Blackboard wins suit against competitor

The lawsuit, while ending in a victory for Blackboard, damaged the academic community's opinion of the company. The academic community and consumers are causing a backlash against Blackboard because they believe the company's claims and the lawsuit are monopolizing and unlawful, according to a Blackboard press release.

Founders of petition Web site boycottblackboard.org are attempting to fight Blackboard's "ill-conceived and illegitimate patent against the education industry," according to the Web site.

Blackboard is not attempting to claim it invented the e-learning concept, Blackboard President and CEO Michael Chasen said in a press release.

"The Blackboard CMS patent covers only specific features and functionality contained in the Blackboard system that were developed by the Blackboard team," Chasen said in the press release. "We certainly did not invent e-learning or course management systems, and I am personally embarrassed that this is what some people thought Blackboard was claiming."

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