What’s software as a service? Well, you take some software, and then you host it, so logically, a SaaS agreement is a licence agreement plus a hosting agreement, right? Wrong. This is a ‘licence+hosting’ model, but in reality, a SaaS…
(This notice is in addition to our other post for a permanent role) We’re looking for a tech lawyer to cover for maternity leave. The leave itself is likely to start in November, but we would like the individual covering…
If SaaS, PaaS and IaaS; GPL, LGPL and AGPL; DPA, IoT, TCP/IP, TLD and BYOD; C, C++ and JS all mean something to you, read on… You will be a lawyer with strong academics and an enthusiasm for technology (maybe…
Technology Partner Andrew Katz has contributed a chapter to the Open Forum Academy’s new book on Open Innovation. For more details, click here.
Adrian Phillips founded Moorcrofts 15 years ago on 17th January 2000: Moorcrofts has just celebrated its 15th anniversary. In those 15 years, under Adrian’s leadership, we’ve grown to 10 lawyers and garnered an enviable reputation in the areas that we…
Moorcrofts were pleased to be instructed by Phaidon International (UK) in relation to an injunction on notice to prevent a former employee competing with its business in breach of restrictive covenants contained in the employment contract. Moorcrofts were successful in…
The new entitlement to shared parental leave (“SPL”) will come into effect for babies whose expected week of childbirth is on or after 5 April 2015 (or a child who is placed for adoption after that date). This new entitlement…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for the shareholders of Power Planning Associates on the sale of the Company to Ricardo plc. Neil Pinto, Practice Director at PPA energy (in his capacity as shareholder of PPA) said “I would be…
The Open Forum Academy has published its latest book, Research on Open Innovation featuring a chapter by Andrew Katz. The chapter, Blurring the Line Between Producer and Creator, deals with the way law and licensing must respond to the democratisation of…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Blue Glue Limited in its sale to US acquirer Motion Recruitment Partners Inc.
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Integrity Software on the disposal of its Salon Software business to Canadian quoted company Jonas. Joe Hanly, CEO of Integrity Software commented: “We found Adrian’s pragmatic and commercial approach to the transaction…
Katie Osborne and Andrew Katz of the Moorcrofts Tech Team have both completed and achieved certification in Harvard University’s CopyrightX course. The course is a 12 week multi-mode course covering theory and practice of copyright law, focused on the US, but with…