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Meeting of members - first infos
by Johanna Eckhardt 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Dear all, I just sent you the email below via Proton. Best, Johanna --- Dear all, since it will still take some time until we have a final version of the internal minutes of our meeting of members, attached a first draft if helpful for you. Feel free to comment. Attached as well the updated NPOS Calendar. And a short preview in regards to the patent research: As suggested by Francois, I checked if the varieties that are recommended to be used in Switzerland in 2023 can be found in the Pinto database (Euroseeds) and are covered by patents: * I found 8 maize varieties in Pinto, covered by 4 patents. * 1 winter-rye variety in Pinto * none of the recomended soy and winter rape varietys in Pinto * In general, the following species are not in Pinto: potatoes, wheat, spelt, oat, triticale. 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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(old) Politico info about upcoming patent package on EU level
by ARCHE NOAH Dagmar Urban 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Hi all, I hope you are well and I am sorry I couldn't meet most of you in Munich last week! I got this Politico article from a few weeks ago (it's usually behind a paywall, so please don't forward) via the Greens in the European parliament. It seems mostly to be about software and pharmaceuticals, but it's not clear if the licensing part for example will go beyond that. If anyone knows more about this, please share :) I will follow-up with the Greens on this and Katherine is trying to get a meeting with the European Commission about patents in general. Best, Dagmar · EU patent package coming, according to Politico PATENT PACKAGE: Brussels' industry groups are preparing themselves for a suite of proposals slated for April 26 that will regulate how businesses that rely on patents for profits let other companies use their technologies. Holders vs implementers: The European Commission will table legislative and non-legislative policies in three areas: compulsory licensing of patents, a review of existing supplementary protection certificate rules and standard essential patents, or SEPs. The latter are a highly sensitive topic that pits everyone from Big Tech giants to open software campaigners against patent holders, which includes a relatively small group of companies including Nokia, Qualcomm and Ericsson. Small business associations are also getting in on the act. The European Digital SME Alliance launched an ongoing survey<https://www.digitalsme.eu/call-for-action-making-seps-work-for-all-business…> at the end of last year to find out if its members were being targeted by SEP holders. Patent trolls that use patents as a legal weapon to claim rights to proceeds from a company's own products or stop them being developed altogether are one of the biggest bones of contention for the implementers, said Ciarán O'Riordan, senior policy adviser at non-profit Open Forum Europe. "The Commission hasn't really published much about how they plan to solve this issue," he said. "They've talked about how they want to increase transparency," but "how do you remove the lack of clarity or how do you increase transparency in a way that's actually useful in a way that solves the problem?" "One thing that we would love to see happen would be something to clarify the software is not patentable in the first place," he said. Also, next week: Industry ministers will meet at the Competitiveness Council on March 2 where they will get an update on the state of play for the new unitary patent system that will come into effect<https://pro.politico.eu/press/149878> on June 1 as well as the EU's new Unified Patent Court. · Bayer providing free access Bayer offers small vegetable breeding companies in the European Union access free of cost to our European patents on traits in vegetables which are in the Euroseeds PINTO database and licensable by Bayer.https://www.bayer.com/en/agriculture/free-access-to-patented-innovati…

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IMPORTANT Conference call April
by Johanna Eckhardt 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Dear all, our next conference call will be on Thursday, 13 April: * German call (with members from Germany) from 11h to 12.30h CET Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82665796509?pwd=L0pIOVRvd0Vnd1FLM0hWeXJLZ0RSdz09 Meeting ID: 826 6579 6509 Passcode: 354881 * English call (with the majority of the members) from 13.00h to 14.30h CET Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89580368538?pwd=ak9FYTRYaEo5c2o3eXZzUkNuTHdkQT09 Meeting ID: 895 8036 8538 Passcode: 173238 We'll send a draft agenda a few days before the meeting. 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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Membership IG Saatgut
by Johanna Eckhardt 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Attached a membership request from IG Saatgut – as we are just discussing. More detailed info will follow. 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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final docs for oppsition
by Christoph Then 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

I guess I have to file it tomorrow. I hope everything is ok. Johanna will use these pdfs to be published on our website.

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Fwd: USDA Seed Report
by Christoph Then 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

seems to be relevant -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: USDA Seed Report Datum: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:07:26 +0100 Von: E.Gelinsky <eva.gelinsky(a)ig-saatgut.de> An: katherine.dolan(a)arche-noah.at <katherine.dolan(a)arche-noah.at>, Johanna Eckhardt - No patents on seeds <johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org>, Christoph Then <info(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org>, 'Brigitte Reisenberger' <brigitte.reisenberger(a)global2000.at>, STRUTZMANN Iris <iris.strutzmann(a)akwien.at> https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/SeedsReport.pdf -- Interessengemeinschaft für gentechnikfreie Saatgutarbeit Leiterin politische Koordination In Deutschland: Dr. agrar Eva Gelinsky Nonnenstieg 38 D-37075 Göttingen In der Schweiz: Tempikon 2 CH-6283 Baldegg mail:eva.gelinsky@ig-saatgut.de web:www.ig-saatgut.de

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Press release is online
by Johanna Eckhardt 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Dear all, the press release has been sent out and is online: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/news/maize-patent Please share the posts on Facebook and Twitter. All the updated info about the KWS maize patent can from now on be found here: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/patents/maize 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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Tomorrow's press release
by Johanna Eckhardt 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Dear all, please find attached the press release as I will send it out tomorrow morning (before 8h / latest 8.30h). I attached as well some pictures. Feel free to use them. 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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Press release - correction
by Johanna Eckhardt 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Dear all, a slight correction in the press release: Katherine's phone number has been changed. 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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final version of PR on maize (english edits)
by Christoph Then 12 Mar '23

12 Mar '23

Johanna will prepare final version to be sent out. Let us know if any change is needed.

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