Career
Baker and Desire2Learn are perhaps best known for the legal battle they were engaged in after their major competitor Blackboard Incorporated. obtained a contentious software patent and immediately filed suit against Desire2Learn.
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John Baker
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Achievements
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Desire2Learn finally won the approximately 3-year battle with a victory in the United States Court of Appeals in July 2009. Baker has won numerous awards including Top 40 Under 40 in Waterloo Region in 2009, has been inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in Waterloo Region as Intreprid Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009, and received the University of Waterloo Engineering Young Alumni Achievement Medal in 2010.
Membership
John is a member of the Advisory Board at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus.
