A patent infringement fight is on as Blackboard won a very broad patent on e-learning technology including “core technology relating to certain systems and methods involved in offering online ...

In a move that has shaken up the e-learning community, Blackboard Inc. has been awarded a patent establishing its claims to some of the basic features of the software that powers online education.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary decision that rejects all 44 claims Blackboard Inc. made regarding the controversial patent it was granted for an online-learning system.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed on Thursday to re-examine the validity of a controversial patent on online-education technology, held by Blackboard Inc., that many college officials and ...

Blackboard Inc. has honored the education arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, CampusMBA, a user of the Blackboard e-learning platform, for winning first place in the Best Virtual Corporate ...

Well I know it's not spring, well at least not in the northern hemisphere, but it is that time of year when students are away and my thoughts turn to tidying up and preparing my eLearning for the ...

Blackboard Inc. plans to acquire WebCT, Brown's course-management software provider, in a $180 million transaction that will create an e-learning powerhouse serving more than 3,700 clients. The ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Saudi Electronic University (SeU), the first government e-university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabiahas selected Blackboard as a strategic partner to ...

Blackboard Inc., a dominant company in the U.S. for e-learning tools, announced this week that it had acquired education software developer ANGEL Learning Inc. The Indianapolis-based ANGEL’s products ...

REDMOND, Wash., and WASHINGTON, April 24, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. and Blackboard Inc., the leading Internet infrastructure software company for e-education, today announced a global alliance to ...