Mr Andrew Katz, Barrister-at-law (1990-1993); Solicitor (England and Wales); Solicitor (Ireland, non-practising); MA Cantab

Profile

• Guest Lecturer: Intellectual Property in the Software Sector LLM.
• Guest Lecturer: Open Source Software  Law: Computer Law LLM (2010 – 2017).
• Guest Speaker “Patents Out in the Open” QMIPRI Herchel Smith Seminar: 2010.

Postgraduate Teaching

• Guest Lecturer: Intellectual Property in the Software Sector LLM.
• Guest Lecturer: Open Source Software  Law: Computer Law LLM.

Research

Research Interests:

• The interrelationship between open standards and open source software (with the School of Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden).
• Analysis of the perceived and actual lock-in effects of the deployment of SaaS solutions in the public sector.
• The impact of dimensions of openness: a comparative study of open hardware and open source software (Oxford Brookes University: commencing 2026).

Publications

• Avoiding lock-in effects through obtaining all necessary licences before use of a SaaS solution in a public sector organisation; B Lundell, J Gamalielsson, A Katz, M Lindroth; European Journal of Law and Technology 14 (1) (2023).
• Use of commercial SaaS solutions in Swedish public sector organisations under unknown contract terms; B Lundell, J Gamalielsson, A Katz, M Lindroth; International Conference on Electronic Government, 73-92 (2022).
• Open Source Law, Policy and Practice; Chapters: Open Hardware and Everything Open; Ed. A Brock; Oxford University Press (2022).
• The impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy; K Blind, M Böhm, P Grzegorzewska, A Katz, S Muto, S Pätsch, T Schubert; Final Study Report. European Commission, Brussels, doi 10, 430161 (Lead author on the Open Hardware section) (2021).
• Perceived and actual lock-in effects amongst Swedish public sector organisations when using a Saas solution; B Lundell, J Gamalielsson, A Katz, M Lindroth; International Conference on Electronic Government, 59-72 (2021).
• Future law: emerging technology, regulation and ethics; Chapter: Autonomous Intelligent Agents and the Roman Law of Slavery; A Katz, M MacDonald, Ed. L Edwards; Edinburgh University Press (2020).
• A survey of open processor core licensing; A Katz; IFOSS L. Rev. 10, 21(2018).
• Free and open source software: policy, law and practice; Ed. N Shemtov, I Walden; Oxford University Press.
• Towards a Functional Licence for Open Hardware; A Katz; IFOSS L. Rev. 4 (1) (2012).
• Google, APIs and the law. Use, reuse and lock-in; A Katz.
• Google and the Law: Empirical Approaches to Legal Aspects of Knowledge; TMC Asser Press (2012).

Public Engagement

• Regular speaking engagements at FOSDEM (Belgium), the Linux Foundation Open Compliance Summit (Japan), the OpenAtom and China Open Source Conference (China) and others.
• Founding Editor: Journal of Open Law, Technology and Society (formerly International Free and Open Source Software Law Review).
• Advisor: United Nations Technology Innovation Lab.
• Member: Oxford Brookes Law School Advisory Board.
• Member: Advisory Board LIM-IT Project (University of Skövde, Sweden).
• Member: SUDO Project (University of Skövde, Sweden).