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Christoph in Vienna
by ARCHE NOAH Katherine Dolan 01 Sep '20

01 Sep '20

Dear all, We had Christoph here in Vienna last week for a meeting with the Austrian Patent Office and Ministry. We will give an update at the next teleconference, but in short: they will help us, but we need to find countries to support their efforts, and there is no quick fix. Also, they will have to amend the national patent law to implement the Unitary Patent Convention if/once it comes into effect - as this is probably the case in the other states, this could be a good chance for us to get changes at the national leve. Here are a couple of media reports from the visit (in German): · https://www.pressreader.com/austria/kronen-zeitung-9gf1/20200821/2819517251… · https://science.orf.at/stories/3201414/ 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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Update NPOS Board
by ARCHE NOAH Katherine Dolan 20 Aug '20

20 Aug '20

Dear all, Ruth and I would like to inform you that we yesterday officially elected Erling as the third member of the board, following François's resignation at the last general assembly. There will be a vote of the members to confirm his election at the general assembly next year. Thank you Erling! Best Regards 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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Conference call September
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Dear all, I guess many of you are on holidays. I hope you enjoy it! Nevertheless I'd like to fix a date for our next conference call in September and hope that we will find a date that suits most of us. Please fill in the doodle until this Thursday, 13 August, 2 pm CET: https://doodle.com/poll/a2c9rsxzibkub5nx We can then fix a date on 13 August afternoon. FYI: I will be on holiday from 21 to 31 August. 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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neuer Brief an Lambrecht (only German)
by Christoph Then 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hier mein Vorschlag. Bitte Rückmeldungen bis Ende der Woche, dann würde ich ihn gerne abschicken und auch der SPD im Bundestag zur Kenntnis geben. Parallel würde ich dann einen Besuch in Berlin mit Tomate und Brokkoli vorbereiten (vielleicht nur 10 Personen, 5 Masken Borkkoli, 5 Masken Tomate, professionell gemacht und mit Munch's 'der Schrei' klappt es dann mit der Positionierung, machen wir Smileys drüber (das wäre dann die doppelte Maskierungspflicht... ) kennt jemand gute MaskenbildnerInnen?

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only German: Finale Version Brief an Lambrecht
by Christoph Then 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Liebe Alle, vielen Dank an Martha, Annemarie und Johanna für Anmerkungen. hier die finale Version, ich schicke sie übermorgen ab, wenn es keine weiteren Kommentare gibt. herzlichen Gruß Christoph

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Wie weiter mit Brief an Lambrecht? (only German)
by Christoph Then 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

Vielen Dank für positives Feedback! Es gibt u.a, vom BN auch Bereitschaft, den Brief zu zeichnen. Mein Vorschlag wäre hier es schlicht zu halten und einen Brief von Keine Patente auf Saatgut daraus zu machen. Ich unterschreibe und fertig. Ansonsten wäre die Möglichkeit, dass die Personen unrterschreiben, die in Berlin mit dabei waren. es müßten sonst eigentlich all 40 Organisationen zeichnen - das erscheint mir ein bißchen sehr großer Aufwand. Oder?

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Members accepted
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 22 Jul '20

22 Jul '20

Dear all, following the vote from our members, ARCHE NOAH, SWISSAID, ProSpecieRara and the Danish Seed Savers have been accepted as members. The vote was unanimous (11 yes, 2 abstentions). The board will still sign the membership forms and send it to the organisations. Judith Reusser is not a member as a natural person anymore, but will continue to represent SWISSAID. Please find attached the list of members. 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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wie weiter mit Politik? (German only)
by Christoph Then 20 Jul '20

20 Jul '20

Liebe Alle ich werden demnächst einen Brief an Lambrecht entwerfen, um die Sache dringlich zu machen. was haltet ihr davon, wenn wir das BMJV nach der Sommerpause mit ein paar großen Gemüseköpfen (etwa Dutzend Menschen mit Tomatenkopf etc) besuchen um das Thema für die Presse sichtbar zu machen? wir könnten was Nettes übergeben und die Presse für ein Foto einladen. Es könnte z.B. das bekannte Bild 'Der Schrei' auf Brokkoli und Tomate übetragen werden. Ich würde versuchen, professionelle Aktionskünstler zu bekommen. ich denke, wir müssen deutlich mehr Wind machen, sonst sitzen die uns aus. Nachdem das Telefonat mit dem EPA kurz gesagt, ergeben hat, dass wir die richtigen Forderungen haben, aber zu wenig Unterstützung im Verwaltungsrat spürbar ist, sollten wir das schleunigst ändern. herzlichen Gruß Christoph

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short summary of the meeting with EPO
by Christoph Then 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Dear all we just had a meeting with EPO as announced. it took around one hour. Johanna prepared some minutes which are however six pages - might take some time to check it (thanks a lot to Johanna, this was really very very fast!) So in short my quick take away. Please do not spread, we agreed not to run to detailed public communication, but to apply 'something like' chatam house rules (not so cleary defined)): * on essentially biological processes, they confirmed that they grant patents on plants derived from physico-chemical mutagenes. This would be in line what they grant on bacteria (which are not relevant for Article 53(b)). They agreed that there is room for interpretation whether this practice is in line with G2/07 and G1/08. They see some possibility for the Administrative Council to deal with this issue again and take decision. However they do not see a lot of interest among its members (lot of work for us). They think that most agree on current practice. * on cells: They try to find out if there is unclarity and how to deal with it. We agreed there might be a difference between living cells and products like sugar extracted from the plants. The EPO grants patent on cells cultured in-vitro (which can be used to create whole plants). They are currently assessing this practice. * on scope: They agreed that disclaimers are just an intermediary solution ('it allows the EPO to go on'). They could not tell us whether (in theory) in might be possible to exclude patents on products under Article 53 (b). But they might be interested to check. * on legal biding effect of G3/19 on pending applications: They can not change the decision of G3/19.. They mentioned it would be possible to run patent oppositions in national courts. * on participation in AC meeting: they see our point, there might be further discussions. There seems to be interest for further meetings for exchange of opinion between EPO and Npos after summer break. So my conclusions: We have a good strategy, our points are valid. We will need more support from the governments. We might choose Austria to take the lead. We should double our efforts in Germany and Netherlands. We should discuss whether the Swiss groups can give us more support by aligning with our strategy. We also should take a closer look on Belgium, Portugal and Denmark. next activity: another letter to German government, travel to Austria. Read the minutes from Johanna. cheers Christoph

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draft agenda for phone call with EPO
by Christoph Then 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Dear all as agreed, I drafted some agenda for the phone call on 14 July. please see below. I would send this draft (after corrections etc) to EPO tomorrow morning please let me know your comments thanks! Christoph Dear.. During the meeting with the EPO we would like to focus on for topics and then potentially discuss other issues. These four topics are (as outlinied in our letter): * definition of essentially biological processes * patentability of cells * scope of patents * effect of G3/19 on pending patent applications To discuss the issue, we propose the following agenda: 1. Short introduction of participants 2. Short summary of problems remaining or newly emerging after G3/19 from the perspective of No Patents on Seeds! 3. Some comments from the EPO on the problem analysis of No Patents on Seeds! 4. First round of discussion / questions 5. Short summary of possible solutions as proposed by No Patents on Seeds! 6. Some comments from the EPO on the solutions analysis of No Patents on Seeds! 7. Second round of discussion / questions 8. Short summary on the findings 9. Other issues such as transparency and CSO participation in meetings of the Administrative Council 10. Further exchanges of views between No Patents on Seeds and the EPO in near future

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