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Update on today's activity
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

Dear all, today's activity went very well. I think we managed to get some good pictures and WeMove will produce two videos that we can use in our campaign. I already shared some tweets with first pictures: <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed I will receive a wetransfer link with the photos around 15h today that I will then forward to you. I will then post pictures on Facebook / Twitter. Please share! Our message was received by Mr. Rainer Osterwalder (Press spokesperson) and Mr. Luis Berenguer Gimenez, spokesperson of the EPO. They said that they are well aware of the problem, but that the EPO can not do anything about it. It is up to the member states. As soon as / Only if they get signals from the Administrative Council, they can take steps. So this seems to be a good starting point to now ask for a Conference of Ministers. Thank you all for your support, especially to Verena, Martha, Ruth, Giulio & his colleagues who came to Munich! Everything went very smoothly! 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 - Final documents
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Dear all, please find attached the final documents. I included the logo of WeMove in the PR, since they are not represented under the NPOS logo and contribute a lot to this activity. Attached as well the picture of the press release. Feel free to use it. I will send out the press release on Wednesday, 13 October before 8h CET and will post on Twitter/Facebook. As soon as we have the photos of the activity, a download link will be available on our homepage (where the press release will be published): English: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/news/new-genetic-engineering German: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/news/neue-gentechnik I will post again on Twitter/Facebook once we have the photos. WeMove will use the hashtag #FreeBarley. 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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the English version of the backgrounder with an additional sentence on CRISPR/Cas
by Christoph Then 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

It seems this was the last open question; I tried to add in red letters.

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ein Satz zu CRISPR im Hintergrund
by Christoph Then 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

die einzige noch offene Anmerkung scheint die zu sein, dass noch zwei Sätze zu CRISPR eingefügt werden. Anbei ein Versuch in roten Buchstaben, englisch folgt.

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Medienarbeit in DE
by Christoph Then 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

Ich würde gerne dpa vorab informieren. Gibt es noch grundsätzlichen Klärungsbedarf? sonst mache ich das heute nachmittag. Ich würde sie nicht unbedingt zum Patentamt einladen (sie können trotzdem kommen) aber die Meldung und den Hintergrund ankündigen. wichtig: Falls ihr der Ansicht seid, dass wir Medien zum Patentamt einladen sollten, müßten wir heute oder morgen noch eine Einladung aussenden. Meiner Ansicht nach ist es ok, wenn wir Bild anbieten, Meldung aussenden und eigene Videos machen. Wir können aber auch versuchen, mehr Berichterstattung zu erzeugen. Falls dpa die Veranstaltung in ihren Kalender aufnimmt, werden die Medien sowieso bundesweit informiert.

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en PR with final edits
by Christoph Then 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

please only use this version for further comments and for finalising the release. I propose WeMove to take the first quote in here, but so far I do not have reactions from Giulio.

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final edits in English backgrounder
by Christoph Then 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

please only use this version for further comments / layout etc.

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latest from barley
by Christoph Then 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

now in the green house.

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slightly changed version of PR
by Christoph Then 09 Oct '21

09 Oct '21

again small changes I think it is a good idea from Johanna and Annemarie to add one sentence to the first quote. please note that the English version still needs final editing.

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some more explanations: what is a technical invention? / should we mention breeding with licencses?
by Christoph Then 09 Oct '21

09 Oct '21

By reading the comments I have the impression that I should reiterate that technical inventions - in this case - are defined by G2/07 (G1/08): it is the _direct insertion of a trait_ (which - in plant breeding - typically is not the same as just a to induce a genetic variation - see figure 2 in the background). should we mention breeding with licencses? we know this is possible, however it means to become dependent on the patent holder. Therefore, compared to variety protection, this option is still hampering plant breeding. I would not suggest to explain this in the backgrounder. We did in the other reports when we e.g. talked about Pinto; so in this case I think it is enough to say, patents can hamper or block breeders. Our specific case shows that breeding can be blocked by patents - this is the strong story, we want to tell with the barley.

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