Today in front of the EuropeanPatentOffice in The Hague to raise awareness that patents on plants threaten the work of breeders who constantly need to improve their plant varieties. We need a resilient food system in Europe - independent of the interests of a few big companies.

#PressRelease | Organic & conventional farmers speak with one voice: End patents on seeds! 🌱 8 German associations calls on EU lawmakers to protect EU agriculture & breeding from patenting of plant & plant properties by corporations. 🧾 ow.ly/tOuE50WbqU4 #NoPatentsOnSeeds

Criticism of patents on seeds: Joint position paper by German farmers & plant breeders, church institutions & organic farming call for prohibition of patents on plants from conv. breeding & from NGTs if their characteristics also occur in nature! PR: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/position_pa…

🍉PATENT ON WATERMELON IS UPHELD🍉 🇪🇺 THE EU HAS TO TAKE ACTION! 🇪🇺 Today, the EuropeanPatentOffice rejected opposition against patent on watermelon by BASF (Nunhems) claiming it as technical inventions even though it was a natural occurrence & simply discovered. PR: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/melon

🍉PATENT AUF MELONEN BLEIBT BESTEHEN 🇪🇺EU MUSS JETZT HANDELN! EuropeanPatentOffice hat heute Einspruch gegen Wassermelonen-Patent von BASF (Nunhems) zurückgewiesen. Doch der als Erfindung beanspruchte buschige Wuchs entstand durch Zufall und wurde nur entdeckt. PM: no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/melone

Se confirma la patente de plantas de sandía de tipo arbustivo | No patents on seeds! bioecoactual.com/2025/07/11/con…

Es confirma la patent de plantes de síndria de tipus arbustiu | No patents on seeds! bioecoactual.com/ca/2025/07/11/…

🍅Scandalous patent granted by EuropeanPatentOffice to Dutch company Enza Zaden on tomatoes with resistance to ToBRF-virus -which is very important for breeding! This is a monopoly on breeding with resistance genes found in wild tomatoes! More info in PR: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/enza_zaden

🍅Skandalpatent auf Tomaten mit Resistenz gegen ToBRF-Virus von EuropeanPatentOffice an niederländ. Firma Enza Zaden erteilt. Diese Resistenz ist für die Züchtung sehr relevant. Das ist ein Monopol auf Züchtung mit Resistenzgenen von Wildtomaten! Mehr Infos: no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/enza_zaden

Oficina Europea de Patentes: se concede una patente escandalosa sobre los tomates 🍅 | No patents on seeds! bioecoactual.com/2025/10/02/ofi…

🍅🌽🥬Safeguard the patent-free zone for classical plant breeding in Europe! - Patents granted by the EuropeanPatentOffice put pressure on EU politics! New proposal to clarify the provisions of the European patent law! Find PR here: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/pr-report-2…

🍅🌽🥬Die patentfreie Zone für die klassische Pflanzenzucht in Europa bewahren! Vom EuropeanPatentOffice erteilte Patente setzen Politik unter Druck! Neuer Vorschlag zur Präzisierung des Patentrechts! PM: no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/pm-bericht-…

.No patents on seeds! ha publicado un informe sobre las patentes europeas recientemente solicitadas o concedidas sobre el fitomejoramiento clásico 👇 bioecoactual.com/2025/10/21/pro…

Last week's workshop about patents on seeds: "Seed patent granted on a natural trait – what the EU should do now". We discussed patents granted on classical breeding, negative consequences for breeders, legal & political solutions. Watch the recording : no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/workshop

Opposition hearing at EuropeanPatentOffice against patent on conventionally bred maize by KWS Group coming up. Political solutions for patents on seeds urgently have to be achieved in current debate on regulation of NGTs! Join the info talk! More info: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/info-talk

🌽Hearing on maize patent on 6 Nov.!🌽Watch the recording of yesterday's info talk with Grietje Raaphorst-Travaille from Nordic Maize Breeding and experts from No patents on seeds! here: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/maize-info

🌽TODAY: Patent on maize with native traits upheld - Precedent case shows new rule does not solve problems🌽EU has to take strong action to clarify that patent law only allows patents on genetic engineering. Current EuropeanPatentOffice practice needs to stop! More: no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/outcome

🌽HEUTE: Patent auf Mais mit natürlichen Eigenschaften bleibt bestehen - Präzedenzfall zeigt, dass neue Regel die Probleme nicht löst🌽EU muss aktiv werden & klarstellen, dass nur gentechnische Verfahren patentierbar sind & muss die Praxis des EPA beenden! no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/ergebnis

Warum erteilt das EuropeanPatentOffice noch immer Patente auf klassiche Züchtung? Die laufenden NGT-Verhandlungen bieten auch die Gelegenheit Schlupflöcher im Patentrecht zu schließen & Pflanzenzüchtung zu schützen! Jetzt eine Email an das EU-Parlament senden! no-patents-on-seeds.org/de/parliament

🍅🌽Why does the EuropeanPatentOffice still grant patents on classical breeding? The ongoing NGT negotiations also offer an opportunity to close loopholes in patent law and protect plant breeding! Send an email to the European Parliament now! no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/parliament Please share!