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Lipatlisiso tsa morao-rao tse entsoeng ke No Patents on Peo! e senola hore mefuta e fetang sekete ea limela tse ruiloeng ka mokhoa o tloaelehileng e oetse tlas'a tšusumetso ea litokelo tsa molao tsa Europe, leha molao oa European patent o thibela ka ho hlaka litokelo tsa litokelo tsa mefuta ea limela. Tsoelo-pele ena e tšosang ha ea ka ea hlokomeloa haholo ke sechaba, e bakile tlokotsi e khōlō tsamaisong ea Europe ea ho ikatisa ea limela le ho beha tokoloho ea ho sebetsa bakeng sa balemi ba setso. Liphello tsa mokhoa ona li ka ba le litlamorao tse kholo bakeng sa mefuta-futa ea lihloliloeng le polokeho ea lijo. Ha ho na Patents ho Peo! e batla hore ho nkoe bohato ba hang-hang ba lipolotiki ho rarolla bothata bona le ho thibela lik'hamphani tse khōlō ho laola mehloli ea liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa limela.
Ho ea ka No Patents on Seeds!, palo ea mefuta e sa tsoa hlahisoa ea limela e kenang 'marakeng le ho koaheloa ke litokelo tsa molao e ntse e eketseha. Bongata ba mefuta ena e ruiloeng ka mokhoa o tloaelehileng e bile e le tlas'a likopo tsa litokelo tse ngata tsa litokelo tsa molao, e leng se bontšang mokhoa o ntseng o hola oa mehloli ea liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa semela. Boemo bona bo hlahisa matšoenyeho mabapi le phihlello le boteng ba lisebelisuoa tsa ho tsoala limela bakeng sa balemi ba setso, tse ka bang fokotsa bokhoni ba bona ba ho qapa le ho ikamahanya le litlhoko tse fetohang tsa temo.
European Patent Office (EPO), e thehiloeng lilemo tse mashome a mahlano tse fetileng, e tobane le nyatso bakeng sa liqeto tsa eona tse hananang le motheo oa molao o behiloeng ke European Patent Convention (EPC), e thibelang ka ho hlaka litokelo tsa litokelo tsa mefuta-futa ea mefuta e tloaelehileng. Leha taelo ea EU (98/44) e lumella litokelo tsa molao mabapi le liqapi tsa tekheniki joalo ka limela tse sa fetoheng, tlhaloso ea EPO ea molao oa patent e lebisitse ho sephetho se neng se sa lebelloa sa mefuta e fapaneng e ruiloeng. Ha ho na Patents ho Peo! e khothalletsa EPO ho lokisa taba ena le ho imatahanya liketso tsa eona le melao ea Europe ea litokelo tsa molao ho sireletsa bolokolohi ba balemi ba limela ba ho sebetsa.
Liphello tsa tšekamelo ena e tšosang li atile haholo. Bahlahisi ba setso ba limela, bao esale e le balebeli ba mefuta-futa ea liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa limela ho tloha melokong e fetileng, joale ba tobane le qetello e ka bang teng ea tokoloho ea bona ea ho sebetsa. Haeba litokelo tsa litokelo tsa molao li tsoela pele ho fanoa ka mefuta ea limela tse ruiloeng ka mokhoa o tloaelehileng, li ka sitisa boqapi le ho sitisa nts'etsopele ea mefuta e mecha e ikamahanyang le maemo a fapaneng a ho hola le mathata a tikoloho. Sena, le sona, se ka ba le litlamorao tse matla bakeng sa polokeho ea lijo nakong e tlang le botsitso ba temo.
Ha ho na Patents ho Peo! e hatisa tlhokahalo ea Lekhotla la Tsamaiso la EPO, le entsoeng ka baemeli ba tsoang linaheng tse 39 nang le likonteraka, ho nka khato e tiileng ho rarolla bothata bona. Tlhaloso e nepahetseng ea molao, joalo ka ha e hlalositsoe ho European Patent Convention, e tlameha ho sebelisoa ho thibela thibelo ea mekhoa e mecha ho tsoalisong ea setso ea limela le ho sireletsa tšireletso ea lijo nakong e tlang. Mokhatlo o qotsa morao tjena ho amoheloa ha molao oa naha oa litokelo tsa molao Austria, o thibelang ka ho hlaka litokelo tsa litokelo tsa ho ikatisa ka mokhoa o tloaelehileng, e le mohato o motle o ka sebetsang e le mohlala oo linaha tse ling li ka o latelang.
Ho feta moo, ha ho na Patents ho Peo! e kopa hore EU e kenelle ka mafolofolo ho rarolla bothata bona. Qeto ea paramente ea Madache ea ho fana ka puisano ea litokelo tsa litokelo tsa peo Lekhotleng la Matona a EU bakeng sa Temo e totobatsa tlhokahalo ea khato e kopanetsoeng boemong ba EU ho sireletsa mehloli ea liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa limela le ho boloka botšepehi ba tsamaiso ea Europe ea ho ikatisa.