July 23, 2008
Judge Denies Blackboard's Request to Find Rival in Contempt for Latest Software Release
A federal judge in Texas ruled Monday that Desire2Learn Inc. was not in contempt of court for releasing a new version of its software even though a previous version had been found to infringe a patent held by Blackboard Inc.
But officials of Blackboard, the country's dominant provider of course-management software, said they would most likely file a new lawsuit, charging that Desire2Learn, their biggest competitor, has infringed Blackboard's patent again with the new
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