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New Genetic Engineering (NGT): Is the Seed Patent Prohibition Coming? What Agriculture Ministers Now Demand
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The debate on patents for seeds from new genetic engineering (NGT) reached a new political momentum in the spring of 2026: at the end of March 2026, the agricultural ministers' conference of the federal states voted in favour of a correction of the EU biopatent directive in order to limit the patentability of NGT plants. For breeders, farmers and IP practitioners, this raises the central question as to whether – and in what form – a patent ban o…
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