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