PRESS EQUIVITA
09/03/11
Subscribe to the open letter to the European Parliament and the European Commission
coalition "No Patents on Seeds for
STOP ON THE PATENTS ON LIVING
Today, because of patents, the control of the food market is more and more balance in a number of hands at a premium: this is the first of the causes of hunger world.
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09/03/11
Subscribe to the open letter to the European Parliament and the European Commission
coalition "No Patents on Seeds for
STOP ON THE PATENTS ON LIVING
Today, because of patents, the control of the food market is more and more balance in a number of hands at a premium: this is the first of the causes of hunger world.
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The Office European Patent Office (EPO) of Monaco is ready to grant new patents on seeds, plants and food produced by traditional breeding . This is shown by a recent study commissioned by the coalition "No Patents on Seeds" ("No Patents on Seeds"), founded by organizations in Germany, Switzerland and Norway. In fact, in January of 2011, the Division considered "EPO has informed the seed company " Seminis "that there are no substantive objections to its patent application on tomatoes played in the traditional way (EP1026942), for which the Seminis has previously applied for a patent.
EPO has sent feedback with the same content to other applicants .
" No Patents on Seeds :" If we do not stop this trend by some years the seed is not covered by a patent may disappear completely from the market. Multinationals like Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont will then be able to decide which plants should be grown , what food should be sold in Europe and at what price, "said a spokesman for the coalition (1).
In December 2010 the EPO has finally ruled on a case that had been chosen as "case law" and related patents granted on broccoli and tomatoes, stating that in general the normal process of reproduction can not be patented. A decision final and complete case on broccoli-tomato is still waiting for the next few weeks.
However, a recent study by "No Patents on Seeds" has shown that EPO continues to grant patents on plants, animals and seeds play with traditional processes, and on foods made from them. This suggests that only remain patent-free reproduction.
"The Scientific Committee EQUIVITA appeals that of changing the policy of the EPO, European Patent Office, which with its current practice erodes the ban on patenting living organisms existing today played in the traditional way" (see European Patent Convention) says Fabrizia Pratesi, coordinator of the Scientific Committee EQUIVITA, adhering to the coalition "No Patents on Seeds."
EPO continues to favor corporate interests, once again applying the policy adopted in 1999 when he began to issue patents on GMOs, and not respecting the European Patent Convention, which was responsible for enforcing.
Thus, the control of food production is increasingly concentrated in fewer hands , or a few monopolies, bringing to poor countries that damage is very serious that the lack of food. Hunger in the world today is not due to lack of production (the state from time FAO), but use monopoly and the resulting poor distribution thereof. Poor countries, after they have been hit by rising production costs, climate change, biodiversity loss (due to intensive agriculture, especially GM) and other factors still are more and more private of their sovereignty food and agriculture for their subsistence .
The German government and German Members of Parliament of all orientations have recently condemned the patenting of plants and animals. Criticisms have been made also by the farmers of Holland and Germany and many farmers' organizations to tutto il mondo.
Comitato Scientifico EQUIVITA
Sito: www.equivita.org < http://www.equivita.org > Email: equivita@equivita.it
Tel. + 39. 06.3220720, + 39. 335.8444949
(1) Secondo la recente ricerca condotta da Ruth Tippe di “ Kein Patent auf Leben!” (“No ai brevetti sulla vita!) nel corso del 2010 sono state depositate presso l'EPO almeno 250 richieste di brevetto su piante geneticamente changed. Were also identified another 100 patent applications on propagated plants in the traditional way. It is these latest demands those presented in increasing numbers, especially on the part of Monsanto, Syngenta and Dupont. The EPO also has been applied for about 25 patents on the breeding of animals. In 2010, moreover, the EPO has granted some 200 patents on seeds, genetically manipulated or not.
To support the coalition, "No Patents on Seeds" OPEN
subscribing to the letter, below. The letter will be sent to the European Parliament and the European Commission.
The aim of the campaign that begins today with this collection of signatures is to seek a change in European patent law
In December 2010 the EPO has finally ruled on a case that had been chosen as "case law" and related patents granted on broccoli and tomatoes, stating that in general the normal process of reproduction can not be patented. A decision final and complete case on broccoli-tomato is still waiting for the next few weeks.
However, a recent study by "No Patents on Seeds" has shown that EPO continues to grant patents on plants, animals and seeds play with traditional processes, and on foods made from them. This suggests that only remain patent-free reproduction.
"The Scientific Committee EQUIVITA appeals that of changing the policy of the EPO, European Patent Office, which with its current practice erodes the ban on patenting living organisms existing today played in the traditional way" (see European Patent Convention) says Fabrizia Pratesi, coordinator of the Scientific Committee EQUIVITA, adhering to the coalition "No Patents on Seeds."
EPO continues to favor corporate interests, once again applying the policy adopted in 1999 when he began to issue patents on GMOs, and not respecting the European Patent Convention, which was responsible for enforcing.
