Not so good news ..

I guess my questions / topics for the agenda were too specific. :-( They might have been afraid we are using the information for our  planning. It also might have taken them by surprise that there was a substantial debate in the patent law committee.

However, it looks like there still will be phone call on Wednesday this week with the German Ministry of Justice. I will double check.

anyway, talk to you tomorrow at 10,30 a.m.

Christoph

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Follow-up to the Meeting EPO - No Patents on Seeds on 04 December 2020 Datum: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:35:58 +0000 Von: VP5 vp5@epo.org An: Christoph Then (info@no-patents-on-seeds.org) info@no-patents-on-seeds.org Kopie (CC): Helen Best hbest@epo.org, VP5 vp5@epo.org

Dear Mr Then,

Thank you for your email of 13^th  November outlining the points you would like to discuss.

I am looking forward to continuing our discussions on specific aspects of the (non)-patentability of plants and the agenda you propose covers all the relevant issues.

However, I very much regret that due to unforeseen circumstances our meeting on 04.12.2020 will have to be postponed. The next possibility would be sometime around the end of January or the beginning of February 2021.

This delay is unfortunate but I should like to assure you that I consider these informal exchanges to be an important channel of information between our Organisations aimed at increasing mutual understanding.

We will  contact you soon with a new date for our next meeting.

Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincères salutations

Christoph Ernst

Vice President Legal / International Affairs | Dir. 5

European Patent Office

Bob-van-Benthem-Platz 1 | 80469 Munich | Germany

Tel. +49 (0)89 2399 5000

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