Andrew Katz won the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit...
Moorcroft’s Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology and CEO of Orcro, Andrew Katz was awarded the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit 2021. The award, which is presented annually at the end of the summit, highlights and...
The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2022
Following the release of the EU study on the impact of open source software and hardware on the EU economy, where our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech and IP, Andrew Katz led the Open Hardware section and co-authored...
Andrew Katz to speak at The Institute for Ethical AI event
Our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz will speak at The Institute for Ethical AI event - AI and Data Analytics: Responsible Adoption in Disruptive Markets, taking place at Oxford Brookes University on Thursday 2nd December, 6-8pm. The...
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...
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…
A New Practical Guide to IT Law Released, Co-Authored by Andrew Katz
Renowned Technology Lawyer, expert speaker and author, Andrew Katz has co-authored the newly published book – A Practical Guide to IT Law, alongside his colleagues in the Technology Team at Moorcrofts. It is a comprehensive guide for management professionals, which…
Orcro Launches OpenChain Certification
Orcro Limited becomes the UK’s first accredited provider of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 compliance certifications. ISO/IEC 5230:2020 was published by the International Standards Organisation on 14 December 2020 and formalises OpenChain as an international standard. OpenChain is the world’s leading programme for…
Breathe In, Breathe Out: How open hardware licensing can help save the world
The recent global outbreak of coronavirus disease COVID-19 has been making the headlines for weeks and has had an enormous impact on our lives, as well as on global economy. Amongst others, it has emphasised vulnerability of our society to…
CERN Launches Open Hardware Licence V2
Today, CERN in Geneva announces the launch of the CERN Open Hardware Licence v2. Andrew Katz, Managing Partner for Operations at Moorcrofts, and head of the Moorcrofts Tech Team has been working with CERN on Open Hardware licensing for eight…