The wikipedia prior art effort has been spectacularly successful so far, racking up close to 200 additions and changes in just a few days. I believe this work has significant intrinsic value in addition to its potential legal value. At any rate, I’d love to see us take our game up another notch. Now that […]
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Is Blackboard Feeling the Heat Already?
Blackboard has an (apparently) new area on their web site devoted to patent issues, which includes a somewhat defensive FAQ: Why has Blackboard developed a patent portfolio? We have invested heavily in the research and development of our products (well over $100m). Few other companies have committed such resources to learning technologies designed specifically for […]
Wikipedia Page on History of the VLE Gathers Prior Art Info
As you may know, patents can be invalidated if one can demonstrate that the claimed invention was in public use or described in a published document prior to the date of the patent filing. This evidence is called “prior art.” A few of us decided that we should begin documenting prior art–not just on the […]
Resources on the Patent Issue
Jim Farmer’s company, instructional media + magic, has archived a wealth of patent-related resources in their eLibrary.
Blackboard Sues Desire2Learn for Patent Infringement
You can see the filing here. That didn’t take long.