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Conference call July
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Dear all, here is the doodle for our next conference call at the end of July: https://doodle.com/poll/u2finycuik9epv8n Let's see who can join during the holiday season. Please fill it out until the end of the week (Sunday, 27 June). Thank you! 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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welcome to Verena from Umweltinstitut
by Christoph Then 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

dear all welcome to Verena from Umweltinstitut! We are happy you are part of the gang. please see overview who now is on this mailing-list: Georg Janssen (AbL, IG Nachbau), Annemarie Volling (AbL, IG Nachbau), Bela Bartha (prospecierara) Laurent Gaberell (publiceye), Carla Hoinkes (publiceye) Ruth Tippe, Johanna Eckhardt, Katherine Dolan (Arche Noah)Erling Frederiksen (Danish Seed Savers) Teresa Rodrigues (transgenicos fora), Martha Mertens (BN), Daniela Wannemacher (BUND), Judith Dueesberg (gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de), Dagmar Urban (arche-noah), Francois Meienberg (prospecierara), Fulya Batur (Cooperation with Arche Noah), Anne-Charlotte Moy, Bram de Jonge (Oxfam), Nina Holland (CEO), Simon Degelo, (Swissaid) Gabi Pichlhofer, Verena Schmitt (Umweltinstitut) Christoph Then, Matthias Juhas (Gen-ethisches Netzwerk), Praktikant/Internal Arche Noah (‚Saatgutpolitik‘) Verena, maybe you want to introduce yourself with a few words? you should be able to send to the list. cheers Christoph

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update on planned activities re barley and melon
by Christoph Then 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

dear all some information for further consideration on barley and melon: on the barely: the barley breeder does not support the idea to use barley in October or December - looks like wrong time of the year. the plants would be too small to recognize them as barley (October) or might not look good (healthy) in December. Nevertheless I could try to raise some plants from the kernels I have and we see how it goes. the other idea is, to use dried barley - however I am afraid this will not be a strong visual - it might look like a traditional Bavarian farmers ritual ... interesting: The laboratory says that the patent application and the barley of Cultivari have the same sequence (in the decisive DNA). I am still waiting for written confirmation. This might become useful for further media work. on the melon: the plant as patented is seedless due polypoidy. There is even a specific para in the examination guidelines of EPO on such melons which reads: A process for producing triploid seedless melon fruit which involves the pollination of sterile female flowers of a triploid plant, unable to carry out successful meiosis, with pollen of the diploid polliniser plant and which therefore does not concern sexually crossing two whole genomes of plants (implying meiosis and fertilisation) and the subsequent selection of plants is not an essentially biological process and is hence not excluded from patentability (T 1729/06) so the invention is a detection (melon found in a homegarden) and then, with usual methods, is turned into seedless plant. Followed by selection without crossing. I think we should challenge and expose this absurdity. However it will require some detailed work on legal details and public communication. Cheers Christoph

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Let's liberate diversity! - Patents and open-source approaches
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Dear all, on 8 July (5 - 6.30 pm CET) - that is after the German Symposium - Let's liberate Diversity! organises an online Seed policy dialogue on "Patents and open-source approaches" where Johannes Kotschi from GOSSI and I are invited to speak. Maybe you are interested to join or want to share it in your network: https://liberatediversity.org/events/seed-policy-dialogue-227-794/ 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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Symposium Germany - registration
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Dear all, you can now register for the Symposium <https://www.bmjv.de/DE/Ministerium/Veranstaltungen/Anmeldung/Mehr-Info-zb3_…> "Patentability of Plants and Animals: Scope for Action and Need of Reform?" online. They then have to confirm your registration (see email below). Feel free to share the link in your network. Best, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! www.no-patents-on-seeds.org www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed -----Original Message----- From: bmjv(a)noreply.bund.de [mailto:bmjv@noreply.bund.de] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 8:51 AM To: johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org Subject: BMJV - Eingang Ihrer Anmeldung zur Veranstaltung Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir bedanken uns für das Interesse an unserer Veranstaltung und bestätigen hiermit gerne den Eingang Ihrer Anmeldung. Eine verbindliche Zusage kann erst nach Prüfung der eingegangenen Anmeldungen versandt werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz Mohrenstraße 37 10117 Berlin *** Dear Sir or Madam, Many thanks for your interest in our event. We hereby confirm that we have received your registration request. We can only send out definitive confirmations once all the incoming requests have been processed. Yours faithfully, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Mohrenstraße 37 10117 Berlin, Germany This is an automated message. Please do not reply to this e-mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Infos zur Veranstaltung: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Titel: "Patentierbarkeit von Pflanzen und Tieren: Gestaltungsspielräume und Reformbedarf?" -- "Patentability of Plants and Animals: Scope for Action and Need for Reform?" Veranstaltungs-Id: 251612 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ihre Anmeldedaten: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- titel: - first_name: Johanna Nachname: Eckhardt institution: No patents on seeds! EMail: <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org Verteilerliste: Nein -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Dies ist eine automatisch verschickte Nachricht.

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Presentation for conference in July
by Christoph Then 20 Jun '21

20 Jun '21

Dear all please see may draft. I was asked to forward it (In English) to the ministry till 24 June. cheers Christoph

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interesting case
by Christoph Then 19 Jun '21

19 Jun '21

Dear all research by Andreas and Ruth identified the granted patent as attached from ENZA. It took me several readings, despite it is a short text an just one claim. to me it looks like an interesting case: different methods were applied for different plant species: * genetic engineering (RNAi) on potato and tomato * screening a library for sponteous mutations (caused by transposons) in Petunia * exposing plants to the plant disease in tobacco Finally, there is only one claim, covering all solonaceae plants (especially potato, tomato and petunia) with the respective gene function, no matter which method was used. I just consider t use this case in my presentation at the German ministry and I am happy to receive your comments. Christoph

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update: the symposium in Germany
by Christoph Then 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

Dear all I did a phone call with the ministry and was informed that also panellists from 1st and 2nd Panel are able to interfere with the third panel discussion. However, it seems to be difficult to introduce further participants. Further, we received questions which guide the discussion. I am positively surprised, since these questions indeed seem deal with our demands (only did a quick reading). For the symposium I will draft some answers for me an Georg. please see attached all material received yesterday. Christoph

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Conference call 16/06/21 - Minutes
by Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

Dear all, please find attached the minutes of todays conference call as well as the info in regards to the French law on patents (French/English). The next conference call is planned for End of July. 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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draft report on patents in New GE
by Christoph Then 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear all, please see (as announced) a report, I prepared for Testbiotech. please keep confidential! do not distribute! in case, please send comments till end of the week. a German version is under preparation. cheers Christoph special thanks to Ruth for her research!

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