Category Archives: Higher Education

EduPatent Updates

By Michael Feldstein | Published: June 6, 2009
On the one hand, Thomson Reuters’ lawsuit against Zotero has been dismissed. Details are scant at this point. We don’t yet know the grounds for dismissal or whether Thomson Reuters will pursue other legal action. On the other hand, the U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate whether Desire2Learn is violating trade laws with [...]
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Anti-trust: Curiouser and Curiouser

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 28, 2009
Here’s the chronology for the Blackboard anti-trust investigation as far as we know so far: May 14th: The U.S. Department of Justice contacts Desire2Learn and informs them that they are investigating the merger. May 22nd: According to their subsequent legal filing, Blackboard “received a voluntary request for information” from DoJ. May 26th: Desire2Learn goes public with what they [...]
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Has the Department of Justice Called You?

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 27, 2009
Jeff Young from The Chronicle of Higher Education has a well-researched piece up on the Department of Justice’s early steps toward investigating ANGEL’s acquisition by Blackboard. If anybody out there has talked to the DoJ and would like to share some details, please let me know. You can contact me privately at michael [at] mfeldstein [...]
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US Department of Justice Investingating Blackboard ANGEL Acquisition

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 26, 2009
This just in from Desire2Learn’s patent blog: Blackboard issued two press releases regarding its acquisition of ANGEL Learning (ANGEL) - one on May 6, announcing the intention to acquire, and one on May 11, stating that the acquisition was complete. Indeed, Matthew Small, Blackboard’s chief business officer (and general counsel) stated “I don’t think that there’s any anti-trust [...]
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Three Tests for the ‘New’ Blackboard

By Michael Feldstein | Published: May 14, 2009
Today Blackboard announced that ANGEL’s Ray Henderson will be the new President of the Blackboard Learn division. This is great news. Ray is one of the best executives in educational technology today, known for his competence, his integrity, and his leadership in supporting open standards and openness in general. Does this mean a new beginning [...]
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