[Npos_2018] ! update KWS and slogan for our activity

Dear all

today we (Francois, Johanna, me) had the meeting with KWS. They insist that traits derived from conventional breeding may be patentable and claim they have a solution on the licensing platform.

we say, they are not solving problems, but creating problems and the real solution would be to restrict patents on technical inventions.

They did not put in question our findings.

We agreed that further talks may be useful.

So now I will finalise the report (no major changes) and we also should prepare a bannner with a slogan

my proposal is to use the heading of the report:

KWS-Patente gefährden Pflanzenzucht in Europa

Patents of company KWS are threatening plant breeding in Europe

what do you think?

have a nice weekend!

Christoph