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German report
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Dear all, please find attached the German summary of the report. 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 press release
by Johanna Eckhardt 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Dear all, please find attached the final press release as we will send it out tomorrow until 8am (English/German/French). The photos should be available around 12h-13h. Thanks to Anne-Charlotte for the French translation. 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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update screaming barley
by Christoph Then 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

dear all the screaming barley is now in Munich, I also managed to get several high quality print outs of the report. Ready to go.... see you in Munich. Christoph

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!! 'final version' of PR / who takes the quotes???
by Christoph Then 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Dear all please see attached the edited version of the media release as well as the German version (which will need further checks by Johanna). who takes the quote? just to let you know, the screaming barley will arrive today. let us keep fingers crossed that the weather will allow us to get a nice picture... Christoph

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complication for our activity
by Christoph Then 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

There will be a demonstration of EPO staff the same day (because of the Admin Council) - we try to find a solution to organise our shooting.

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once more: extended summary, erweiterte Zusammenfassung
by Christoph Then 27 Jun '22

27 Jun '22

Hier nochmal die deutsche Zusammenfassung, mit wenigen kleinen Änderungen (grau markiert, zusätzlich zu den anderen Änderungen in roten Buchstaben, die ich gerade schon geschickt hatte) and the English version of the extended summary with latest changes marked in yellow. (I found out that in doing the revision, I deleted interesting some sentences, now re-introduced/ no new content) hope this final and Johanna can layout German summary, maybe Anne-Charlotte also will translate some of it into French.

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draft media release revised in German and English
by Christoph Then 26 Jun '22

26 Jun '22

I added some ideas from Dagmar, however I would include the screaming vegetables, this might undermine the serious message ... maybe you find a good solution, I tried, but I could not. I will send this to English editing: I made some suggestions who might take a quote. Please confirm or reject. cheers Christoph

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final version of the report
by Christoph Then 26 Jun '22

26 Jun '22

This version will be printed out and handed over to the EPO. If you find something which has to be changed with high urgency, let me know.

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Patentbericht, erweiterte deutsche Zusammenfassung
by Christoph Then 25 Jun '22

25 Jun '22

Rote Buchstaben: neue Formulierung gelb: Hier werde ich den englischen Text nochmal bearbeiten nicht markiert: korrigierte Tippfehler diesen Text müßte Johanna dann nochmal formatieren.

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update from talk with German Ministry
by Christoph Then 24 Jun '22

24 Jun '22

Dear all, today we had a talk with German ministries of justice and agriculture, the Plant Variety Protection Office and the German Patent Office. We presented our findings from the report (latest version). We found, the ministry of Justice is not likely to support our demands. We gained the impression, they (and the German patent office) do not much care about problems in plant breeding. They gave the message that new developments and technologies create new situations and markets .. while we were trying to explain that we just want to safeguard traditional breeder and their rights. They agreed, there are some problems with the KWS patent as granted (they consider it as being not a good example how to apply the new rule in best way) but also said, that if the new rule would be applied properly, problems are solved. They assumed that as long as a breeder does not perform random mutagenesis himself, he will have no problem... what is a complete nonsense. They say, they will wait for court cases to come up, and only react to these cases. We were explaining that prospective assessment would be needed and political decisions taken before it is too late. Amongst the European governments, they see no move at all, to organise for the conference. In short, it looks like the position of this ministry is dominated and guided by vested interests which are not those of the public. But we also got the feeling that the experts from PVP office and also potentially also from ministry of agriculture share (some of) our concerns. We will try to get in closer contact and further exchange. Next steps: After we published our report, we will ask for a meeting. We then can consider to start our 'tour' in Germany (at one or both of the ministries) or maybe go to another country first which may be more supportive. Thus definitely some more points for discussion .. have a nice weekend! Christoph

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