September 2022 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

Next conference call
by Johanna Eckhardt 29 Sep '22

29 Sep '22

Dear all, please fill in the dudle for our next conference call at the end of October UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER / 9h. https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/jA93gJK1JA/ Duration: 90min 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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draft arguments for appeal against Carlsberg (deutsch und englisch)
by Christoph Then 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

Dear all please see attached in German the draft input for our appeal against Carlsberg. In English, there are two Annexes, backgrounders which you might want to read. No hurry yet, but I would like to share this draft with the other opponents. So maybe you can come back to me with first comments till end of the week. Cheers Christoph

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New report from ETC
by Christoph Then 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

https://www.etcgroup.org/content/amidst-rising-hunger-new-report-shows-corp…

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! Activities for this year /please come back till end of next week
by Christoph Then 23 Sep '22

23 Sep '22

Dear all, we have to plan our activities for the rest of the year and the handing over of our petition. as written in previous mails, we do not expect to get a conference organized as demanded within the period of time as planned. Therefore, we want to prolong our activities (and adapt our strategies) for around 3 years. However, we should not forget to organise handovers of our petition before the end of the year! currently, and with support from WeMove (also additional funding might be possible, if needed; they also may take videos from our actions), we are planning for some activities: * hand over of the petition in Berlin. We are just about to await a report on patents prepared by German government and then will try to fix a date in Berlin. It is likely that we (again) will only be outside in the street, but we think this activity will help to push the German government ahead. * go to the EPO on 13 December for the last meeting of the Admin council. We propose this is the final end of the petition. * in addition, we discuss to visit the KWS at their annual meeting in Einbeck on 6 December. further activities are the appeal against Carlsberg, the opposition against the patent of KWS and a workshop with EU Parliament on 16 November. To prepare our public actvities, we could organise some new visuals: It is time, to have a 'screaming maize' with us (same feature as the screaming veggies). Further, for the hand over at the EPO, we need some additional elements, to look fresh and innovative. We could use the 'screaming maize' to be printed on packages with organic maize seeds. The overall number of kernels may be the same as the number of signatures. we could organise 38 packages for symbolic hand over of the petition. If everything works out as planned, we will have an additional campaigner with us to drive the transporter with the 'screaming elements' and to help us to prepare and de-roll our actions. So for the moment please send back your comments. Please also consider if you want to organise a hand over of the petition this year (we hope there will be opportunities for public actions also next year), in case we could try to travel with our 'screaming elements' or provide you with some maize kernel packages. so let us move ahead and have a nice weekend! Christoph

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some updates: Talk with Dutch officials and Salvia
by Christoph Then 23 Sep '22

23 Sep '22

dear all yesterday we had direct exchange with Dutch officials which deal with patent law and innovation. Johanna, Nout, Bram, Francois and me participated. They took our concerns with interest, however they also noted that industry is not very active yet (which is decisive for them). Bram suggested to organise a round table with the Dutch officials and Dutch breeders. This was taken up as a good proposal. We also should consider the idea of Arche Noah, to come up with a letter from breeders (and farmers and maybe Copa/Cogeca). We would need 'mainstream breeders' but, of course, also organic breeders should show up. It might be a god idea to start with breeders from one country such as Austria. These breeders then could help us to spread the network. I will ask Bingenheim about their idea. In case, please make suggestion whom to contact. We also should agree on a text that can be signed as a letter. maybe Dagmar could provide us with a first draft. This letter could also be used to make further contacts with KWS. In addition, we were in contact with Salvia. It looks like all technicalities regarding the report on the old project and the application of the new project were successfully solved by Johanna. So now let us keep fingers crossed. we also will send out a new round of letters to remind the experts of the EPO states to come back to us because of the petition. Cheers Christoph

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Minutes Conference call 5 September
by Johanna Eckhardt 20 Sep '22

