European Parliament
Raül Romeva i Rueda  (Verts/ALE ),
in writing.
– In favour. The main objectives of our group were: 1) to protect farmers and breeders from the burden of paying fees to patent holders or being prevented from breeding activities by patent holders who have been granted patent protection when this should have been excluded; and 2) to draw attention to the need to follow closely the European Patent Office’s practice in granting patents, as the Office too often appears biased in favour of patent applicants in its interpretation – also – of Directive 98/44.

