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I have no idea if the equipment at issue even uses dish antennas, but this one looks cool.
I have no idea if the equipment at issue even uses dish antennas, but this one looks cool. Stellan Johansson, Unsplash

On Thursday, visiting Judge Wolson issued an opinion in SmartSky Networks, LLC v. Gogo Business Aviation, LLC, C.A. No. 22-266-JDW (D. Del.) addressing several summary judgment motions, one of which sought to invalidate a claim of one of the asserted patents as indefinite.

The claim related to a communication system for in-flight wifi, and required that a base station for the equipment emit a radiation pattern that is "oriented toward a horizon." The defendant claimed that that language is indefinite, and the Court agreed:

Claim 1 of the ‘717 Patent requires a radiation pattern that …