Dear all,
Apologies for my silence, I have been ill (the flu, no Corvid) for the last week and still not feeling much better. I understand the hearing will be in Munich, in which case I will not join. If it is in Rijswijk I would like to join (although travelling to the Hague is not advised at the moment).
Regarding the letter, this looks pretty good to me. My only comment would be whether we can /need to reflect more on point '(c) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged'. I guess the patent holders will try to argue that both the inbreds and hybrid cannot be propagated unchanged rendering both not as plant varieties? I think it will be good to try to pre-empt this in our letter.
Hopefully, I am back on track next week to look into all your other emails and minute report. Thanks for all the hard work! Best regards,
Bram
-----Original Message----- From: Npos_2018 npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 20:01 To: 'Christoph Then' info@no-patents-on-seeds.org; npos_2018@testbiotech.de Subject: Re: [Npos_2018] heads up letter to the EPO on the melon case
Dear Christoph,
attached only small linguistic corrections.
Yes, I don't think it is necessary that I come to Munich. I couldn't contribute on a technical level anyways. And since the hearing is outside of Munich we said that we will not organise a public action around the hearing, but rather around a meeting of the Admin. Council.
Best, Johanna
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-----Original Message----- From: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Christoph Then Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:18 AM To: npos_2018@testbiotech.de Subject: [Npos_2018] heads up letter to the EPO on the melon case
please see attached my draft which will undergo English Editing and double checks with patent attorneys.
if you want to join the delegation, I have to get notice now.
Normally I would suggest Ruth is joining, however due to pandemia, I am not sure if this is a good idea.
In case, I also could manage alone. I do not think Johanna can participate since Vienna is considered as a hotspot.
I have to send the letter to the EPO during next week (one month before the hearing).