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Gogo pays down debt, reports record quarterly service revenue

3 May 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Installation of the first antenna panels for the Gogo 5G network upgrade

Gogo notified debtors of its intention to pay off $100 million of outstanding debt, a move that will help the company reduce its long-term interest expenses.

This story is about: earnings call, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, STC, STCs, Supplemental Type Certificate Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

SmartSky boosts patent claims against Gogo

21 February 2023 By Seth Miller 5 Comments

The SmartSky antennae installed on the company's Citation jet

SmartSky’s patent lawsuit against Gogo has grown. By increasing the number of patents at issue, SmartSky gains additional opportunities to win the suit; any one violation is sufficient for it to secure victory.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, Gogo 5G, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, lawsuit, patent, Ryan Stone, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo sees record revenue, saves on 5G lawsuit costs

3 November 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A map of the 150 tower locations across the United States for Gogo's 5G rollout

Gogo’s legal victory at the end of September allows the company to continue selling its new Gogo 5G network, even as SmartSky believes it will succeed with an appeal to have the injunction reinstated. The ruling also saved the company a few million dollars.

This story is about: 5G, air-to-ground, ATG-NG, earnings call, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

SmartSky hits Gogo with patent lawsuit

1 March 2022 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Six months ago SmartSky triumphed in defending a key patent from challenge by Gogo. Now the upstart is going on the offensive, challenging the Gogo 5G offering violates at least four of its patents.

This story is about: 5G, air-to-ground, ATG-NG, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

SmartSky triumphs over Gogo in patent challenge

17 September 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

SmartSky scored a legal victory this week with the US Patent Office declining to institute an inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,312,947 (“the ‘947 patent”), a challenge lodged by Gogo in April. The ruling at this stage is based on the USPTO’s believe that Gogo “has not demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing in demonstrating that at least one challenged claim of the ’947 patent is unpatentable over the prior art of record.” As a result, the issue won’t even make it to a formal hearing for review.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

SmartSky counters Gogo’s patent dispute

1 July 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

When Gogo filed for a review of a key SmartSky patent in April the upstart inflight connectivity company vowed to defend its intellectual property portfolio. At its core, SmartSky’s position is that Gogo chose to redefine the term “Software Defined Radio.” SkartSky also posits that much of the petition is redundant to evidence previously considered in the initial application review.

This story is about: ATG, ATG-NG, gogo, Gogo 5G, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

SmartSky faces a patent challenge from Gogo

1 April 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

As it developed a new, high-speed, terrestrial inflight communications platform SmartSky also worked diligently to develop a broad intellectual property portfolio. The company hit 150 patents issued in January 2020 and even hosts a separate website dedicated to tracking the portfolio. The patents are intended, among other things, to help the company fend off competition […]

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, lawsuit, patent, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

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