May 23, 2024

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Beschwerde beim Europäischen Patentamt wegen Patent auf Salat eingelegt (Westfalen-Blatt)

September 15, 2023

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BASF patent on watermelons upheld: European Patent Office rejects No Patents on Seeds! opposition (Bioeco Actual)

September 13, 2023

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BASF-Patent auf Wassermelonen bleibt bestehen (Food-Monitor)

March 30, 2023

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Europäisches Patentamt bestätigt umstrittenes Paprika-Patent (Bayerischer Rundfunk)

February 20, 2023

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Brevetto concesso a peperone di Syngenta, pesanti critiche (Swissinfo)

May 11, 2022

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Patent on barley and beer upheld (EUbusiness)

April 1, 2022

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European Union's Commuknity Plant Variety Office and European Patent Office renew cooperation agreement

June 9, 2021

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Decision T 420/19 from the European Patent Office's Boards of Appeal on European patent EP2373154, concerning barley and malt-derived beverages with low dimethyl sulfide level

May 29, 2020

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Europäisches Patentamt: Keine Patente auf biologisch gezüchtete Pflanzen und Tiere

May 27, 2020

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European Patent Office endorses EU's stance on conventionally-bred plants (Euraktiv)

May 15, 2020

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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) today and concluded that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not patentable

Enlarged Board of Appeal issues opinion on European Patent Office President’s referral on plant and animal patentability exception

April 30, 2019

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European Patent Office stays examination of plant applications in light of enlarged board referral (Mondaq)

April 9, 2019

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European Patent Office (EPO) president António Campinos asks Board of Appeal to clarify pepper plant ruling (IPPro Magazine)

March 7, 2019

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European Patent Office's lettuce patent hit by opposition from pressure group (IPPro Magazine)

February 24, 2019

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European Patent Office member states meet to discuss plant patent crisis (IP Pro)

January 31, 2019

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Controversial tomato patent revoked following Syngenta withdrawal (IP Pro)

January 30, 2019

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Europäisches Patentamt kritisiert falsche Behauptung von „No patents on seeds“ (Top Agrar)

December 11, 2018

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EuropaBio Statement on European Patent Office decision on the patentability of plants obtained by essentially biological processes (case T 1063/18)

December 10, 2018

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L’Union Française des Semenciers regrette la décision de l'Office Européen des Brevets invalidant la limitation de la brevetabilité des plantes

Europäisches Patentamt öffnet Tür für umfangreiche Patentierungen

European Patent Office 'in conflict with member states' following pepper plant ruling (IPPro Magazine)

December 7, 2018

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The European Patent Office Board holds that a rule can no longer be used to reject plant and animal breeding inventions (Lexology)

November 12, 2018

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European Patent Office revokes Bayer's broccoli patent (Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review)

November 8, 2018

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European Patent Office revokes controversial broccoli patent under new rules (IP Pro Patents)

Europäische Union - Patent auf Langhals-Brokkoli widerrufen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Supporting innovation in the plant sector: European Patent Office and Community Plant Variety Office extend bilateral co-operation

November 30, 2017

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Supporting innovation in the plant sector with IP rights: EPO-CPVO conference in Brussels

June 29, 2017

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European Patent Office clarifies practice in the area of plant and animal patents

March 31, 2017

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European Patent Office and Community Plant Variety Office workshop on plant-related inventions