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Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court

Posted by timothy on from the mechanism-for-doing-stuff-described-herein dept.

Arguendo writes "A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Blackboard Inc.'s patent on a learning management system is invalid in light of the inventors' own prior software product. We have previously discussed the patent and Blackboard's trial court victory against Desire2Learn. It's not completely over, but this is almost certainly the death knell for Blackboard's patent. If so inclined, you may read the appellate court's decision here (PDF) or on scribd."

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  1. slashdot anti-capitalists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can we please tone down the anti-capitalist rhetoric on slashdot? Every time there's a patent article on slashdot, the summary and comments all just ooze with thinly-veiled contempt for our free market system.

    I'm sorry that you guys don't like it, but it's OK for people to want to make money off their ideas. Wanting to make lots of money is at the core of our system. You aren't going to change that.