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…
Andrew Katz appointed to advise on council code sharing project
Andrew Katz, CEO and Head of Tech and IP at Moorcrofts has been appointed to advise on the licensing of an MHCLG funded project to help councils share code and data using Drupal. The councils involved include: Croydon, Brighton and…
Andrew Katz to lead Open Hardware section in the upcoming EU study on the...
Moorcrofts CEO and Head of Tech and IP, Andrew Katz has been named the expert to lead the Open Hardware section of the contract awarded to OpenForum Europe and Fraunhofer ISI to conduct the study on the impact of Open…
Andrew Katz named as General Counsel to the new OpenUK Board
Andrew Katz, CEO and Head of Tech and IP at Moorcrofts has been named General Counsel to the new OpenUK Board, which was officially formed this month following a meeting in central London. The new board from the UK’s Open…