An online talk for media, experts and NGOs in the context of a hearing on opposition to a patent on maize with cold resistance.
An online talk for media, experts and NGOs in the context of a hearing on opposition to a patent on maize with cold resistance.
No Patents on Seeds! has started a petition calling for an international conference. The organisation is demanding that a ministerial conference of the contracting states of the EPO is held within one year, with the aim of taking effective measures to stop patents being granted on conventional plant and animal breeding.
However, further patents on seeds can still be granted.. 19 March 2021 / The Technical Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed the revocation of a patent on melons held by Monsanto (EP1962578). In the patent, Monsanto claims melons with a...