April 2022
Greg Harris pleads guilty and is sentenced
Another chapter in the BEVLINK copyright case closed last week. Following Greg Harris’s arrest by the Australian Federal Police Cyber Crime Squad in February 2019 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/police-lay-charges-in-battle-over-alcohol-management-technology-20200217-p541lk.html , Harris has pleaded guilty to charges and on 22 April 2022 in Campbelltown District Court, he was sentenced to a 16 months Intensive Corrections Order.
Greg Harris pleads guilty and is sentenced
Another chapter in the BEVLINK copyright case closed last week. Following Greg Harris’s arrest by the Australian Federal Police Cyber Crime Squad in February 2019 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/police-lay-charges-in-battle-over-alcohol-management-technology-20200217-p541lk.html , Harris has pleaded guilty to charges and on 22 April 2022 in Campbelltown District Court, he was sentenced to a 16 months Intensive Corrections Order.
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July 2021
Generate Group launches BEVLINK IoT with Capton
BEVLINK is now available with Capton IoT sensors for draught beer, sprits and wine.
No more mechanical flowmeters, check valves or bypass valves in the beer lines.
No more cables or switches in the cellar.
No more special line cleaning procedures.
A simple and effective, Plug & Play, non-invasive solution to the problem of draught and open portion beverage management is now real.
BEVLINK is now 100% Non-invasive to products, operations and customer service.
Generate Group launches BEVLINK IoT with Capton
BEVLINK is now available with Capton IoT sensors for draught beer, sprits and wine.
No more mechanical flowmeters, check valves or bypass valves in the beer lines.
No more cables or switches in the cellar.
No more special line cleaning procedures.
A simple and effective, Plug & Play, non-invasive solution to the problem of draught and open portion beverage management is now real.
BEVLINK is now 100% Non-invasive to products, operations and customer service.
Mingara Recreation Club new Lounge Bar
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IoT sensors on each of 38 taps
March 2020
Generate Group partners with Capton Inc to develop IoT technology for BEVLINK draught beer management. (IoT. Internet of Things)
Internet of Things (IoT) is an increasingly popular technology solving legacy problems in all types of businesses and now it delivers a simple solution to a common profit management problem in licenced bars of hotels and clubs.
Stock movement records provide the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) data that is the foundation of every business’ financial control over revenue collection, but operators of licenced bars do not have this fundamental information for the draught and open portion beverages that represent a major portion of their sales. This lack of basic financial control data has forever complicated profit margin control and exposed hotels and clubs to high levels of loss risks.
A Capton wireless IoT data collar on each tap handle automatically captures the dispense data of every pour from every tap and sends the vital stock movement and dispense data required to achieve full commercial performance potential in licenced bars to the cloud using a Plug & Play wireless 3G router. BEVLINK® works with all types of POS and reports are automatic by email or and manually generated by users on demand.
Generate Group partners with Capton Inc to develop IoT technology for BEVLINK draught beer management. (IoT. Internet of Things)
Internet of Things (IoT) is an increasingly popular technology solving legacy problems in all types of businesses and now it delivers a simple solution to a common profit management problem in licenced bars of hotels and clubs.
Stock movement records provide the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) data that is the foundation of every business’ financial control over revenue collection, but operators of licenced bars do not have this fundamental information for the draught and open portion beverages that represent a major portion of their sales. This lack of basic financial control data has forever complicated profit margin control and exposed hotels and clubs to high levels of loss risks.
A Capton wireless IoT data collar on each tap handle automatically captures the dispense data of every pour from every tap and sends the vital stock movement and dispense data required to achieve full commercial performance potential in licenced bars to the cloud using a Plug & Play wireless 3G router. BEVLINK® works with all types of POS and reports are automatic by email or and manually generated by users on demand.
October 2018
Generate Group obtains orders against Sea-Tech Automation Pty Ltd and Greg Harris in the Federal Court of Australia
Generate Group constantly invests in R&D and is proud of the intellectual property it develops to assist hospitality managers to generate new value. Unfortunately, from time to time, we are required to defend our IP investments from illegal copying. In 2015 we commenced legal proceedings against Seatech Automation P/L for breach of copyright in Generate Group’s BEVLINK®.
On 27 April 2018 the Federal Court of Australia ordered Sea-Tech Automation Pty Ltd to pay Generate Group Pty Ltd over $4.3million and to cease supplying the computer program known as “Flow” or “Flowtech” and to not compete against Generate Group for a period of 5 years. These orders follow orders made on 17 April 2018 against Seatech director, Greg Harris, restraining him from being involved in the supply of beverage monitoring information technology in Australia for a period of 5 years.
On June 1st 2018, Generate Group applied to the Federal Court for costs payments from Sharp Electronics (Newcastle) Pty Limited, Sint Pty Ltd and Secom Pty Ltd. The parties have resolved the matter to their mutual satisfaction and Sea-Tech Automation has gone into voluntary liquidation.
Generate Group welcomes the Court's orders and believes that they will have a positive impact on the integrity of the beverage monitoring market in Australia
Generate Group is trying to work cooperatively with affected end users and re-sellers of “Flow” or “Flowtech” products and has contacted those known to Generate Group with an offer to supply BEVLINK® software, ongoing services and support. An encouraging number of venues have already committed to install or re-install BEVLINK® and other Generate Group products.
If you are or have been a user of FLOW, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you. 02 95 40 30 33. info@generategroup.net
Generate Group obtains orders against Sea-Tech Automation Pty Ltd and Greg Harris in the Federal Court of Australia
Generate Group constantly invests in R&D and is proud of the intellectual property it develops to assist hospitality managers to generate new value. Unfortunately, from time to time, we are required to defend our IP investments from illegal copying. In 2015 we commenced legal proceedings against Seatech Automation P/L for breach of copyright in Generate Group’s BEVLINK®.
On 27 April 2018 the Federal Court of Australia ordered Sea-Tech Automation Pty Ltd to pay Generate Group Pty Ltd over $4.3million and to cease supplying the computer program known as “Flow” or “Flowtech” and to not compete against Generate Group for a period of 5 years. These orders follow orders made on 17 April 2018 against Seatech director, Greg Harris, restraining him from being involved in the supply of beverage monitoring information technology in Australia for a period of 5 years.
On June 1st 2018, Generate Group applied to the Federal Court for costs payments from Sharp Electronics (Newcastle) Pty Limited, Sint Pty Ltd and Secom Pty Ltd. The parties have resolved the matter to their mutual satisfaction and Sea-Tech Automation has gone into voluntary liquidation.
Generate Group welcomes the Court's orders and believes that they will have a positive impact on the integrity of the beverage monitoring market in Australia
Generate Group is trying to work cooperatively with affected end users and re-sellers of “Flow” or “Flowtech” products and has contacted those known to Generate Group with an offer to supply BEVLINK® software, ongoing services and support. An encouraging number of venues have already committed to install or re-install BEVLINK® and other Generate Group products.
If you are or have been a user of FLOW, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you. 02 95 40 30 33. info@generategroup.net