That’s right. In 2004, eCollege was granted a patent that, as far as I can tell, is for
A gradebook
An online syllabus
A private student journal
Now, before you panic, ask yourself why eCollege has not sued anyone in the two years since they acquired the patent. The truth is that there are all kinds of reasons to […]
I meant to post this yesterday but the day got away from me. A reader asked me to call your attention to this announcement from the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA):
1)Patents are valid only in the jurisdictions in which they are granted. The US patent granted to BBI will not have any direct/immediate […]
While most folks paying attention to the Blackboard patent scandal have sympathy for Desire2Learn, I’m not sure how many people realize just how altruistic the company is being by fighting the patent. From a purely financial perspective, it is clearly in D2L’s interest to settle and pay a royalty, even though doing so would harm […]
If you have any info on the early days of Prometheus, including when it was built and what its features set was on or before June 1998, please post it to the Wikipedia page. This could be quite important.
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Word keeps spreading in successively broader circles.
Meanwhile, if you are following this issue and have not yet subscribed to Al Essa’s blog, do yourself a favor and do so right away. His series of posts dissecting the patent continue to edify.
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