Dear all,

 

please find the draft agenda for our conference call on 13 April below. The agenda is both for the German and English call.

 

In case you’d like to add agenda points, let me know before the meeting or at the beginning of the meeting.

 

Please find the zoom info in the email below.

 

Kind regards,

Johanna

 

Agenda          

 

1.                       Welcome new members

§  Eva Gelinsky / IG Saatgut

§  Pat Thomas / Beyond GM

2.                       Updates

2.1.      from countries / member organisations

2.1.1.     Austria

§  end of April press release national patent law → press release NPOS → NPOS sends letter to other countries

2.2.      NPOS

§  EPO staff asked for Conference of ministers: https://www.suepo.org/

 

3.                       Next steps

3.1.      Milestones as outlined in Salvia grant agreement – changes needed?

In 2023 we will

§  publish a report about patent research

§  participate in hearings about our oppositions at the EPO

§  visit 5 contracting states of the EPO with public outreach / activities

§  expose one company and their role in seed patents

§  start our activity with messaging on seed packages

§  organise a workshop for CSOs (online)

§  offer a workshop for the experts of the contracting states

3.2.      NPOS campaign bus tour to ministries

3.2.1.     NL + LU

3.2.1.1.          Opposition KWS maize patent (deadline 24.5.)

§  between 15 and 19 May?

3.2.2.     Berlin

§  Conference of German Ministers of Justice in Berlin 25./26.5.

3.2.3.     DK (in same week as Berlin)

3.2.4.     EU / BE

§  new date 6 June Workshop EU parliament

3.3.      Patent Report 2023

4.                       Other

4.1.      Update on Syngenta patent on wild pepper

§  Overview: https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/patent-cases/pepper

4.2.      Meeting of members 2023

§  some final documents (budget 2023, internal minutes) are still being prepared

4.3.      Secure communication within NPOS

4.4.      Next conference call

 

 

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org

 

NO PATENTS ON SEEDS!

www.no-patents-on-seeds.org

www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds

www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

 

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Von: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> Im Auftrag von Johanna Eckhardt
Gesendet: Sonntag, 19. März 2023 19:42
An: npos_2018@testbiotech.de; pat@beyond-gm.org; 'E.Gelinsky' <eva.gelinsky@ig-saatgut.de>
Betreff: [Npos_2018] IMPORTANT Conference call April

 

Dear all,

 

our next conference call will be on Thursday, 13 April:

 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82665796509?pwd=L0pIOVRvd0Vnd1FLM0hWeXJLZ0RSdz09

Meeting ID: 826 6579 6509

Passcode: 354881

 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89580368538?pwd=ak9FYTRYaEo5c2o3eXZzUkNuTHdkQT09

Meeting ID: 895 8036 8538

Passcode: 173238

 

We’ll send a draft agenda a few days before the meeting.

 

Kind regards,
Johanna

 

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org

 

NO PATENTS ON SEEDS!

www.no-patents-on-seeds.org

www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds

www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

 

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