March 7, 2008
Blackboard Wins Payment From Competitor in Patent Case
A federal jury in Texas awarded Blackboard Inc. $3.1-million last month, saying that a smaller Canadian competitor, Desire2Learn Inc., had infringed Blackboard's patent for a system of delivering course materials online.
The case has been closely watched by campus-technology officials, many of whom feared that a Blackboard win could stifle innovation and leave colleges and course-management software providers vulnerable to more legal challenges by Blackboard.
The patent, critics
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