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final drafts for media release on Melons (de and en) and how to go on with the Carlsberg success
by Christoph Then 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Dear all please see attached the final drafts (edited) for tomorrow. Last changes in yellow, Johanna still has to add name to the quotes. the final version of the opposition will be sent later on, maybe I get some further comments from the lawyers, I already have the signature of Martha. Prefinal version was sent already. I also would be happy if somebody (Johanna?) has the time to correct spelling etc. After some consideration, to me, it seems that it is not a good idea to add Carlsberg to this release. I suggest to use this information in social media (by WeMove, Arche, Umweltinstitut, BN, AbL, GeN, etc.) Cheers Christoph

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draft media release for opposition against the BASF melon (de and en)
by Christoph Then 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Dear all I was promised another round of comments from patent lawyer and then will finalise the text opposition and resend. please see the first draft for PR on 14 Dec. It would be great to receive your comment till Friday morning. In case please also show your interest in the quotes Cheers Christoph

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Patent of Carlsberg revoked
by Christoph Then 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

dear all, good news! there was a problem with postal mail (in times of home office) .. therefore I just now got aware that the Carlsberg patent was revoked on 1st of Dec (letter from 6 December). Very good. So how to go on? I guess for this week we should stay with the focus on the Melon opposition because we want to increase pressure on EPO and mobilise for our petition. I do not think, in this regard, this decision will help us. And it is not completely new. We could add a para to the media release to confirm our success. I will try to draft something quickly. Or those which are active like Arche (on beer patent) could use this information 'exclusively' to approach media which they know are interested. Or we send out further communication to the media next week (but maybe difficult, because Johanna will be on holidays. Cheers Christoph

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Neue Version des Einspruches Melone
by Christoph Then 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

Vielen Dank für erste Korrekturen durch Johanna! ergänzt habe ich: Einen Absatz zu claim 17-19 (im Wesentliche biologische Verfahren) Einen Einspruchgsrund wegen Art 53 (b) / Pflanzensorten Einen Einsprcuhsgrund nach Art 83 (technische Offenbarung). Zusätzlich haben die Patentanwälte einen Abschnitt zu mangelnder Erfindungshöhe /Stand der Technik / Art 56 ergänzt. Wie geht es weiter? Martha müsste die erste Seite unterschreiben (ggf. elektronisch oder per Scan oder wir treffen uns) letzte Korrekturen können am Montag eingefügt werden. Die Anlagen müssen ausgedruckt vorliegen. Am Montag nachmittag oder Dienstag nachmittag würde ich den Einspruch beim EPA hinterlegen. Ich denke, wir haben ganz gute Aussichten auf Erfolg. 😁

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FW: 12 January Zoom talk Petition No patents on seeds
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 10 Dec '21

10 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, on 12 January we'll host an informal Zoom talk to inform partner organisations about our petition and answer any questions they may have so that they can get active themselves, contact their ministries, etc. Please feel free to forward the email below to organisations that may be interested. We currently have 34 organisations supporting the petition (the 15 NPOS members and 19 partner organisations). You can find a list here: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/petition 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 From: Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org [mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org] Subject: 12 January Zoom talk Petition No patents on seeds Dear collegues, we already have over 30 organisations supporting our petition against patents on seeds! Thank you very much! The list of supporters can be found here: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/petition If you want to support the petition as an organisation, you can just send me an email including your logo. To learn more about the background of the petition and to answer any questions you may have to be able to get active yourself, like f.e. contacting your national Ministry and ask them for a clear prohibition of patents on plants and animals from conventional breeding, we'd like to invite you to an informal zoom talk. --- The zoom talk will take place on Wednesday, 12 January, 10h - 11.30h CET. You can join via this zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85026676584?pwd=ZEY2MDd0M2RReDcrY0JSdVdRVUc3Zz09 Meeting ID: 850 2667 6584 Passcode: 578570 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdmI0RVxyP --- Feel free to forward this email to other organisations that may be interested. Looking forward to see you in January. Until then please contact me if you have any questions or if you need further support to get active! 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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Agenda TK
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 10 Dec '21

10 Dec '21

Lieber Christoph, hier mein Vorschlag für die nächste TK am 15.12. Ich hab auch ein paar inhaltliche Diskussionspunkte angeführt und auch den Disclaimer noch mal drinnen, weil letztes Mal so wenige dabei waren. Hast du noch Anmerkungen? Liebe Grüße, Johanna --- 1. Updates 1.1. from countries / member organisations 2. Next steps 2.1. The petition - get organisations, breeders, breweries involved 3. Other 3.1. Explain and discuss 3.1.1.Annulment of patents on a national level 3.1.2.Patentability of random mutagenesis, (French) discussion about genome editing 3.1.3.Disclaimer 3.2. Next conference call 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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meeting with Plantum ?
by Christoph Then 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Dear all thanks to Arche, I was reminded that we should start new initiative to get in contact with Plantum (Netherlands), especially because of the scope of patents in the field of CRISPR (and our petition). If Oxfam wants to take the lead, I am happy. Otherwise I could try (together with Johanna) to reactivate the contacts we have. It also might be a good idea to check your national breeder organisation if they would like to get active (I could try to approach the German breeders together with organisations like AbL). Of course, organic breeders can be approached anyway. cheers Christoph

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! draft opposition against melon (German)
by Christoph Then 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

Dear all we agreed to file the opposition against the bushy melon around 14 December. please see attached draft in German. I already included some first comments form patent lawyers, an now will send this new version to them. sorry it is only in German, I will try prepare to take the facts to the English media release, maybe I manage a short backgrounder. some explanations: we have two opponents. Since I am not employee nor a legal representative of No Patents on seeds, we should include my person as individual opponent. If we hand over to patent attorneys, this would not be necessary. But if we do not, this may save us the possibility of me representing the opposition. I still have to work on the references. I also might introduce a few sentences about claims 17-19, because these claims might fall because of rule 28. The rest of the patent we have to win under Art 56 (should be possible). In any case I need a GO from the Board to go on. Further comments welcome. But sorry, not much time left. In case morr time is needed, we also could wait for the Admin Council to take place and then file this opposition in reaction. Christoph

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Radio interview
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Dear all, today Dagmar gave a long interview on patents on plants on national radio Ö1: https://radiothek.orf.at/oe1/20211201/658060/1638360122813.133 Congratulations, Dagmar! Very well done! Thank you, Axel, for setting it up! 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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Re: [Npos_2018] Questions on Carlsberg & Heineken patents?
by Christoph Then 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

as far as I know, they did not respond. However a journalist in Denmark seems to be interested to ask Carlsberg. Erling might know more. we do not know exactly why they dropped the patent. We do not know if they want to drop further patents. I attach my latest list. Am 01.12.21 um 11:46 schrieb Giulio Carini: > > Hi all, > > Just wanted to follow up on the Carlsberg and Heineken patents on > certain types of barley. > > Did Carlsberg ever respond to our questions? Do we know why they > dropped the patent, was it all related to our protest? Is there any > chance they will drop more patents? > > Thanks again, > > Giulio > > P.S. I will be trialing the new petition very soon, and most likely we > will start joining in January:) >

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