[lengarvey]

He presented at the recent SydStart event/convention here in Sydney. The crowd was largely skeptical of him and his patents, and he had to cajole the audience into agreeing with him that one of his "inventions" was actually patentable.

I find it sad that a man like this is invented to speak to 900 entrepreneurs and actually given some credence. He seems like a smart guy, but patents aren't a friend of the startup community.

If you want to contact @pc0 who organised the latest SydStart event and register your displeasure at Ric being one of the main speakers at this largely awesome event that might be interesting.

[nikcub]

I had somebody email me about the same event, I am definitely going to follow up on it - thanks for the info.

I am also going to write a post about it this weekend and forward it to the journalists who have covered Uniloc in the Australian media, to try and get the other side of the story out.

[ricricho]

Nik, Im sure if you actually talked to me you'd find that Im just a normal bloke who likes inventing things that hopefully someone will use. Ive sold a few inventions over the years and its great to make a living at what I love doing...Id ask you as one fellow technologist to another to not make it personal. Please.

[ricricho]

I was there too.. as the speaker! And the inventions I talked about got a big clap... where you not there? That is the other side of the story. Most people can see when someone is trying to make technological breakthroughs and they give them a bit of support. Its easy to sit around backbiting.