Aviation News Item: 11619

20th Aug 2010

Source: evaint.com

Aircell, the provider of inflight connectivity, has announced the settlement of the patent litigation between Aircell and Ambit Corporation. The settlement agreement followed a month-long trial in federal district court concerning Ambit's allegations that one of its patents was infringed by Aircell's Gogo system. At the conclusion of the trial, a jury unanimously ruled in Aircell's favour, finding that Ambit failed to prove that any of the patent claims at issue are infringed by Aircell and, in addition, that Aircell successfully proved that all such patent claims are invalid. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Ambit paid a monetary sum to Aircell and agreed that it will not in the future sue Aircell or any of its customers with respect to Aircell's Gogo or Gogo Biz service or any other Aircell technology related to in-flight communication or entertainment. The parties agreed to dismiss all remaining claims and counterclaims between them.

Over the past year, Aircell has steadily increased the daily number of airplanes deployed with Gogo, and today is providing service on nearly 1,000 commercial aircraft, with commitments from a total of nine airlines.

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