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6: Loudon Owen, i4i

#6: Loudon Owen, i4i

There are few executives more controversial, flamboyant and even boisterous than Loudon Owen, chairman of i4i, the Toronto company that successfully sued Microsoft and won.

I4i’s story this year is classic Goliath verses David. I4i won a court decision that ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word products in their current form in the U.S. The judge also ruled that Microsoft should pay total damages to more than US$290 million. I4i’s patent covers technology that lets end users manipulate document architecture and content.

Said Owen: “To paraphrase the great heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, ‘they can run, but they can’t hide’. Microsoft’s time will eventually run out.”

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