Dear all,

I am forwarding you an invitation for a webinar on the Unitary Patent organised by ARCHE NOAH.

Best,

Johanna

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

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From: Fulya BATUR [mailto:fulya.batur@kybelesrl.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 1:13 PM To: ARCHE NOAH Dagmar Urban dagmar.urban@arche-noah.at; Johanna Eckhardt no-patents-seeds.org johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org Subject: Arche Noah Webinar 02/12/2021 at 10 am: EU Unitary Patent System & its potential impacts on patents granted on seeds, plants & animals

Dear all,

Please find below an invitation to a webinar on the European Unitary Patent system, which will likely enter into force by mid-2022, and its potential impact on patents on seeds, plants and animals.

UNITARY PATENT WEBINAR

THURSDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2021 (10:00 - 11:30 CET)

As a follow-up to the regional capacity-building webinar-workshops held in 2020 & 2021 on the topic of patents on seeds, plants & animals, Arche Noah is organising a webinar to raise awareness about the upcoming regime of the European Unitary Patent, and its potential impacts on patents awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO) on seeds, plants, and animals.

Through this new system, patents granted by the EPO will directly apply in the national territories of participating States (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia or Sweden amongst others), with a single application process. The system will be linked to the Unitary Patent Court, with its own life sciences division.

Designed for all individuals and organisations engaged in seed saving, farming, or other parts of the food chain, as well as civil society movements with an interest and expertise in food systems, corporate control, or seed policy, the event seeks to inform and discuss the impacts of the Unitary Patent system on their activities, as well as on European seed and food systems.

Please register using this https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wrvjaVXtQYehG8EBSMbLMg link by 1st December 2021.

PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:15

Welcome & Tour de table participants

10:15 - 11:00

The New Unitary Patent System: principles & consequences for patents on seeds, plants & animals

Fulya BATUR, Consultant, Kybele

11:00 - 11:30

Q&A - Discussion

How to get involved & stay active?

This webinar is made possible thanks to the kind contribution of the Gen-Ethische Stiftung

Do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. You may also forward the invitation to collaborators that would be interested !

Kindest Regards,

Fulya

Fulya BATUR, PhD

Consultancy, Training, Research & Legal Advice

www.kybele-consult.com http://www.kybele-consult.com/

0032.484.77.86.18

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