SFLC Asks USPTO to Review and Revoke Blackboard's Patent
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| I am very happpy to tell you that the Software Freedom Law Center
| has filed a reexamination request with the USPTO regarding
| Blackboard's eLearning patent.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061130104032942
Earlier I noticed the following:
The Market's 10 Best Stocks
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| Now, how many investors are searching for market-thumping
| returns among the Microsofts and ExxonMobils of the world?
| Forty and 20 analysts follow each of those stocks, respectively.
| But these companies can't beat the market -- they are the market!
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| ( Antitrust? Halllo???)
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| So if you want to find the 10 best stocks of the next 10
| years, you need to start small -- as in small caps. These are
| exactly the types of companies we're following at Motley Fool
| Hidden Gems. We don't care about Microsoft. Instead, we follow
| Blackboard, an $800 million software firm that supplies 2,225
| educational institutions and has 90% product renewal rates.
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http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06113013.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/udb8a
There are connections between Blackboard and Microsoft. Blackboard are
patent trolls who try to stop the inevitable win by Open Source rivals
such as Moodle.
Also covered here:
Group challenges e-learning patent
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6139640.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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