UtahInventor.org is having its organizational meeting this Saturday. From the website, it looks like it could be a cool group. Here’s the meeting synopsis:
Utah Inventor of the Year for 2006, Dr. Dinesh Patel and other key leaders are scheduled to address an audience comprised of corporate and academic inventors, along with independent inventors from throughout the state, at a one-day symposium on April 28, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the SLCC Miller Campus. The presentation is the first event to be hosted by the newly formed consortium known as UtahInventor.org.
The purpose of UtahInventor.org is to increase awareness and interest in invention and innovation among corporations and universities, and to assist independent inventors and students in charting a course of action for their ideas and projects. UtahInventor.org also hopes to provide an avenue for USTAR, a state agency, to use its vast resources to help innovators. Admission is free.
Anyway, I just wanted to give them a plug. It looks like it might be worth checking out.
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I really liked Matt Asay’s analysis of the Novell – Microsoft deal. If you’re into open source (especially in relation to business), it’s a must-read.
Netflix is suing Blockbuster, almost immediately after receiving a long-awaited business model patent. I personally hope the courts reward Netflix; Blockbuster’s imitation is just too flagrant… Plus I just hate Blockbuster. :)
We finally posted details about the upcoming Geek Dinner. I wanted to give the DevUtah site an overhaul first, but alas, no time. Here they are:
DevUtah’s next Geek Dinner will be held at 6:00 this Tuesday night at the Miller Business Innovation Center on the Salt Lake Community College campus (9690 South 300 West, Sandy).
We’ll have two short educational presentations by accomplished attorneys who will discuss legal topics for geeks. Nathan Nelson will talk about legal aspects of selling your software concepts, starting your own software development company (code shop), or becoming an independent developer. David McKenzie will discuss popular myths about software patents and copyright ownership relating to contractors.
We will also have a brief mini-presentation by Dave Turnbull from SoftwareFor.org, who will talk about some of the successes and failures of the last release of “Software for Starving Students”, which had over 25,000 downloads in just a few days.
The event will be catered by Panache Catering. Each attendee is required to contribute $7 to help cover the costs. Attendees are strongly encouraged to prepay burnsadria@hotmail.com via PayPal, although cash and checks will also be accepted at the door.
Hope to see you there.
Tags: Business Law, Community Events, Dave Turnbull, DevUtah, Entrepreneurship, Geek Dinner, Nathan Nelson, Online Marketing, Open Source, Patents, SLCC, Software, Software for Starving Students, SSS
Business, Not For Profits, Technology, Utah | Jordy | 
January 12, 2006 8:16 pm | 
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