressing the political level (ministers). We could set up a petition and possibly would then have the option to address ministers in different countries (of our member organisations) separately. We could then as well arrange for meetings to hand over the petiton. It could as well be a good opportunity to get other organisations involved, since it would be a quite easy way to support our demands. Article 4a <https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2020/e/ar4a.html> (EPC) foresees a Conference of Ministers every 5 years. In regard to the timeline we have two options: 1.) Start petition in December - We could now ask the AC to take decisions at the meeting in December, f.e. in our press release for 13 October. And we could as well launch a petition to support our opposition of the melon patent where we communicate as well our demands. - In case the AC does not take any decisions in December, we would still have a plan on how to hold up the pressure and only then ask for a Conference of Ministers. - have the petition running from December to March (next AC meeting). 2.) Start petition in October - We could concentrate our efforts until the end of the year and really focus on achieving a result. - National patent laws have to be amended anyways until the end of the year in regard to the Unitary Patent Court. So ministers are aware of the issue at the moment and this could be a good opportunity. In Austria, for example, a petition on European level would as well support the current national efforts for a change of law. - We could start the petition after the AC meeting on 13 October and send out a separate press release. - have the petition running from end October until December (AC meeting). In the conference call the tendency was rather towards starting the petition in October. Please come back to us with your feedback! - Do you think asking for a Conference would be a good option? - Which would be the better timeline? - Could your organisation support the petition, for example via addressing your national minister directly / setting up a national petition? Please come back to us if you have further questions! Best, Johanna Mag. 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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Verteiler
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Lieber Christoph, könntest du meine Arche Noah-Email-Adresse dann bitte wieder vom Verteiler nehmen, damit ich die Emails nicht alle doppelt bekomme? Vielen Dank! Liebe Grüße, Johanna Mag. 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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Available via NPOS-email again
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Dear all, luckily our spam-problem has been fixed and my email address is working properly again. Best, Johanna Mag. 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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update on resolution in EP / question to Anne Charlotte
by Christoph Then 19 Sep '21

19 Sep '21

Dear all I got first response from Juliette which is working for the Green Group. She thinks it may become difficult for the Greens to run a resolution which defines a difference between random mutagenesis and new genome editing. Good old discussions, triggered by via Campesina, I like a lot. I do not know where this will end and maybe I will check with Social Democrats if they would table the resolution. We will see. This something for next step to be decided. So first we will meet on Zoom with Juliette next Wednesday together with Johanna and, if available with Anne Charlotte (as expert for Via Campesina). I will present the arguments as presented in the power point at the German ministry of justice and then we will try to have relaxed discussion. Strictly about patent law. I think, things have changed since we discussed the issue with Via Campesina last time. Organic breeders are concerned on the barley patent. We can show that the issue of random mutations are crucial for scope of patents on new genome editing: If the scope of patent is not limited to genetic engineering, the big seed companies will be able to patent conventional bred varieties all over. And, anyway, the Greens should not ignore the findings of a large international coalition of CSOs. For the moment I am happy the Greens want to discuss this issue and on the midterm I think this discussion is also useful when it comes to New GE and GMO regulation. So let us try. Cheers Christoph

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update activity 13 October, problem with e-mails
by Christoph Then 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

Dear all after some discussions we now decided to stay on 13 on October, but to start earlier (9 or 10a.m.) so there is some time to share the pictures with the delegates of the AC. so no need to change your travel plans. I will try to fix the exact time with the fotographer and the EPO early next week. on e-mail: if we want to reach Johanna, please use her e-mail at arche @ Noah (above, now also on the mailing list). There was some spam activity this morning, we had to block the mailing function at the server. might take some days to sort this out. Cheers Christoph

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activity on 12 or 13 October
by Christoph Then 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Dear all yesterday we were informed that there will be no physical meeting of the Admin Council on 13 October in Munich. I phoned the EPO (media person, Osterwalder) and informed them that we would like to hand over the barley also in case there is no meeting. I asked them not not to take 38 pots, but symbolically 1 or 2 of them. I asked to to to organise this event on 12 of October, so the delegates when they meet on 13 October will be informed that we wanted to reach out to them. He could not take a decision on the phone right now, he wants to call me back. I think we can expect participation of the EPO and therefore we can continue our planning, I suggest to have a preference on 12 of October. Cheers Christoph

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