Want to know why our patent and trademark system is so screwed up? Go read about Blackboard, Inc., over at Techdirt. Blackboard holds a patent for - no kidding - “implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online.”
So they patented learning online!!!???
Thankfully, the USPTO has agreed to review the patent’s validity. Unfortunately that will not prevent Blackboard from enforcing the patent against supposed “infringers”…even if the USPTO decides to reject the patent in the future.
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