Ric Richardson

In Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., a jury awarded Uniloc US$388million against Microsoft for their infringement of a product activation patent licensed to Uniloc. The application before the court to go to trial was originally blocked by a summary judgement for Microsoft. A jury found that Microsoft products Windows XP, Office XP, and Windows Server 2003 infringed the Uniloc patent. This ruling was appealed and reversed. Microsoft later settled, paying an undisclosed amount. ==Independent Australian inventor==

Richardson has been profiled in two Australian Story episodes, sharing details about his initial $388 million jury win in Rhode Island and the cases eventual settlement with Microsoft. In 2015, he collaborated with other NSW North Coast residents to examine the feasibility of a sonar-based alarm system in Byron Bay, designed to alert beach users about the presence of sharks. == Haventec ==

In 2016, Richardson co-founded a security technology company called Haventec with Nuix chairman and interim CEO Anthony "Tony" Castagna. The company is commercialising an invention by Richardson that uses public keys in combination with a one-time password technique to prevent passwords from being stored or used on enterprise networks. Another of Richardson's patented inventions is being used by the company to allow consumers to automatically enter credit card details. Richardson's password-less authentication and one-click payment systems both rely on the concept of reducing the opportunity for hackers to infiltrate an enterprise system. ==See also==