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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12331

20 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Plants
European Parliament calls on EU to take action to ensure non-patentability of products obtained from essentially biological processes
Brussels, 19/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 19 September, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament called on the European Commission and the Member States to do "everything in their power" to obtain "clear legal certainty that products obtained from essentially biological processes are not patentable" from the European Patent Office (EPO) (see EUROPE B12329A3).

The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, ECR, Greens/EFA, Renew Europe and EUL/NGL groups on the patentability of plants and essentially...

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