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Gogo Loses SmartSky Lawsuit, Plans To Appeal $23M Award

Complaint was filed in 2022 and is related to Gogo's 5G network

SmartSky — Air-to-ground connectivity provider SmartSky Networks has won a patent infringement lawsuit against its rival Gogo.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

November 24, 2025

A jury returned a verdict in the patent lawsuit filed by SmartSky Networks against Gogo on Friday, awarding SmartSky $22.7 million in damages for willful infringement of SmartSky’s patents. Gogo operates an air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity network in the continental U.S. and parts of Canada, and SmartSky launched a competing ATG network that failed to gain traction and shut down in August 2024. In October, Apcela, which built the ATG ground network for SmartSky and acquired SmartSky assets, relaunched the service as Apcela ATG.

The 2022 lawsuit accused Gogo of infringing on patents surrounding beamforming handoff, unlicensed band beamforming handoff, horizon-oriented architecture, and harmonious spectrum reuse. At the time, SmartSky also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to halt Gogo from making, using, or selling its 5G service while the patent lawsuit made its way through the courts.

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