Ric Richardson
Encyclopedia
Ric Richardson is an Australia
n inventor. He is the holder of multiple granted patents including the Uniloc
patent US5490216 and the Logarex patent 6400293. Although he spent twelve years in California
to promote and develop products produced by Uniloc, Richardson grew up in Sydney and currently resides just outside of Byron Bay
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He is the founder of Uniloc a company based on the technology he first patented in 1992. The machine fingerprinting
technology is used to stop software piracy
, it was developed as Richardson worked on piracy protection for his own software called One-Step. He is an independent inventor with a role as founder of the online publication technology called zkimmer.
Richardson began tinkering with bicycle design in the mid 1970s.
Richardson and his brother are the inventors of the "shade saver", cords used to keep sunglasses on the wearer.
for their infringement of a product activation
patent held by Uniloc. The application before the court to go to trial was originally blocked by a summary judgement for Microsoft. Uniloc appealed the ruling, eventually sending the case to a federal appeals court in 2008. Microsoft products Windows XP, Office XP, and Windows Server 2003 were found to infringe the Uniloc patent by a federal jury in Rhode Island. They found that damages were due and Microsoft's conduct was willful. On 30 September 2009, The Melbourne Age reported that US District Judge William Smith "vacated" the jury's verdict and ruled in favour of Microsoft. This ruling is currently being appealed.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n inventor. He is the holder of multiple granted patents including the Uniloc
Uniloc
Uniloc Corporation is a computer security and copy protection software company founded in Australia in 1992 recognized as a pioneer in "try and buy" software distributed via magazines and preinstalled on new computers.- History :...
patent US5490216 and the Logarex patent 6400293. Although he spent twelve years in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to promote and develop products produced by Uniloc, Richardson grew up in Sydney and currently resides just outside of Byron Bay
Byron Bay, New South Wales
Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At the 2006 Census, the town had a...
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He is the founder of Uniloc a company based on the technology he first patented in 1992. The machine fingerprinting
Device fingerprint
A device fingerprint is a compact summary of software and hardware settings collected from a remote computing device....
technology is used to stop software piracy
Copyright infringement of software
Copyright infringement of software=The copyright infringement of software refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer software. Copyright infringement of this kind varies globally...
, it was developed as Richardson worked on piracy protection for his own software called One-Step. He is an independent inventor with a role as founder of the online publication technology called zkimmer.
Richardson began tinkering with bicycle design in the mid 1970s.
Richardson and his brother are the inventors of the "shade saver", cords used to keep sunglasses on the wearer.
Microsoft court case
Uniloc was awarded US$388 million dollars in a lawsuit against MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
for their infringement of a product activation
Product activation
Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary computer software programs. In one form, product activation refers to a method invented by Ric Richardson and patented by Uniloc where a software application hashes hardware serial numbers and an ID number specific...
patent held by Uniloc. The application before the court to go to trial was originally blocked by a summary judgement for Microsoft. Uniloc appealed the ruling, eventually sending the case to a federal appeals court in 2008. Microsoft products Windows XP, Office XP, and Windows Server 2003 were found to infringe the Uniloc patent by a federal jury in Rhode Island. They found that damages were due and Microsoft's conduct was willful. On 30 September 2009, The Melbourne Age reported that US District Judge William Smith "vacated" the jury's verdict and ruled in favour of Microsoft. This ruling is currently being appealed.
External links
- Ric Richardson blog