Just read this on Slashdot.
Synopsis:
- Blackboard buys WebCT (their major competitor)
- Blackboard gets a PATENT for Learning Management Systems
- Blackboard sues Desire2Learn (another LMS) for patent infringement
Slashdot | Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware
Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware
Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 02, @08:36AM
“Online learning provider Blackboard announced the other day that it has patented the Learning Management System (LMS). The very same day it went after Desire2Learn for Patent infringement in a truly Salt Lake City kinda way. A great many educators are a bit shook up by this, and are stockpiling prior art all over the place.