Comments on: Blackboard wins initial round on patent suit damages awarded 3+million http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/02/24/blackboard-wins-initial-round-on-patent-suit-damages-awarded-3million/ All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rochelle http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/02/24/blackboard-wins-initial-round-on-patent-suit-damages-awarded-3million/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Rochelle Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:07:30 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/02/24/5991/#comment-430 It's not on practices though, it's on very very specific technical functions, mostly created by WebCT. If you look through the patents, you'll see that it's not so much on practice as it is on these very specific (and not very creative) bits. I'm not a big fan of the suing thing, but I've seen a couple of companies snickering behind their hands as they look to see what Bb does more efficiently than they do and copy it wholesale into their own product. I can understand why Bb gets annoyed. It’s not on practices though, it’s on very very specific technical functions, mostly created by WebCT. If you look through the patents, you’ll see that it’s not so much on practice as it is on these very specific (and not very creative) bits.

I’m not a big fan of the suing thing, but I’ve seen a couple of companies snickering behind their hands as they look to see what Bb does more efficiently than they do and copy it wholesale into their own product. I can understand why Bb gets annoyed.

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