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Meeting with the EPO because of planned activity
by Christoph Then 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Greetings fro, the President of the EPO (via the press officer, Mr. Osterwalder)! On 6 October a new observatory platform will be opened in which we can participate somehow, since it is open for industry and CSOs. ... I would not expect anything, but I promised to tell you. let us wait and see. so we have an agreement, we can perform our activity in front of the flags (but without sight from the EPO, there are many trees between) I also found out the EPO claims that they would not expect media in Munich, but they might have a 'small thing' in Den Haag. Anyway, we have to do a little bit more to invite media than I thought.

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Press release, tiny correction
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear all, attached a new version of the English press release with a tiny correction. Thank you, Erling. 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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Press release for tomorrow
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear all, attached the final press release as it will be sent out tomorrow morning. Important corrections still possible until tomorrow 7h CET. Feel free to use the pictures attached. 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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Today's press release
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear all, the press relase is online: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/news/super-broccoli Tiny corrections in the versions attached. And again the pictures. Please share on Facebook and Twitter. <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed 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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NPOS Conference call November
by Johanna Eckhardt 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Dear all, here is the poll for our conference call in November. The duration of the meeting will be 90min. Please fill it out until Wednesday, 4. Oct. evening. Thank you. <https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/y1QtJ6ZCqg/> https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/y1QtJ6ZCqg/ 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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Press release - we'll publish on Thursday
by Johanna Eckhardt 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Dear all, we’ll send out the press release on Thursday instead of Wednesday. – We don’t manage to finalise it today. Thanks to Dagmar for taking the second quote. Nout might as well take a quote. Anyone else interested? 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)testbiotech.de> Im Auftrag von Johanna Eckhardt Gesendet: Montag, 25. September 2023 13:22 An: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] WG: ! First draft text for October 5 on the super broccoli (some improvement of our plan) / who takes a quote? (Deutsch und Englisch) Dear all, we aim to send out the first press release on Wednesday, 27 Sept., morning. Please come back to us with comments until tomorrow, Tuesday, 15h. Who would like to take a quote? – See below. Kind regards, Johanna ENGLISH: 1) “The new patent is just a repetition of another patent that was granted in 2002 on broccoli with higher levels of glucosinulates, also derived from crosses with wild broccoli from Sicily (EP 1069819). There are only minor differences between the patents, in essence, this patent was granted on plant varieties with the same traits”, says 2) “This second patent on a ‘super-broccoli’ is a slap in the face of the governments of the contracting states that wanted to end patents on conventionally bred plants. The grant of this patent shows how the big companies, the EPO and its affiliated ‘patent industry’ are trying to set aside democratic political decisions just to follow their interest”, says . 3) “The EPO tries to hide this violation of the law by complex legal reasonings. But these ‘excuses’ and ‘special rules’ cannot be accepted. In the end, these patents are concerning conventionally bred plant varieties. Such patents are prohibited by the European Patent Convention (EPC) which is, now since 50 years, the legal foundation of the EPO. This prohibition is meant to protect the interest of the public, of breeders, farmers, food producers and consumers. Therefore, these patents have to be stopped now”, says GERMAN (same content): 1) „Dieses Patent ist nur eine Wiederholung eines Patentes, das bereits 2002 auf Brokkoli mit einem erhöhten Gehalt an Glucosinulaten erteilt wurde und ebenfalls aus Kreuzungen mit wildem Brokkoli aus Sizilien stammt (EP 1069819). Es gibt nur geringfügige Unterschiede zwischen diesen Patenten, letztlich wurde diese neue Patent auf Pflanzensorten mit den gleichen Eigenschaften erteilt”, sagt… 2) „Dieses zweite Patent auf einen „Super-Brokkoli“ ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Regierungen der Vertragsstaaten des EPA, die der Patentierung von konventionell gezüchteten Patenten ein Ende setzen wollten. Die Erteilung des Patentes wie die großen Konzerne, das EPA und die mit ihnen verbundene ‚Patent-Industrie‘ versuchen, demokratische Entscheidungen zu umgehen, um ihre eigenen Interessen zu verfolgen”, sagt ... 3) “Das EPA versucht den Rechtsbruch hinter komplizierten rechtlichen Begründungen zu verstecken. Aber diese ‚Entschuldigungen‘ und ‚spezielle Regeln‘ können nicht akzeptiert werden. Im Ergebnis betreffen diese Patente konventionell gezüchtete Pflanzensorten. Derartige Patente sind nach dem Europäischen Patentübereinkommen (EPÜ), das inzwischen seit 50 Jahren die Rechtsgrundlage des EPA ist, verboten. Dieses Verbot schützt die Interessen der Öffentlichkeit, der Pflanzenzüchtung, der Landwirtschaft, der Lebensmittelproduktion und der VerbraucherInnen. Deswegen müssen diese Patente jetzt gestoppt werden”, sagt … 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! www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces(a)testbiotech.de <mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> > Im Auftrag von Christoph Then Gesendet: Samstag, 23. September 2023 10:20 An: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de <mailto:npos_2018@testbiotech.de> Cc: Julia Tomitza <julia.tomitza(a)arche-noah.at <mailto:julia.tomitza@arche-noah.at> >; Thomas Schweiger <tommyschweiger(a)yahoo.com <mailto:tommyschweiger@yahoo.com> > Betreff: [Npos_2018] ! First draft text for October 5 on the super broccoli (some improvement of our plan) / who takes a quote? (Deutsch und Englisch) Dear all looking to new patent on the super broccoli, I have the impression that we should focus on this example. It is really a birthday present, the EPO made to us. 😁 So first, I would send a media release as attached (as soon as possible) with a general announcement. then I would send the more precise invitation to the media (we are in contact with EPO, but no confirmation yet) - latest at the beginning of next week from 5 October (but there is a holiday in Germany on 3rd October) then I would prepare to send out a media release on the day of the protest. I do not think we need an additional backgrounder on the other patents. cheers Christoph

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! First draft text for October 5 on the super broccoli (some improvement of our plan) / who takes a quote? (Deutsch und Englisch)
by Christoph Then 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Dear all looking to new patent on the super broccoli, I have the impression that we should focus on this example. It is really a birthday present, the EPO made to us. 😁 So first, I would send a media release as attached (as soon as possible) with a general announcement. then I would send the more precise invitation to the media (we are in contact with EPO, but no confirmation yet) - latest at the beginning of next week from 5 October (but there is a holiday in Germany on 3rd October) then I would prepare to send out a media release on the day of the protest. I do not think we need an additional backgrounder on the other patents. cheers Christoph

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Re: [Npos_2018] Minutes Confrence call 20 Sept. 2023
by Johanna Eckhardt 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

…I meant via Proton ( <http://www.proton.me> www.proton.me). Sorry. 😉 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: Johanna Eckhardt <johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. September 2023 17:16 An: 'npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de' <npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de> Betreff: Minutes Confrence call 20 Sept. 2023 Dear all, I just sent you the minutes of yesterday’s conference call via email. 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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Minutes Confrence call 20 Sept. 2023
by Johanna Eckhardt 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

Dear all, I just sent you the minutes of yesterday's conference call via email. 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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Working group 5th October
by Johanna Eckhardt 20 Sep '23

20 Sep '23

Dear all, we set up a working group to plan the details for the event at the EPO on 5th October with Christoph, Ruth, Martha, Julia, Tommy, Anne-Charlotte and myself. If you want be involved, too, please let me know! 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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