Lord Marland becomes Minister for Intellectual Property
One of the least reported changes in the recent ministerial reshuffle has been the replacement of Baroness Wilcox as Minister for Intellectual Property by the Rt. Hon. Lord Marland . As he is not exactly a household name I looked him up Lord Marland on Wikipedia and found that he had enjoyed a successful career in business. One of his businesses was Hunter Boot Ltd which he saved by transferring production from Britain to China (see "Hunter Boots owner Lord Marland looks for new prey" The Telegraph 14 Feb 2009). He had been less successful in politics contesting Somerton and Frome for the Tories in the 2001 general election and coming second. Lady Wilcox had been rather a good minister in my view. For instance, she had backed patent reform opening the first WIPO patents symposium in London on 6 March 2012. That is one of the objectives of the IPO's international strategy (see "The UK’s International Strategy for Intellectual Property" 11 Aug 2012...