March 2024 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

IMPORTANT Meeting of members
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Dear all, I just sent you an updated version of the documents for the meeting of members with minor changes via www.proton.me <http://www.proton.me> . Kind regards, 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 Von: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces(a)lists.testbiotech.de> Im Auftrag von Johanna Eckhardt Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. März 2024 13:48 An: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] IMPORTANT Meeting of members Dear all, I just sent you the documents for our meeting of members via www.proton.me <http://www.proton.me> For those I havent heart back yet (see below), could you please let me know if you will be there or if you would like to be represented by another organisation? This would be important to have a quorum. We need 11 members present/represent. Currently we have 12. It would be great if more members could be represented so that we don't have any problems in case we have last minute cancellations. * Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e.V. * Gen-ethisches Netzwerk * Umweltinstitut * Plataforma Transgénicos Fora * Beyond GM * CEO I propose to have dinner together the day before (3 April) at 18h close to the train station. If interested, please let me know until latest 25 March so that I can book a table. Thank you. Kind regards, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@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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final (?) draft version of our new backgrounder ('Jordan virus')
by Christoph Then 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

I will send if off for editing. thanks to Francois for commenting on it!

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Re: [Npos_2018] IMPORTANT Meeting of members - no dinner!
by Johanna Eckhardt 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Dear all, I havent heard back from anyone in regards to the dinner on 3 April. So there will be no dinner! Well see each other on 4 April! Kind regards, 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 Von: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces(a)lists.testbiotech.de> Im Auftrag von Johanna Eckhardt Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. März 2024 13:48 An: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] IMPORTANT Meeting of members Dear all, I just sent you the documents for our meeting of members via www.proton.me <http://www.proton.me> For those I havent heart back yet (see below), could you please let me know if you will be there or if you would like to be represented by another organisation? This would be important to have a quorum. We need 11 members present/represent. Currently we have 12. It would be great if more members could be represented so that we don't have any problems in case we have last minute cancellations. * Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e.V. * Gen-ethisches Netzwerk * Umweltinstitut * Plataforma Transgénicos Fora * Beyond GM * CEO I propose to have dinner together the day before (3 April) at 18h close to the train station. If interested, please let me know until latest 25 March so that I can book a table. Thank you. Kind regards, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@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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Online meeting 28 March on EU plenary session
by Johanna Eckhardt 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Dear all, we'll have an online meeting to discuss the next steps in our lobby strategy / the EU plenary session. You are very welcome to join: Thursday, 28 March, 9h-10h CET. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83175939594?pwd=VElhY05zbEJ2TDRrUENkUWlFQXhEQT09 Meeting ID: 831 7593 9594 Passcode: 149810 Kind regards, 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 new backgrounder for political lobbying in the EU
by Christoph Then 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

Dear all please see new draft backgrounder I suggest to use for lobbying in the EU. As you might know, end of April the plenary of the EU Parliament is supposed to vote on the PRM regulation. We nearly got a majority in the vote on PRM in the Envi Committee for our proposal to introduce a similar wording as it is used in the Austrian law. Now we have a chance to gain a majority for changing the wording of Art. 2.2 of the EU patent directive, which would be the best (only?) way to achieve legal certainty. As shown by the results from patent research in 2023, there is an increasing number of patents on tomato plants with resistance to the 'Jordan Virus'. I shortly summarized these findings in a table an tried to generate a text that may help us to bring these findings to the attention of the EU Parliament. We now have 22 international patent applications from ten companies. a true nightmare. Please see attached, please do not distribute. Please send your comments. I hope we can shorten the text a little bit. We will have a meeting on 28 March to discuss further lobby strategy. I hope we can find a good way forward, also using our current campaign to approach the Members of EU Parliament. Maybe we can also provide some information on costs for license contracts. I hope we can start some activities already before our meeting in Munich which we can use to explore further planning. Cheers Christoph

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IMPORTANT Meeting of members
by Johanna Eckhardt 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Dear all, I just sent you the documents for our meeting of members via www.proton.me <http://www.proton.me> For those I havent heart back yet (see below), could you please let me know if you will be there or if you would like to be represented by another organisation? This would be important to have a quorum. We need 11 members present/represent. Currently we have 12. It would be great if more members could be represented so that we don't have any problems in case we have last minute cancellations. * Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e.V. * Gen-ethisches Netzwerk * Umweltinstitut * Plataforma Transgénicos Fora * Beyond GM * CEO I propose to have dinner together the day before (3 April) at 18h close to the train station. If interested, please let me know until latest 25 March so that I can book a table. Thank you. Kind regards, 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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purple tomato in patent dispute
by Christoph Then 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

I think we should explore this case for our next report. https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20393

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Conference call 4 March 2024 - Minutes
by Johanna Eckhardt 08 Mar '24

08 Mar '24

Dear all, I just sent you the minutes of our last conference call via www.proton.me <http://www.proton.me> Kind regards, 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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Email-Vorlage auf Deutsch für Umweltausschuss
by Johanna Eckhardt 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

[Email template in German to send to ENVI] Liebe Runde, jetzt anbei auch eine Email-Vorlage auf Deutsch, um die Abgeordneten im Umweltausschuss zu kontaktieren. Die Abstimmung ist am MO, 11.3. um 19h. 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: Vote on patents, ENVI 11 March - change of Patent Directive 98/44!
by Johanna Eckhardt 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

Dear all, the vote in the Environmental Committee of the European Parliament on Monday, 11 March, 19h CET, is a big opportunity to change the EU Patent Directive! If the parliament adopts "Compromise Amendment 7 on Article 81a" (see attached), this would be a big improvement in regards to patents on conv. breeding! Let's take this opportunity and let's try to contact the MEPs. * We sent out an email to all MEPs of ENVI again today (see attached, feel free to use), but if you could contact MEPs you have a personal contact with (email/phone), this would be very helpful. * Christoph and I won't manage to follow up via phone, but Dagmar and Magdalena from ARCHE NOAH would highly recommend to do so! Maybe some of you can reach out via phone. * I posted on Twitter. Please share and tag MEPs: <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed I will as well reach out to our partner organisations. Please let me know if you need more detailed info. Thanks to Magdalena and Dagmar for taking the initiative! Kind regards, 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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