Thus, the control of food production is increasingly concentrated in fewer hands , or a few monopolies, bringing to poor countries that damage is very serious that the lack of food. Hunger in the world today is not due to lack of production (the state from time FAO), but use monopoly and the resulting poor distribution thereof. Poor countries, after they have been hit by rising production costs, climate change, biodiversity loss (due to intensive agriculture, especially GM) and other factors still are more and more private of their sovereignty food and agriculture for their subsistence .
The German government and German Members of Parliament of all orientations have recently condemned the patenting of plants and animals. Criticisms have been made also by the farmers of Holland and Germany and many farmers' organizations to tutto il mondo.
Comitato Scientifico EQUIVITA
Sito: www.equivita.org < http://www.equivita.org > Email: equivita@equivita.it
Tel. + 39. 06.3220720, + 39. 335.8444949
(1) Secondo la recente ricerca condotta da Ruth Tippe di “ Kein Patent auf Leben!” (“No ai brevetti sulla vita!) nel corso del 2010 sono state depositate presso l'EPO almeno 250 richieste di brevetto su piante geneticamente changed. Were also identified another 100 patent applications on propagated plants in the traditional way. It is these latest demands those presented in increasing numbers, especially on the part of Monsanto, Syngenta and Dupont. The EPO also has been applied for about 25 patents on the breeding of animals. In 2010, moreover, the EPO has granted some 200 patents on seeds, genetically manipulated or not.
To support the coalition, "No Patents on Seeds" OPEN
subscribing to the letter, below. The letter will be sent to the European Parliament and the European Commission.
The aim of the campaign that begins today with this collection of signatures is to seek a change in European patent law
*** Open letter to Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission
stop patents on plants and animals !
No patents on plants, animals, the genetic material,
on reproductive processes and the foods that they are derived
Dear Sir, on reproductive processes and the foods that they are derived
we turn to her to bring to your attention the problems caused by patent law of the European Union. We are concerned, in particular, patents on genetic material, plants and animals, the processes used for breeding of plants and animals, as well as on foods that are derived from these. We are concerned about the impact of patents on farmers, breeders and consumers, innovation and biodiversity.
The European Parliament adopted a Directive on the patentability of genetically modified organisms (Directive 98/44/EC "on the legal protection of inventions biotechnology "). This directive was incorporated into the framework of the European Patent Office (EPO) in 1999 and have since been granted patents on about 900 animals and 1,800 patents on plants. Several thousand patents are also still being considered.
Ten years of granted patents on plants and animals show that we can not ignore the damage caused by Directive 98/44.
Patents have been shown to :
* block innovation as farmers can no longer freely use for reproduction, genetic material, patented plants or animals;
* be the primary cause monopolies, or the concentration that has invested the seed market, destroyed the competition and has ousted the small and medium-sized enterprises;
* have done to increase prices for farmers , have reduced choice for consumers: *
have damaged agricultural biodiversity, valuable for our food security.
In the current regulatory framework concerning the patents are conspicuously absent clear and effective prohibitions. The current prohibitions concerning plants and animals, can be easily circumvented, as evidenced by many decisions taken by the EPO. For example, patents on sequences gene and reproduction processes are easily extended to the varieties of plants and animal species.
We are concerned in particular that the European Patent Office, has arrived at patenting - in increasing numbers - even on conventional plants and animals (which have not undergone genetic modification). This trend is particularly alarming because it creates a precedent. Until recently, in fact, propagated plants without the use of genetic changes were not patentable. In many cases, moreover, new patents cover the entire chain of food production and agricultural . Even shortly after the ruling on the "case of legal Broccoli" ruled that patents on processes for conventional breeding of plants and animals (G2/07 and G1/08) the EPO has taken over in January 2011, to grant patents on seeds, plants and food produced by conventional breeding .
These patents create new bonds of dependency for farmers, ranchers and food producers. This should be seen as misappropriation of basic resources for food and agricultural production and, more generally, a violation of patent law.
Farmers also see the need to implement strategies for the conservation of seeds and for the respect of their informal market, market will also be integrated into the overall regulatory framework.
We ask you therefore to promote, with the highest priority:
- a REVIEW OF EUROPEAN PATENT LAW on biotechnology and plant breeding;
- support the development of legislative VERY CLEAR THAT exclude from patentability plants, wildlife and genetic material, as well as processes for the reproduction of one and the other , and the food with such processi si ricava.
Le firme si possono apporre in due modi:
A) cliccando su http://www.no-patents-on-
B) cliccando su www.keinpatent.de per scaricare e stampare la lettera con il relativo modulo nel quale raccogliere le firme su carta, che dovranno poi essere inviate all’indirizzo:
"Kein Patent auf Leben!" - Frohschammerstrasse 14-80807 Munchen. Germany tel: 0040. (0) 172.8963858 (NB: the text will be available in a couple of days)
For questions or information please contact (in English or German):
Christoph Then : Tel +49 151546380, info@nopatentsonseeds.org ,:
Kerstin Lanjia : Kerstin.Lanje @ misereor.de \u0026lt; mailto: Kerstin . Lanjia @
Ruth Tippe : Tel + 49 1728963858, rtippe@keinpatent.de .
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