Brexit is killing British industry, French Prime Minister claims

Gabriel Attal says Britain leaving EU is behind impending closure of country’s last blast furnaces – Michel Euler/AP Brexit is killing British industry, the French Prime Minister claimed in Parliament on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said Britain’s departure from the EU was behind the closure of the “last blast furnaces” in Britain. Earlier this month, Tata … Read more

AI cannot be named as an inventor, Supreme Court rules in patent disputes

Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot legally be named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a ruling on Wednesday, Britain’s highest court concluded that “an inventor must be a person” to apply for patents under current law. The ruling comes after technologist Dr Stephen Thaler took his long-running dispute with … Read more