As an update to my last rant about software patents sucking and how it related to my former employer, Desire2Learn, it looks like idio-cracy might finally be waning a tad. In a total 180-degree turn the U.S. Patent Office has determined that Blackboard never should’ve received patents for (in my opinion) basic Website functionality [...]
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software patents still suck
March 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Blackboard · Desire2Learn · software patents
software patents suck
February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My former employer, Desire2Learn, has lost the patent suit that Blackboard filed against them. Here’s a little bit of background on the patent suit, and this is the latest development in the case.
While the suit was ongoing, D2L employees (myself included) were forbidden to discuss the suit with anybody outside of the company. [...]
Tags: Blackboard · Desire2Learn · software patents
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