http://www.edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/129 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.edtechtalk.com/EdTechTalk64 <div align="center"><b>EdTechTalk#64 <br /><i>September 17, 2006</i> <br /></b> </div> <div align="center"><b><a href="http://edtechtalk.com/files/EdTechTalk64-2006-09-17.mp3">Download mp3</a> </b> (1:18:55, 36.5MB) <br /> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://edtechtalk.com/audioplayer.swf?src=http://edtechtalk.com/files/EdTechTalk64-2006-09-17.mp3" align="middle" height="18" width="125"> <param name="movie" value="http://edtechtalk.com/audioplayer.swf?src=http://edtechtalk.com/files/EdTechTalk64-2006-09-17.mp3" /> </object> <br /> <br /> </div>It's been the summer of patent nonsense. With Blackboard announcing their patent that covers much of VLW/LMS based online learning and then filing suit against Desire2Learn we saw another example of an ever increasing trend toward a monopoly of control over the Internet. We are lucky to have two of the internets finest edu patent watchdogs coming on the show tonight: <a target="_blank" href="http://tatler.typepad.com/nose/">Alfred Essa</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://mfeldstein.com/">Michael Feldstein</a>. <br /> <br />We'll start out by walking through the issues, from D2L's recent response to the suit filed by blackboard, to a pre-refutation of the arguments that Blackboard will be presenting for their users starting tomorrow afternoon. Anyone who is interested, please feel free to come out with your questions and your comments. All points of view are welcome. <br /> <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://edtechtalk.com/EdTechTalk64">Chat Transcript Below</a> </p> <p> <br /> </p> </div><p><a href="http://www.edtechtalk.com/EdTechTalk64">read more</a></p> http://www.edtechtalk.com/EdTechTalk64#comments EdTechTalk blackboard patent patents Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:08:21 -0500 admin 208 at http://www.edtechtalk.com