UPDATE Inside Towers
reported on Google’s Loon Balloon project a few months ago; the project
aims to provide high-speed internet connectivity to rural areas by
flying giant balloons in the air at an altitude of 12.5 miles, covering
an area of 50-miles in diameter. Essentially, this program could provide
internet access to half the world’s population that lacks connectivity.
But now, Project Loon is facing a lawsuit.
Phoenix, Arizona-based Space Data sued
Alphabet’s “moonshot” X division last summer over Project Loon. Space
Data alleged patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and
breach of contract related to a failed acquisition bid in 2008,
reported WIRED.
And then last month, they upped the ante, convincing the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office to cancel most of Project Loon’s foundational
patents. Continue Reading
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