January 31, 2007

Ny svensk ambassad…

Filed under: Online communities, Strange and interesting — frepa @ 08:49

Från SVD.se

Sverige blir först med att öppna ambassad i Second Life. "Vi vill nå unga välutbildade till en låg kontaktkostnad", säger Olle Wästberg, chef för Svenska institutet till SvD.se.

En ganska kul idé för att nå ut till nya grupper. Läs hela artikeln .

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January 26, 2007

Patent Office Orders Re-Examination of Blackboard Patent

Filed under: English, LMS, Software patents, Virtual Learning Environment — frepa @ 11:23

The next chapter in this strange patent matter seems to be started…

From Groklaw: Patent Office Orders Re-Examination of Blackboard Patent:

The US Patent and Trademark Office today ordered re-examination of the e-learning patent owned by Blackboard Inc. Once again, we have the Software Freedom Law Center to thank for filing the request.

Their press release tells us this: "The Patent Office found that prior art cited in SFLC’s request raises "a substantial new question of patentability" regarding all 44 claims of Blackboard’s patent…. A re-examination of this type usually takes one or two years to complete. Roughly 70% of re-examinations are successful in having a patent narrowed or completely revoked."

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