Alphabet gives some Loon patents to SoftBank, open sources flight data and makes patent non-assertion pledge

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Alphabet gives some Loon patents to SoftBank, open sources flight data and makes patent non-assertion pledge

“A significant chunk of the rest of Loon’s work and accomplishments will be made available generally to advance the state of the art in stratospheric science and industry. Alphabet has open sourced data from Loon’s collective 70 million kms or so of flight, including GPS and sensor data. The company also made a non-assertion commitment for 270 of its patents and patent applications, dealing with everything from balloon launching, to in-flight navigation, to managing balloon fleets and more. For would-be stratospheric balloon mavens, and the general public, Loon also compiled a book about the Loon experience, which is available as a free PDF…”

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