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E-Learning Software Patent Under Scrutiny

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Title:E-Learning Software Patent Under Scrutiny (ID: CSD4785)
Author(s):Katherine Noyes (ECT News Network)
Source:Linux Insider
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently announced that it will re-examine a patent held by e-learning software company Blackboard. The Software Freedom Law Center, an open source software group, made the request in November on behalf of three open source educational software programs, citing documents that predate the awarding of Blackboard's patent."
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