Posts tagged ‘Blackboard v Desire2Learn’
Eolas is at it again
Posted Tuesday, October 6th, 2009.
Filed under General, web design and development with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, Eolas, opinion, Rant, SWFObject, UCSF, web browsers, web design and development
This week — a year and a half after settling with Microsoft — Eolas has gone on the attack again, filing suit against “Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Argosy Publishing (publisher of The Visible Body), Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, GoDaddy, J. C. Penney, JPMorgan Chase, ‘transactional’ adult entertainment provider New Frontier Media, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises, Rent-a-Center, Staples, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Yahoo, and YouTube.”
Bollyboard?
Posted Thursday, May 22nd, 2008.
Filed under General with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, bollywood, learning management systems
Funny stuff. The Adventures of Bollywood Blackboardwala Here’s a small series of humorous episodes related to recent Blackboard and Open Source Learning Management Systems. The mashups are made with snippets of classic Hindi Bollywood films, overlaid with user created subtitles, from a fun online tool called BombayTV from Grapheine. The role of Blackboardwala is played [...]
Blackboard: Spoke too soon?
Posted Sunday, March 30th, 2008.
Filed under General with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, learning management systems, opinion, Rant
Alfred Essa posted this tidbit today: An Important Correction to the Blackboard Patent Story A number of us, including this blog, have gotten this story wrong. It’s time for a correction. The USPTO has NOT invalidated the Blackboard patent. Instead the USPTO is proposing to invalidate the patent and has issued some preliminary documents for [...]
PTO sets Blackboard straight
Posted Friday, March 28th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, e-learning, learning management systems, opinion
All 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims have been thrown out by the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s not 100% official (this is the first step in the process), but things are looking up… for everyone except Blackboard. I really think they shot themselves in the foot by trying to establish a monopoly via patents and lawsuits. The negative PR will haunt them for years.
More on the Blackboard vs Desire2Learn verdict
Posted Thursday, February 28th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, e-learning, learning management systems, opinion
Here are some great blog posts regarding the Blackboard vs Desire2Learn lawsuit.
Blackboard wins (unfortunately).
Posted Wednesday, February 27th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, e-learning, learning management systems, opinion
Blackboard won its lawsuit against Desire2Learn. This really bums me out! I wonder if Desire2Learn will appeal (please say yes) and if Blackboard will start going after other LMS vendors?
Excerpt from the jury instructions: [...]
Blackboard vs Desire2Learn
Posted Thursday, February 14th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags Blackboard v Desire2Learn, e-learning, learning management systems, opinion
Blackboard‘s lawsuit against Desire2Learn just went to trial. This lawsuit has the potential to bring a lot of LMS vendors to their knees. Good luck, Desire2Learn. Hope you win!
