A major for-profit distance-education company has signed a licensing deal with the Acacia Research Corporation, which claims to own patents that cover all online audio- and video-streaming technologies. Officials at Acacia would not disclose the terms of the deal, but noted that institutions on average would pay $5,000 a year.
A major for-profit distance-education company has signed a licensing deal with the Acacia Research Corporation, which claims to own patents that cover all online audio- and video-streaming technologies. Officials at Acacia would not disclose the terms of the deal, but noted that institutions on average would pay $5,000 a year.
The campus of Mewar University, one of 108 private universities established in the underdeveloped state of Chhattisgarh during the past two years, is a two-room house on a busy thoroughfare. One room is empty, except for a telephone; the other -- also a tiny, empty cell -- has "library" painted on the door. There is not a teacher, student, or book in sight.