Dear Christoph, dear all

I also believe that these are good examples helpful for our advocacy work.

To select the right cases I think it is crucial that they alrealdy have an EP number – so it is clear that the company intends to file at the EPO. If we use other cases our argument that they are using loopholes etc. might not work.

• Therefore I suggest to use patents with an EP A number (maybe with 1-2 exceptions).

Regarding the media work:

It’s not clear to me what is in the report and whats not.

I suggest to have all these examples in a first report which could be published before the decision by the Enlarged Board is published – the message would be: «8 reasons why the EPO needs to ban patents on conventional plants». Then in a second report, to be published right after the decision we focus on the political process and our political demands – while referring to the examples published in the first report.

Would be great, if you could give us an approx. date when we could give feedback to the draft report –

So we could include it in our personal planning.

Thanks and best wishes

François

Von: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> Im Auftrag von Bram de Jonge
Gesendet: Montag, 9. März 2020 12:01
An: Christoph Then <info@no-patents-on-seeds.org>; npos_2018@testbiotech.de
Betreff: Re: [Npos_2018] update on the content of the report and media strategy

Thanks Christoph for the overview.

Looks like some good examples to me, with some including clear linkages to the Global South.

With such a number of examples we can almost publish one each month for the remainder of this year.

If possible, we could contact the ABS focal points in India and Mexico to check whether 1) they are aware of the patent application and 2) whether any ABS agreement is warranted according to their national ABS laws and 3) whether such agreements were indeed established with the applicant/user of the genetic material.

Best regards,

Bram

From: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> On Behalf Of Christoph Then
Sent: Sunday, 8 March 2020 11:21
To: npos_2018@testbiotech.de
Subject: [Npos_2018] update on the content of the report and media strategy

Dear all

it seems that we now have a group of editors working on the report, which will discuss some drafts and content. Very good (see other mail).

Besides that I wanted to share with all of you my latest selection of 8 examples of plants (which will be part of the report). It tries to cover the most relevant categories of patent applications. 4 are on mutation breeding (sent around earlier, small changes added in red color) and 4 are on other examples.

Are we happy with this selection as starter?

Are we happy with the short description as used which somehow tries to follow a standard pattern (what is claimed? what is the invention? what is the technical topping? what is the problem? will it be granted?)

If we agree, we can finalise these examples in English and German and use them for starting the media work / public outreach, even if the report is not yet ready to go.

Media work / strategy:

as soon as we agreed our examples we would

• finalise the text (in at least German and English, maybe French, Danish and Portuguese)
• prepare visuals for each example
• start media communication (drafting press releases) and social media work. 

By doing so, we could closely cooperate with the campaign work as going on in Austria to gain synergies and more public outreach.

In parallel I keep on working on the report (also adding the examples on animals) which will be needed as soon as the Enlarged Board publishes its decision. I will exchange further drafts with the group of editors.

So please till end of upcoming week let us know if the examples should be used for further campaign work.

Cheers

Christoph