[5] The presiding U.S. District Court Judge William Smith disagreed as a matter of law, overturning the jury's verdict and ruling in favour of Microsoft.
[8] Richardson has been profiled in two Australian Story episodes, sharing details about his initial $388 million jury win[9] 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.
[10] In 2016, Richardson co-founded a security technology company called Haventec[11] with Nuix chairman and interim CEO Anthony "Tony" Castagna.
Another of Richardson's patented inventions is being used[12] by the company to allow consumers to automatically enter credit card details.