Dear Francois

thanks again!

I had a look into the document which is mostly specific for another patent. However, I found it interesting to see that on the the selection of plants, it seems, a similar approach was chosen as in our draft opposition.

I also forwarded the doc to Dolder for his preparation on the soybean case.

cheers

Christoph

Am 21.04.23 um 10:22 schrieb Christoph Then:

Dear Francois

thanks a lot!

do you know who is behind this third party? We have to be careful not to push for positions which are following the logic of a specific competitor.

cheers,

Christoph

Am 20.04.23 um 10:36 schrieb Francois Meienberg:

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Dear Christoph, dear All

Thanks for the draft - I will try to have a look at it before I leave for holidays this Saturday ...

In the meanwhile I like to share with you a third party observation regarding the Cercospera Patents, which was posted at the EPO Website recently (-> attached). The observation not only explains that the KWS patents lack novelty because the applications for the plant breeders rights (using the patented trait) have been filed before the patent (what I already shared with you before - and it looks just like a stupid error from KWS) - but also brings up several examples how KWS like to circumvent the new Rule 28 (2).

All in all an interesting reading, which could maybe bring some inspiration when finalizing the drafting of the new report.

Best wishes François

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Npos_2018 npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de Im Auftrag von Christoph Then Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. April 2023 11:47 An: npos_2018@testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] first draft of the report

Dear all

please see attached a first draft of the report.

still missing are summary, demands and a chapter on the impact on plant breeders by using the research from Johanna (PINTO) and other material.

For the moment, I would like to leave aside further research and now first prepare a preliminary version for Den Haag and the German conference of ministers (in German) which both will take place in May. The enlarged version will then be finalized for the workshop in EU Parliament (July).

so as a next step, I will try to draft a German version of this draft. I guess further changes will be made during this process, but if you have time to read an reflect on this first version in parallel, this would be very welcome.

please do not circulate at this stage.

Cheers

Christoph

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