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Direct linkMangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
A federal jury in Texas awarded Blackboard Inc. $3.1-million last month, saying that a smaller Canadian competitor, Desire2Learn Inc., had infringed Blackboard's patent for a system of delivering course materials online. The case has been closely watched by campus-technology officials, many of whom feared that a Blackboard win could stifle…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Computer Software, Court Litigation, Educational Technology
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In March the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a preliminary decision that could have significant ramifications for universities that use course-management software, as well as for the companies that make it. The "nonfinal" decision rejects all 44 claims Blackboard Inc. made for its controversial patent of an online-learning system.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Court Litigation, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
The long-awaited showdown between Blackboard Inc. and Desire2Learn Inc. began this month in a federal courtroom here as lawyers described the humble beginnings of two of the fiercest competitors in the classroom-software industry. The presidents of both companies, flanked by teams of lawyers, listened intently as their lawyers described how young…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Systems, Intellectual Property, Court Litigation
