Gogo challenges competitor’s in-flight wifi patent
BROOMFIELD — Gogo Inc. (Nasdaq: GOGO), a Broomfield-based in-flight broadband connectivity firm, announced Monday it has filed a petition to challenge the validity of a patent held by competitor SmartSky Networks LLC.
SmartSky’s patent — referred to as U.S. Patent No. 9,312,947 or the ‘947 patent — “relates to a broadband data communications system for in-flight aircraft,” according to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records.
Gogo is requesting an inter partes review (IPR), which allows parties to challenge patents held for unoriginal, obvious or otherwise non-patentable inventions.
“We strongly believe that the ‘947 patent granted…
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