Monday night ABC’s Australian Story profiled the David and Goliath case of Ric Richardson vs. Microsoft. This year the $388 million patent suit ended up being the 5th highest jury awarded payout in history after it was found that Microsoft was using his software registration system and willfully infringing on his patent.
The little guy vs. the big guy is a great story, but the piece is also sprinkled with other nice side plots like how Richardson used his first invention, shade saver sunglass straps, to fund his software development and how this multi-millionaire works out of a van beside the beach. You can watch the program for free on the ABC website.
