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Blackboard Inc. Shows Deep Compassion for Desire2Learn Customers

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:16:07 GMT

... them find a non-infringing alternative that is on their budget and on their time frame and of their choice,” he said. [emphasis added]. How sweet. In a Tony Soprano sort of way, that is. Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents ...

D2L Settles Resolves Current Patent Burdens

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:25 GMT

There’s been some FUD flying around about whether D2L could handle the financial impact of the judgment. Well, they just did handle it. End of discussion. Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edunomics, edupatents ...

OpenID, OpenSocial: Web Unification a Blessing or Curse? Perhaps ...

Smite jonz — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Having said that, Barry is right to point out that this case isn’t over, and I’m sure our edupatents crusaders would be quick to point out that even after this case is over, this particular wave is unlikely to recede any time soon. ...

Blackboard and Desire2Learn Fight Over Venue for Next Round

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:39:49 GMT

... to pursue this through the USPTO while Blackboard wants to go through the US Court of Appeals. Each is trying to petition one body or other to suspend what could be duplicative processes. Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents ...

I Want More

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:17 GMT

The EDUCAUSE webinar on edupatents today was very good. (The archived event is available.) James Hilton, University of Virginia’s CIO, did a great job of laying out the fundamental conflict between the academic endeavor and the United ...

Blackboard’s Response to the USPTO Office Action

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:49:56 GMT

... or does not point to a system with these characteristics, there is also the question of whether the USPTO accepts Blackboard’s characterization of what the patent says in the first place. Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents ...

What I Want from the EDUCAUSE Seminar on Edupatents

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:29 GMT

In an environment where we have multiple companies litigating multiple edupatents (as we already do today), what will happen to the market? How will this affect existing educational software vendors? New entrants into the market? ...

Patents

ufarmcow438 — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:49:00 GMT

This may or may not matter to you, depending on how you feel about software patents in general versus edupatents in . Patents PR Newswire: Patent-holding company NTP Inc. has added Alltel Corp. to its hit list of wireless communications ...

Blackboard demandado por infringir patente

Alfredo — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:55:00 GMT

This may or may not matter to you, depending on how you feel about software patents in general versus edupatents in particular. - Tech Radium has held at least one of these patents for 2 years but is only filing suit now. ...

Tech

wbchuqvklr70 — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:10:00 GMT

This may or may not matter to you, depending on how you feel about software patents in general versus edupatents in . Tech Mahindra Microsoft wants to build support for three open formats into Office 2007. According to News.com, ...

More Tech Radium v. Blackboard, Inc.

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:49:35 GMT

This may or may not matter to you, depending on how you feel about software patents in general versus edupatents in particular. Tech Radium has held at least one of these patents for 2 years but is only filing suit now. ...

Blackboard, Inc. Sued for Patent Infringement

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:48:31 GMT

In the meantime, if you have a chance to read the complaint and notice anything noteworthy in it, please comment on it here so that we can consolidate these observations and follow up. Blackboard Inc., edupatents , karma, TechRadium ...

Blackboard v. Desire2Learn: The First Final Judgment

eraser — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:07:00 GMT

Tags: Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents . This is a guest post by Jim Farmer. Delayed several days by a database failure at the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Friday, May 2nd, the Final Judgment and associated ...

Is Blackboard’s Lawyer Calling D2L’s Customers?

michael@mfeldstein.com (Michael Feldstein) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:45:29 GMT

If you’ve received a call like this or know anybody who has, let me know. I’m particularly interested in who called and in what factual claims they made about the legal situation. Blackboard Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents , Matthew Small ...

Desire2Blog: Sakai Seems to Think It’s Over

jayshao — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:08:08 GMT