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In a photomontage published on the front page, the magazine Le Point had reproduced the sculpture of the bust of Marianne made by the artist Alain Aslan, with the features of Brigitte Bardot, sinking under the waters with the title “les naufrageurs” and the subtitle “Corporatistes, intouchables, tueurs de réformes, lepéno-cégétistes…. (…) France is sinking […]

A photomontage published in the cover of a well known magazine called « Le Point », reproduced an Alain Aslan’s sculpture of a bust of Marianne,  a sculpture that depicts the figurhead of the Republic as of Brigitte Bardot, drowning in the seas, under the the heading “wreckers” and the subheading “Corporatists, untouchables, reform killers, lepéno-cégétistes*…. (…) […]

In France, the first law protecting inventions dates from January 7, 1791. It follows a report by our dear knight Stanislas de Boufflers dated December 30, 1790, entitled “Rapport relatif aux encouragements et aux privilèges à accorder aux inventeurs de machines et de découvertes industrielles” (Archives parlementaires, 1 ère série, t. XXI, p. 721-732 [30 […]

In France, the first law that protects inventions is from January 7, 1791. It follows a report of our dear knight Stanislas de Boufflers dated December 30, 1790 entitled “Report on incentives and privileges to be granted to inventors of machines and industrial discoveries ” (Parliamentary Archives, 1st Series, XXI, pp. 721-732 [December 30, 1790]). […]