20/08/2018 (Agence Europe) – WeMove.Eu, a movement of citizens within the EU, is currently campaigning to ban certain transnational breweries (Carlsberg, Heineken) from taking out patents on barley used in beer recipes and has launched a petition to this end. “Not only is it scandalous that these greedy companies want to own a tradition that has existed for millennia, but by awarding the patent, the EPO (European Patent Office) has broken EU law”, said the organisation, which is hoping...