Al Essa informs us that there is a new edupatent suit by a new player. The critical difference here is that this time universities are being sued. At the moment, the company asserting the patent has confined itself to suing for-profit universities (University of Phoenix, Inc, The Apollo Group, Inc., Capella Education Company, Laureate Education, Inc., and Walden University, Inc.). But there’s nothing that legally prevents it from suing any university. Nobody is exempt from liability exposure.
I have argued from the very beginning of the edupatent mess that the problem is much bigger than one patent. Nor will this next one be the last.
Here’s what I know so far, what the implications are, and what we need to do about it: