Method turns everyday stuff into material for quantum computers
Scientists have discovered a new way to transform everyday materials like glass into materials scientists can use to make quantum computers.
Sound-powered sensors don’t need batteries
A sensor that uses energy from sound waves to control electronic devices could, one day, save millions of batteries.
Sound-powered sensors don’t need batteries
A sensor that uses energy from sound waves to control electronic devices could, one day, save millions of batteries.
Sound-powered sensors don’t need batteries
A sensor that uses energy from sound waves to control electronic devices could, one day, save millions of batteries.
E-cigarette coupons nudge people to start vaping
People who receive coupons for e-cigarettes are more than 1.5 times more likely to begin using them and less likely to quit.
Gogo Continues In-Flight Services as Federal Circuit Rejects SmartSky’s Preliminary Injunction Appeal
by Dennis Crouch
In SmartSky Networks, LLC v. Gogo Business Aviation, LLC, No. 2023-1058 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 31, 2024), the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court denial of a preliminary injunction sought by the patentee SmartSky against Gogo. SmartSky sued Gogo in 2022 for patent infringement, alleging that Gogo’s 5G wireless network infringed several of SmartSky’s patents related to in-flight internet wireless connectivity. See U.S. Patent Nos. 9,312,947, 11,223,417, 10,257,717, and 9,730,077. Along with its complaint, SmartSky moved to preliminarily enjoin Gogo from providing its in-flight network. SmartSky argued it had shown a likelihood of success on the merits and that it would suffer irreparable harm without an injunction, but the D.Del. district court Judge Gregory Williams disagreed. A grant or denial of preliminary injunctive relief can be immediately appealed, but the patentee’s appeal has also failed.
The preliminary injunction motion was associated with a new 5G network that Gogo had announced in 2019. That network is, according to Gogo, “still in a pre-launch phase.” Although customers are not yet actively using the service, the network itself is actually complete and the final step is including the chipsets within the planes. This aspect of the case was the most critical for the Federal Circuit who concluded that the current status of Gogo’s operation was not definite enough to create irreparable harm.
What will city growth do to waste?
With more and more people living in cities, new research digs into growth’s effect on trash, wastewater, and greenhouse gas emissions.
What will city growth do to waste?
With more and more people living in cities, new research digs into growth’s effect on trash, wastewater, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Chip can tell if lung cancer treatment is working in just weeks
A new device that uses a blood sample can tell if a lung cancer treatment is effective at the four-week mark.
How your hand gestures reveal your thoughts
On this episode of the Big Brains podcast, an expert breaks down the secret conversations we have through our hand gestures.