March 31, 2017

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

January 4, 2017

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European Patent Office stays proceedings over patentability of plants and animals (The National Law Review)

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 24 November 2016 concerning the staying of proceedings due to the Commission Notice on certain articles of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

March 13, 2016

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The Broccoli’ war turns on the conflict between the European Patent Office and European Parliament (Lexology)

February 14, 2016

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European Patent Office and  Community Plant Variety Office agree on bilateral co-operation

January 21, 2016

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European Patent Office revokes patent for virus resistant melon
Zur Annullierung eines Patents auf bestimmte Melonen

January 20, 2016

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European Patent Office revokes a patent held by Monsanto on melons (EP1962578) for technical reasons (EUbusiness)

December 8, 2015

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Europäisches Patentamt bleibt bei Patent für Schrumpeltomate (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

December 7, 2015

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Europäische Union - Abschließende Verhandlung über Schrumpeltomaten-Patent (Proplanta)

April 16, 2015

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Patentability of plants and plant materials in Europe (Lexology)

April 1, 2015

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European Patent Office backs patents on conventional plants: broccoli, tomato cases decided (Intellectual Property Watch)

May 23, 2013

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European Patent Office still granting patents on conventional vegetables; ‘Just following rules’

February 19, 2013

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European Union - Agreement on Unified Patent Court signed

June 4, 2012

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Questions in the "Tomato" patent case submitted to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office

April 4, 2012

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Group says industry, EPO finding loopholes to patent seeds, plants

November 9, 2011

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Kein Patent auf Klassische Züchtungsmethoden - Europäisches Patenamt verhandelte erneut über Nutzpflanzen-Patent

October 26, 2011

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"Broccoli" patent hearing cancelled

October 21, 2011

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Das Europäische Patentamt hat eine für kommenden Mittwoch geplante mündliche Anhörung zum Streit um das sogenannte Brokkoli-Patent abgesagt (Proplanta)

December 9, 2010

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No European patents for essentially biological breeding processes

Präzedenzfall: Vorentscheidung im Streit um „Brokkoli-Patent“ (Handelsblatt)

L'Office européen des brevets lève 2 brevets litigieux sur brocoli et tomate (AFP / Google News)

February 2, 2010

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European Commission JRC publishes 1 new summary notification (plants)

December 4, 2009

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European Union achieves political breakthrough on an enhanced patent system

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Grundsatzentscheidung zum Brokkoli-Patent erwartet - Deutscher Bauernverband bekräftigt Ablehnung von Patenten auf Tiere, Pflanzen und klassische Züchtung