CRAIG BROWN: Intellectual wisdom? These banal truisms could have been barked by Captain Mainwaring
On the cover of this new book, The New York Times describes Jordan B. Peterson as ‘the most influential public intellectual in the Western world’.
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US supports waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government’s position in a Wednesday statement, amid World Trade Organization talks over easing global trade rules to enable more countries … Read more
Colin the Caterpillar: M&S sues Aldi over its £4.99 Cuthbert cake in intellectual property claim
Marks & Spencer has taken Aldi to court over a copycat version of its £7 Colin the Caterpillar cake. The grocery giant claimied Aldi was ‘riding on the coat-tails’ of its reputation and launched an intellectual property claim with the High Court this week. M&S has argued the similarity of Aldi’s £4.99 Cuthbert the Caterpillar … Read more
The ins and outs of intellectual property and how small business owners can protect theirs
There are more than six million privately owned businesses in Britain, ranging from restaurants to independent financial advisers and from fashion brands to pet groomers. While many will sell similar products or services, others may have a more unique offering and these types of businesses have been launching aplenty over the past 12 months to … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Boris must protect Britain’s intellectual property
Among the big undeclared losers from overseas takeovers are Britain’s taxpayers. The nation’s research universities, supported by public funds, are the source of dozens of commercial spin-offs, the result of work done in labs and research institutes. When the companies fall into overseas hands, the UK corporate tax base is eroded and the patents and … Read more
No boring theory or intellectual snobbery. Just poems awash with well-loved lines
A Little History Of Poetry John Carey Yale University £14.99 Rating: Roughly 250 years ago, James Boswell asked Dr Johnson: ‘What is poetry?’ ‘Why sir, it is much easier to say what it is not,’ replied Johnson. ‘We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is.’ John Carey … Read more