January 2022 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

! any opinion if we should file opposition quickly (till tomorrow) / announcement of media work with brewers
by Christoph Then 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear folks I am just about to go through the granted patents from 2021. Several interesting case, also (potentially) for filing further oppositions. I just found out that one patent of Nunhems on tomatoes (there are several patents from Nunhems / BASF) would require to file opposition till 24 January. We could do so (and also add further documents later). It is interesting, but I am not sure if this is one of the best cases. it looks like, in 2021, we have more than a dozen patents granted which are somehow relevant. I guess we will not oppose them all. Maybe we could. this one is about drought tolerance: Nunhems first exposed plants to drought and measured gene expression. thereby they identified relevant genes they produces transgenic plants to show these genes are relevant for drought tolerance then they did random mutations, followed by tilling (selection) to identify non-transgenic plants which are carrying the relevant gene. To my opinion, the step with transgenic plants is not needed to derive to the non-transgenic plants, thus technically it is added, non-relevant matter. in the claims, they claim both the transgenic plants and non-transgenic plants. in the consequence, the patent will hamper other breeders from using a relevant genetic information.It looks like, this genetic information was there before (as a starting point) because it was identified by exposing existing varieties to drought stress to identify the relevant genes (I have to double check, but this would run the case highly interesting). please see attached. Let me know your comments. In case I can file a short opposition on Monday. sorry for late notice. I will try to give an overview on the other cases asap, but these cases will not be as close to the deadline. In terms of media releases: We also expect the platform from the brewers (in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg) to come up next week, followed by media work in the week after. cheers Christoph

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overview on further candidates for opposition
by Christoph Then 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear all I identified four patents (including the one I sent), three from Nunhems, one from Rijk Zwaan which might be interesting cases for opposition (see nummerations 54, 116, 164, 175). there might be some others and there will be further coming up in 2022. All in all, I think we should check the patent I sent from Nunhems and file opposition, this really seems one of the most relevant patents. Sorry I took late notice of it. I try to send further updates and aim to file on Monday. Christoph PS let me know if you need further patent documents.

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Petition - Demeter France
by Johanna Eckhardt 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear all, Demeter France has info about the petition in French on their homepage: <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Furlz.fr%2Fhbud%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR…> https://urlz.fr/hbud And they posted on their social media: Facebook : https://fr-fr.facebook.com/DemeterFranceBiodynamie/ Instagram : <https://www.instagram.com/demeter.france/> https://www.instagram.com/demeter.france/ LinkedIn : <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6889607654176505856/> https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6889607654176505856/ I shared it on Twitter and Facebook. Maybe you want to share it, too. 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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Visuals for the peition
by Johanna Eckhardt 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear all, we now have more versions of the visual for the petition (in German, English, French). - for postings on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn - for stories (should be the same format for all social media) Let me know in case you need anything else. Unfortunately I noticed that in the former version of the visual the link to our homepage was not correct. So in case you used it somewhere, you may replace it with the corrected one. Sorry about that. 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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Deutsche Telefonkonferenz 31.1.
by Johanna Eckhardt 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

[German conference call] Liebe Runde, Zusätzlich zur englischen TK (2.2.) findet am am MO, 31.1. von 14h-15.30h wieder eine deutsche Runde statt, an der ihr gerne teilnehmen könnt. Hier die Zoom-Infos: Zoom-Meeting beitreten https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89524355306?pwd=UndybWRXTThCMUhrN0dqZnpRd1crZz09 Meeting-ID: 895 2435 5306 Kenncode: 382274 Ortseinwahl suchen: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kehtMH7Kp 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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IMPORTANT Meeting of members - Preparation for discussion - comments until 23 January
by Johanna Eckhardt 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear all, please let me remind you to send in your comments on what you would like to discuss at our Meeting of Members in regards to the long-term strategy until Sunday, 23 January. This will serve as a starting point for Christoph to draft a document to prepare the discussion. 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 From: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 3:19 PM To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Subject: [Npos_2018] Meeting of members - Preparation for discussion - comments until 23 January Dear all, as agreed in yesterday's conference call, Christoph will draft a document to prepare our strategy discussion. In order to do so, I'd like to ask you to send me your comments on what exactly you would like to discuss until 23 January. until 23 January: organisations send feedback on what they would like to discuss to Johanna until 31 January Christoph presents background document for discussion until 14 February: organisations send their written feedback to the discussion document to Johanna - in preparation for the meeting, will be sent out to the group 17 February: final documents for the meeting have to be sent out 3 March: Meeting of Members Let me know in case the timeline doesn't work for you. As suggested by Katherine, we extended the time allocated for the discussion to 2 hours (see draft agenda attached). 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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Soup & talk, 22 January
by Johanna Eckhardt 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Dear all, the big agricultural policy demo in Germany (Wir haben es satt) has been moved to an online event. But Judith from the Gen-ethical network will present our petition in an online slam, where initiatives from all over the world can present their project. It is in English and German. The programme is not online yet. It takes place on Saturday, 22 January from 17h - 20h CET. https://wir-haben-es-satt.de/informieren/programm/soup-talk/ I just posted on FB and Twitter in case you want to share. Thanks to Judith for organising this! And good luck to Annemarie, Georg and everyone else who has a lot to do in preparation for this event! 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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further patents on Barley - idea for further communication - please come back to me till end of the week
by Christoph Then 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Dear all please see attached a slightly revised version of a text I sent earlier this year (thanks for first comments from Erling and Ruth!) the idea is to confidentially approach the German breweries (Freie Brauer) to find out more about the situation about CSIRO and Radeberger, so we can present this case (jointly?) after gathering more information. any objections? Cheers Christoph

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IMPORTANT: Membership request Dachverband
by Johanna Eckhardt 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Dear all, the German umbrella organization for crop plants and livestock diversity (Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt) approached us with a request to become a member of NPOS. We informed our German member organizations and the board. There are no objections. Frosamlerne and No patents on life! support the membership request. This is the homepage of the organisation (only German): https://kulturpflanzen-nutztiervielfalt.org/ They have 27 member organisations, amongst them as well 2 of our NPOS members (AbL and ARCHE NOAH). Other organisations supported our activities in the past. So in the name of the board I’d like to forward you this request for membership. Attached the original membership form in German and the English translation. You have 4 weeks to send in your vote, that is until 15 February 2022. Just send me an email. The membership is approved, if we have a two-thirds majority (see our <https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2020-02-27%…> statute, §3). We have 19 members, of which 15 are entitled to vote (list of members attached). That is we need 10 members to vote in favour to approve the membership. If you have any questions or doubts, please come back to us. 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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IMPORTANT: Conference call 2 February 2022
by Johanna Eckhardt 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Dear all, thanks for filling out the doodle. The next conference call will be on Wednesday 2 February 2022 from 13.30h - 15.00h CET. Here is the Zoom info: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85718151886?pwd=Z3JORWVxb0o3bksrM2RMUlNabzZqQT09 Meeting ID: 857 1815 1886 Passcode: 122024 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdW72WCELR 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: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 9:15 AM To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Subject: [Npos_2018] Doodle Conference call February Dear all, here is the doodle for our next conference call at the beginning of February: https://doodle.com/poll/6mkvtztvt23th4fb?utm_source=poll <https://doodle.com/poll/6mkvtztvt23th4fb?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link> &utm_medium=link Please fill it out until Sunday, 16 January, evening. 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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