organization:european patent office

EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding should be regarded as non-patentable

European governments need to ensure new rules of interpretation become legally binding

3 November 2016 / In a long awaited explanatory statement, the EU Commission takes the view that plants and animals that are obtained by means of “essentially biological” breeding are non-patentable. This statement is in strong contradiction to the current practice of the European Patent Office (EPO), which has already granted more than 100 patents on conventional breeding, e.g. on tomatoes and broccoli.

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#brevets #semences #amélioration_variétale #plant_breeding #bonne_nouvelle

#Monsanto Slammed for Violating European Patent Law for GMO Melon
▻http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/27/monsantos-violate-patent-law

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The European Patent Office has revoked a false patent on genetically modified (GMO) melons held by Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, after a Jan. 20 public hearing in Munich, Germany.

The Europe-based coalition No Patents on Seeds spearheaded the opposition. According to a press release from the organization, Monsanto claimed that melons with a natural resistance to plant viruses was its own invention even though the resistance was already detected in indigenous melon varieties in India.

#brevet #biopiraterie #ogm

European Patent Office boosts its business with Patents on Life | no patents on seeds
▻http://no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/node/321/european-patent-office-boosts-its-business-patents-life

A monopoly on specific tomatoes with a higher content of healthy compounds known as flavonols was granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) to the Swiss company Syngenta. The patent covers the plants, the seeds and the fruits. Patent EP1515600 describes the crossing of wild tomatoes with domesticated varieties. The plants are not genetically engineered but derived from classical breeding.

#semences #brevet #vivant #tomates