Blackboard Seeking an Injunction Against New US Sales

From the latest piece in The Chronicle:

Mr. Small said colleges have nothing to fear. Blackboard isn’t seeking an injunction against any of Desire2Learn’s already-installed products. It is hoping, however, to persuade the court during a hearing scheduled for March 10 to ban the company from future sales of its course-management system in the United States.

If the judge rules against an injunction on that matter, Blackboard will ask that Desire2Learn pay royalties on any new sales, in addition to the $3.1-million awarded for lost profits and back royalties. At the start of the trial, Blackboard was seeking $17-million.

The detailed jury ruling should be published by the end of the day today. (The judge gave the jury a detailed questionnaire to fill out as part of the process.) We’ll know a lot more from that.

Michael Feldstein is the founder of e-Literate who currently works as the Senior Program Manager for MindTap at Cengage Learning. For more information, see his profile page.

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Michael Feldstein is the founder of e-Literate who currently works as the Senior Program Manager for MindTap at Cengage Learning. For more information, see his profile page.
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