Barry Dahl has posted some comments from John Baker regarding whether the possible backlash against Blackboard for the suit will have universities tar all LMS vendors with the same brush and move to open source instead. John made two points in response. First, John expressed faith in the educational community (based on feedback that D2L […]
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Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: “Grey” Monday March 10, 2008
Yesterday, Desire2Learn submitted its response to Blackboard’s request for injunction (which was apparently submitted under seal) and accompanying letters from various school and university officials arguing that preventing D2L from selling their product in the United States would be against the public interest. Barry Dahl has done a terrific job of summing up the case […]
A Couple of Good Patent Posts
I’ve been slow to catch these because I’m really heads-down with work this week. (That will continue next week as well, since I’ll be at Oracle’s big higher education conference for most of the week.) Al Essa has his latest analysis of how broad he believes Blackboard’s patent is. It’s a timely review for those […]
Some Court Documents
Well, it’s later than we expected, but we did finally get a copy of the jury questionnaire as well as Blackboard’s motion for prejudgment interest. (Both of these were provided by instructional media + magic and acquired from public sources.) And there are a few interesting details. Update: At the request of Blackboard’s legal counsel, […]
Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: Lunch with Fred Hofstetter
In another post in his series of eye-witness accounts of the trial, Jim Farmer provides us with an interview of a fact witness who also happens to be one of the early pioneers in online learning. – Michael Fred Hofstetter was a fact witness in the recent Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn trial. In a break, […]
An Eye-Witness Account of the Trial
With all the coverage of the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn case, most of us (including me) have very little insight into the actual trial process. And with emotions running high about the case, it’s easy for people to jump to extreme conclusions about the process and everyone involved in it. That’s why I’ve asked Jim Farmer […]
A Meeting of the Parties Today
We’re a bit behind in getting Jim’s post up. (Or, to be more accurate, I’m a bit behind in getting Jim’s post up.) My new goal is to have up tonight. Also, we haven’t yet seen the jury’s documentation of their verdict, so that will wait a bit longer as well. In the meantime, there […]