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The exercise is obviously perilous because about 230 years separate us from the French Revolution. However, it is very likely that if they were to look at copyright today, De Boufflers, Le Chapelier, Lakanal and the philosophers of the Enlightenment who theorized on the subject in the 18th century would be saddened by the fate […]

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]). […]