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Are Spectrum Licenses Property?

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There is an interesting lawsuit in the U.S Court of Appeals for the case of Ligado Networks, LLC v. United States.  Ligado Networks filed a suit that alleges that the U.S. government unlawfully took its licensed spectrum without due compensation in favor of use by the Department of Defense. The spectrum involved in the suit is L-band spectrum, which sits next to spectrum actively used by DoD for GPS. The government is arguing in the case that it…
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POTs and PANs broke the news in on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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