Friday, November 17, 2006

NetWorkWorld Reports on Blackboard Patent NetWorkWorld provides a useful update on the latest events surrounding the Blackboard patent, including Desire2Learn's counterclaim and the EDUCAUSE statement of opposition to Blackboard. ____JH _____ " A firestorm of controversy is spreading in the education community over attempts by key software vendor Blackboard to enforce its patent claims. It’s a case in which the level of vitriol and vilification is making the long-running and now-settled patent battle between Research in Motion and NTP look like high tea at the Ritz. There are claims, counterclaims, a civil suit, an extraordinary demand from a higher education IT group and a mounting torrent of blog postings." 4:44:26 PM    COMMENT []