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:
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.
]]>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.
]]>"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/
]]>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.
]]>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/
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The Ministers were presented with many of the technology businesses at the NIC and had an opportunity to discuss the businesses target markets, the challenges of building a business in Australia and the entrepreneurs concerns. The company presentations were accompanied by a morning tea to allow all ATP Innovations residents a chance to participate in the visit.
During the morning tea, Minister Carr made a speech in which he highlighted
ATP Innovations is proud of the companies that the Ministers were able to meet during their short visit, who all demonstrated their passion, intelligence, commitment and professionalism.
]]>Through its Soft Landings program, NBIA recognizes incubators that are especially capable of helping nondomestic companies enter the incubator's domestic market. ATP Innovations was selected for the program because of its slate of business services for nondomestic firms and its demonstrated success at helping firms enter the Australian market, said Randy Morris, NBIA director of membership.
Business incubation programs like ATP Innovations catalyze the process of starting and growing companies by providing entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks and tools they need to make their ventures successful. Incubating nondomestic firms takes more than the standard set of incubation services, however. "The Soft Landings designation recognizes an incubator's focus on welcoming nondomestic firms into its domestic market with translation services, help cutting through governmental red tape, access to capital, domestic market research and other programs," Morris said.
A panel of experienced NBIA-member incubator managers evaluated the Soft Landings applications. According to Morris, the judges were impressed with ATP Innovations’ unique support for nondomestic firms.
ATP Innovations accentuates its standard incubation services with assistance tailored specifically to nondomestic firms, including their bizStart, bizConnect and bizNetClub programs, which help foreign companies establish strategic relationships with a highly qualified network of technology experts in Australia.
NBIA’s Soft Landings designations are effective for two years; programs must reapply biennially for continuing designation. There is no cap on the number of designations available in a given year or over time. ATP Innovations is one of only 16 business incubation programs from around the world that have earned the designation since NBIA began the program in 2005.
The National Business Incubation Association is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. For more information about the NBIA Soft Landings program, visit www.nbia.org/member_services/soft_landings/.
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ResMed Adherence team members Tracey Bullivant (L) and Alicia Wells (R) receiving the ATP Innovations Award for Best Marketing Plan in the 2009 Autumn Program of the NSW Enterprise Workshop, from Hamish Hawthorn, Chief Executive Officer of ATP Innovations. The team members received the Award for their project on driving the replacement of ResMed PAP devices in the USA by improving patient’s adherence to treatment. The third team member, Mark Bertinetti was unable to attend the Award’s Presentation Dinner.
Chris Harrison of The Word Australia receiving the Australian Technology Park Innovations Award for Best Marketing Plan in the 2009 Winter Program of the NSW Enterprise Workshop, from Hamish Hawthorn, Chief Executive Officer of ATP Innovations. Chris and fellow team member Mike Barrow won the award for their project on launching a new on-line tourism booking system for the backpacker and English language school niche markets.
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The surge in business is partly driven by the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System “NGERS”, which required certain businesses to report on their energy use, production and greenhouse gas emissions by October 31 this year.
Omni Meta’s partner, carbonsystems, has successfully delivered ECIS reporting to 5 major clients for NGERS this October. Customers of note included Macquarie University with its extensive facilities, a large rural group encompassing over 700 locations, one of the countries largest facility managers and Metcash. These clients can now also track their ongoing performance through the monthly management reports and on-line access to their carbon emissions which are gathered from data collected across their entire organisation. The key to this has been the ability of ECIS to automate the arduous task of data collection and provide data assurance tools to track missing data and qualify the validity of all data received.
Many other businesses are critically appraising their processes to quantify their carbon emissions and identify ways these can be minimised across all aspects of production and delivery. Domino’s Pizza is an outstanding example of this focus and commitment and is employing the ECIS platform to report, identify opportunities for improvement and track the effectiveness of their interventions.
Interested in how ECIS could assist you with managing your carbon emissions in a carbon constrained economy, then contact Bill Clasquin +61 414 436 226 billclasquin@omni-meta.com or David Solsky on +61 411 373 333 david.solsky@carbonsystems.
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The Emotiv EPOC uses a set of sensors to tune into electrical signals naturally produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expression and connects wirelessly to most PCs. The Emotiv neuroheadset now makes it possible for games to be controlled and influenced by the player's mind, revolutionizing and adding a whole new dimension to the gamers’ experience and making a quantum leap in gaming development.
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 is currently focused on servicing the gaming industry, the technology has several potential applications in diverse areas including medical devices and security.
For more information, visit the Emotiv Systems website at: http://www.emotiv.com/ or contact Geoff on (02) 9209 4077.
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