20 Sep '22

Dear all, with some delay, please find attached the minutes of our conference call from 5 September. I included as well some conclusions from the meeting in the German round, such as most importantly - KWS has its shareholder meeting on 6 December, that we could use for a public activity - from now on we will have the German calls always before the English calls so that we can properly discuss ideas that came up with the whole group. 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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! draft program for workshop in EU Parliament/ feedback till Wednesday
by Christoph Then 15 Sep '22

15 Sep '22

Dear all last week, we had a nice exchange with Maria Noichl, Social Democrats, Member of EU Parliament. we are now planning for a workshop in EU Parliament organised by MEPs in second half of November. On later stage, we might try to start a resolution. To support the plans, we promised to send a draft program by this week. Please see my draft attached. I think we should plan for two hours. I suggest to invite (in addition to the brewers) at least one stakeholder which is not part of no patents on seeds, but likely to support our demands. Possible stakeholders are COPA/COGECA (supporting our petition), Plantum (but maybe mixed messages) or the EPO (but we would not have any control on their input). I suggest Thor Kofoed /COPA. For the part of the brewers I try to get an expert from German brewers association (biggest one) which is also involved in programs for breeding barley. But it is not clear if this will work. please send your comments till Wednesday. After that I will send it to Maria. She may propose some further changes. After that (If we agree on it) she will use the program to approach other MEPs to invite for the workshop. Further changes may be suggested. thanks for your input Christoph

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please confirm your participation in talk with Dutch authority
by Christoph Then 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

Dear all we are invited to online meeting with Dutch authorities /experts on 19 of September. I noted interest from Oxfam and Francois to participate. I would need some confirmation asap, also in case others want to participate. Thanks for a quick feedback Christoph

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decision Carlsberg (for preparation of appeal)
by Christoph Then 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

dear all please see attached the decision on Carlsberg. I already transferred the fee for appeal and send a letter to announce the appeal beginning next week. it looks like we have two months in addition to give the detailed reasoning for our opposition. I will circulate this draft as soon as possible. I did not work on it yet. Cheers Christoph

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Fwd: European IP Helpdesk - Follow up email: Interface between PVRs and Patents
by Judith Düesberg 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Dear round, I am sending you the slides and the link to the recording of yesterday's webinar "Interface between PVRs and Patents" from the European in Helpdesk. On 21.09 there will be another webinar on intellectual property rights in biotechnologies and on 28.09 another one on intellectual property rights in plants. It is good information but a clearly different point of view than us. Kind regards Judith -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: European IP Helpdesk - Follow up email: Interface between PVRs and Patents Datum: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:30:57 +0200 Von: EU IP HD Training Team <training(a)iprhelpdesk.eu> An: 'EU IP HD Training Team' <training(a)iprhelpdesk.eu> Kopie (CC): helpline(a)iprhelpdesk.eu Dear all, It was a great pleasure to welcome you at our session on “Interface between PVRs and Patents”. Please find here the *link <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8202678226236479503>* to follow the recording of our session and the slides as PDF file attached. Additionally have a look at some useful links: * European IP Helpdesk E-Learning with all sessions of 2021 <https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/regional-helpdesks/euro…> * Submit your question to the Helpline <https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/regional-helpdesks/euro…> * Check out if you are eligible for the Horizon IP Scan <https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/horizon-ip-scan_en> * Open Science Vs Horizon Europe <https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/open-s…> Kind regards, *Training Team* Beschreibung: European Logo European IP Helpdesk *c/o EURICE - European Research and Project Office GmbH *Heinrich-Hertz-Allee 1 66386 St. Ingbert Germany eMail: training(a)iprhelpdesk.eu <mailto:training@iprhelpdesk.eu> Web: www.iprhelpdesk.eu <http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/> The European IP Helpdesk provides free-of-charge first-line information on IP-related issues aiming to help current and potential beneficiaries of EU-funded projects, as well as EU SMEs, manage their Intellectual Property assets. This support is not and should not be considered as of a legal or advisory nature. At the same time, this information cannot be considered as the official position of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) or the European Commission. Neither EISMEA nor the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of EISMEA or of the European Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this information.

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