Moorcrofts Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021
Leading Corporate and Technology Law firm, Moorcrofts LLP is delighted to announce that it has been Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021, in the Boutique Firm of the Year category. The Lawyer Awards is the leading awards initiative within...
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…
Andrew Katz included in The Best Lawyers™ in the UK 2022 Edition
Moorcrofts is delighted to announce its Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the 10th Edition of The Best Lawyers™ in the UK 2022 in the field of Information Technology Law. Recognition by…
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…
Christopher McCormick to join panel at the next Alternative Hangout
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, Moorcrofts Tech and IP Paralegal, Christopher McCormick will speak at the next Alternative Hangout, organised by Alternative Events and in partnership with AI for Services (a UKRI activity powered by KTN) for accountancy and legal…
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…
Andrew Katz Co-Authors Paper on the Implications of Deploying Cloud Solutions...
Renowned technology lawyer, expert speaker and author, Andrew Katz has co-authored the newly published paper – “Addressing Lock-in Effects in the Public Sector: How Can Organisations Deploy a SaaS Solution While Maintaining Control of Their Digital Assets?”, alongside Jonas Gamalielsson…