Feds to revisit e-learning patent
In response to a challenge from a free and open software group, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to re-examine all 44 claims of a patent that covers e-learning tools.Patent No. 6,988,138, awarded last year to the academic technology company Blackboard, is titled “Internet-based education support system and methods.” It involves the ability to grant different people, such as students and teachers, different access rights to online resources such as grades, files or quizzes.
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