{"id":838,"date":"2006-08-21T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=838"},"modified":"2006-08-21T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2006-08-21T13:49:26","slug":"blackboard-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/21\/blackboard-patent\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Patent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Geist, columnist for BBCNews, has added his commentary on the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/4790485.stm\">Blackboard patent claim<\/a>. His comments describe the confusion that exists within the education community among academics who have worked with other learning environments for years and now are uncertain whether the software they use is in some type of patent violation.<\/p>\n<p>In commenting on the Blackboard postion, Geist notes that Blackboard claims to be making a specific rather than general claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\">For its part Blackboard claims that the patents only cover narrow company-created innovations.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=831\">reviewing the patent description<\/a>, I find the claim of narrow company-created innovations difficult to interpret.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_838\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"838\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Geist, columnist for BBCNews, has added his commentary on the Blackboard patent claim. 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