The study on the impact of open source software and hardware on the EU economy...
On Monday 6 September, the European Commission published the results of the study analysing the economic impact of Open Source Software (OSS) and Hardware (OSH) on the European economy. Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech and IP, Andrew…
OpenChain UK Work Group’s September Meeting Announced
The OpenChain UK Work Group’s next meeting is being held via Zoom on Thursday 30 September from 14:00 – 15:30 BST. A full agenda will be launched prior to the meeting, which will be an interactive session with plenty of…
Historic FSF projects no longer require copyright in code contributions to be...
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has in the past previously required developers working on projects such as GCC (the Gnu Compiler Collection) to assign its copyrights to the FSF. The logic is that this does make enforcement easier against people…
Moorcrofts Extends SpecialEffect Partnership
Moorcrofts Corporate Law, will be extending its charity partnership with SpecialEffect until April 2022. SpecialEffect was appointed as Moorcrofts’ charity of the year in 2019 with the proposal to have the partnership in place for two-years. However, with fundraising heavily…
The WIPO Handbook on Key Contracts for Mobile Applications Released –...
Orcro Limited, in collaboration with its sister company, Moorcrofts, has authored the newly published World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Handbook – Key Contracts for Mobile Applications – a Developers Perspective. Mobile apps have become an integral part of people’s lives,…
Future Law Autonomous Intelligent Agents
Changes to technology require changes to the law. What’s surprising is that possible answers to thorny questions may already have been considered in a different context. For example, an increasing number of transactions take place between computers without any human…
OpenChain UK Work Group’s First Meeting for 2021 Announced
The OpenChain UK Work Group’s first meeting for 2021 is being held via Zoom on Thursday 25 March from 14:00 – 15:30 GMT. The meeting will be an interactive session with plenty of opportunity to ask questions and discuss OpenChain…
EOLE Public Sector Collaborations Around FOSS Projects Webinar
Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech, Andrew Katz, took part in the European Open Source & Free Software Law Event’s (EOLE) second webinar, on the topic of public sector collaborations around FOSS projects. About the Public sector collaborations…
OpenChain UK Work Group December Meeting Announced
The third OpenChain UK Work Group meeting is being held via Zoom on Thursday 3 December from 14:00 – 16:00 GMT. The meeting will be an interactive session with plenty of opportunity to ask questions about OpenChain adoption, which hopefully…
Chambers and Partners rank Moorcrofts as a leading law firm in the region
Corporate law firm, Moorcrofts has again been recommended for its expertise in corporate/M & A and Information Technology in the Thames Valley region, by one of the most influential and esteemed legal directories, Chambers & Partners UK. The new 2020…
Moorcrofts complete 46-mile virtual walk for SpecialEffect
A team of budding walkers from Moorcrofts, have worked together to complete a virtual walk from its office in Marlow to its charity partner, SpecialEffect’s office in Charlbury. The 46-mile route was divided into ten sections with each member of…