[SiliconBeach] silicon beach drinks sydney

2009-11-12 Thread Dylan Jay
I'll be there if anyone is unsure if anyone else will be there. I've just recently returned from the Plone conference in Budapest and the python conference in NZ so anyone who feels like discussing that Christchurch can get 150 enthusiastic geeks doing cool things with python to give up the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Melbourne drinks 27th Nov 6pm Transport Hotel

2009-11-12 Thread Casey Butler
Like Andrew, I also had a great experience meeting passionate people at a conference recently (Tech23 in Sydney). Need more! Looking forward to the 27th (planning to come to Jelly as well, Pat. Will let you know through the Jelly site. Cheers) On 13/11/2009, at 12:59 PM, Pat Allan wrote: >

[SiliconBeach] Re: Melbourne drinks 27th Nov 6pm Transport Hotel

2009-11-12 Thread Pat Allan
Hi Andrew That's great initiative, and I'll do my best to get there. It's also worth noting a couple of other related Melbourne events, just to avoid future clashes: * Melbourne Jelly (Co-Working) which happens every second Friday from 10am to 5pm (including today and the 27th), currently i

[SiliconBeach] Re: Melbourne drinks 27th Nov 6pm Transport Hotel

2009-11-12 Thread Glen Maddern
Sounds great. I've been lurking on this list for a while now (against the rules, I know), but I'd be keen to meet up and have a chat with the Melbourne contingent. -glen. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Andrew Bucknell wrote: > > I love watching the buzz on this list around the Sydney Friday n

[SiliconBeach] Melbourne drinks 27th Nov 6pm Transport Hotel

2009-11-12 Thread Andrew Bucknell
I love watching the buzz on this list around the Sydney Friday night drinks. Being in Melbourne, I've often thought it would be great to have a similar thing happening here. Last week I attended a Google Technology Users Group meeting in Melbourne and had a great time talking with a bunch of passi

[SiliconBeach] Re: New business models to protect inventiveness

2009-11-12 Thread Mark Burch
To extend your analogy: If I was that homebuilder, I would make sure I had professional oversight when I constructed foundation footings. The foundations, are a go-no-go gate. Your process wouldn't allow the user to proceed to build the structure of the house unless the foundations have been si

[SiliconBeach] Re: New business models to protect inventiveness

2009-11-12 Thread 1_Place
Hi Dylan You are correct & have raised the issue of patent scope: it is often an objective to enlarge the potential monopoly of the patent to stop competitors from getting around your patent. The scope of a patent is enlarged by reducing the number of features in your initial patent claims so as

[SiliconBeach] Re: New business models to protect inventiveness

2009-11-12 Thread 1_Place
Thanks We are aware of http://www.patentsincommerce.com/PatentWizard.htm We have provided something similar titled "How to obtain a patent": follow the hyperlinks at: http://www.1place.com.au/expert/expert_wizard.php?area_id=12 Out of interest: 1) Would you use a tool such as Patent Wizard to d

[SiliconBeach] Re: Vesting - any impact on raising angel? Know any good startup lawyer in Sydney? Thanks

2009-11-12 Thread Tagmotion
Try Mark Simpson http://www.sparke.com.au/sparke/people/mark_simpson.jsp Brett Eagle http://eagle-advisers.com/ Andrew. On Nov 11, 9:52 am, "Hendro Wijaya" wrote: > Thanks Niki for the answer. > It helps a lot. > > -h > > -- > From: "Niki Sceva