Mark Allen of Bartier Perry is a familiar face around the National Innovation Centre, and is well known to the client base via the on-site monthly Bartier Perry Legal Clinic.  Now in its 4^th year, the Legal Clinic kicks off again in February and provides clients with an opportunity to seek legal advice on matters covering the following broad areas:-

• General advice on commercial issues and statutory interpretation
• Review of and comment on operational contracts (especially licenses, reseller/distribution agreements, R&D agreements, joint venture & alliance agreements, terms and conditions of trade etc)
• General advice on employment matters
• General advice on dispute resolution (before commencement of litigation)
• General advice on shareholder relations (including shareholder agreements, investment agreements etc)
• General advice on intellectual property protection and management (noting that we are not qualified as patent attorneys)

Mark has over 25 years experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer focusing on intellectual property and intellectual property commercialisation. The depth of Mark's experience in this area enables him to provide assistance in the formulation of strategy and deal structures and to efficiently handle or manage transactions.  Mark's practice has a particular focus on working with early stage and entrepreneurial enterprises requiring legal advice.

Mark is involved in the following industry organisations:

• Licensing Executives of Australia and New Zealand
• Australian Information Industry Association

Mark is the author of E-Commerce the Law & You published in Australia by Pearson Education. ATP Innovations acknowledges and thanks Bartier Perry for their support of and assistance to emerging technology companies through the delivery of the monthly Legal Clinic and sponsorship of ATP Innovations bizNetClub.



LX Innovations is an innovative contract electronics design company based in Sydney and Canberra, specialising in the design of embedded systems and wireless technologies. LX Innovations is pleased to announce that they are now a Registered Service Bureau with Altium. Altium is a leading developer of solutions that enable engineers to design and build electronic products. LX Innovations has used Altium products since inception and is honoured to be an Altium Service Bureau.

From 1985 Altium has been at the forefront of electronics design toolsets, and boasts over 20,000 users on their latest generation design solution, supported by approximately 300 employees worldwide.  

LX Innovations has continued to grow substantially in 2009, working on a wide range of projects. With a client portfolio ranging from large public  technology companies including Cochlear and ResMed through to entrepreneurs commercialising novel technologies, LX Innovations designs integrated turnkey solutions, all with the use of Altium’s latest product Altium Designer.

For more information about LX Innovations, please contact Kelly Blyth on 02 9209 4133 or email kellyb@lx-innovations.com.au.



Constrex Australia is putting the finishing touches on its new product, tender.ly, a web-based platform for engineering and construction companies to manage their tendering for suppliers and subcontractors. Tender.ly is designed to provide a simple-to-implement solution for companies wanting to move from paper-based to online procurement.

"I'm really excited about tender.ly. It will be one of the few tendering platforms on the market specifically designed for the needs of engineering and construction companies, and we've put a lot of work into creating a fantastic user interface for it", said Jason Langenauer, Constrex's managing director.

To ensure that engineering and construction procurement can be done to meet project deadlines, tender.ly integrates with engineering schedules. This means managers can see late procurement packages, and take action before they affect the overall project schedule.

The tender.ly software runs on a company's own servers, allowing it to be integrated with their existing web presence. As well, it can use Amazon's S3 to store the large documents and files typical of most engineering projects, so companies can realise IT cost savings from utilising cloud-based storage if they wish.

For more information, contact Jason Langenauer on (02) 9209 4032 or jason.langenauer@constrex.com

http://www.constrex.com.au/

With UL and FCC certification for consumer sales in the United States, Emotiv Systems has sold the first production run of its groundbreaking product, the Emotiv EPOC consumer neuroheadset, with the rate of sales far exceeding expectations.  The Company is now in the final stages of CE accreditation for global sales outside the US, allowing world-wide demand to be met.  The Emotiv EPOC is already available worldwide to developers and researchers and has experienced a rapid uptake.

Emotiv Systems specializes in the design of human-computer interface devices and associated technologies, with a view to incorporate the immediacy of cognitive power into interactive programs. While the company expects its strongest market to be in the gaming industry, the technology has several potential applications in diverse areas, including medical support devices and security.  Early examples of where the headset has been extended outside gaming include the field of robotics and assisting mobility challenged individuals.  The headset has even been used in a major public art performance with various artists’ minds creating and driving music and visual images in a live performance.

Emotiv is short listed for the prestigious Standards Australia 2010 Australian Design Award.

For more information, visit the Emotiv Systems website at: http://www.emotiv.com/ or contact Geoff Mackellar on (02) 9209 4077.



Call Direct, the industrial 3G division of NetComm Limited, has signed a five year  supply and support deal with Chubb Australasia.

The supply agreement will see Call Direct provide 4,500 3G modem units to Chubb, delivered over the first half of 2010. With 3,500 similar devices having been supplied in previous orders, this is potentially one of the largest deployments of its type in Australia.

The new modems will assist Chubb in transitioning from the older 2G/GPRS technologies that it currently uses for the alarm monitoring services it provides to fire

brigades in eastern Australian states. The reliability and coverage of the Australian 3G network, coupled with the industrial strength of the Call Direct products, make this a robust and cost-effective solution for Chubb to maintain the high standard of its services and allows for expansion of its business to other Australian states.

“The decision to transition to 3G will provide Chubb with access to new markets,” says Barry Mitchell, Manager of Call Direct.

“Call Direct’s custom built hardware and central monitoring software also offers a development path for future-proofing Chubb’s services and provides a system that will support their core business requirements for years to come,” Mr Mitchell said.

The growth of the ‘Machine-to-Machine’ (M2M) market for 3G devices has been substantial in recent years. As 3G solutions have become more economical, the devices have been rapidly incorporated into all manner of installations and equipment, allowing them to submit automatic reports back to a central processing and monitoring facility. Using 3G equipment to carry the signal saves the time and cost associated with installing phone lines, especially in difficult or remote locations.

Call Direct has been at the forefront of the industrial 3G and M2M market sectors for some years now. This success is vital to NetComm’s current strategy, which sees the Australian firm focussing strongly on 3G devices and developing growth in overseas markets.

About Call Direct and NetComm

Call Direct designs, manufactures and distributes a range of routers and modems specifically built for use over cellular networks. Call Direct was born in 1997 and today is still focused on the development of cutting edge cellular based products. Its present offerings are used in both IP WAN gateway applications and specialised remote monitoring and control solutions.

http://www.call-direct.com.au/