A suit over Google’s Project Loon, which provides wireless communication by high-altitude balloon, could send U.S. patent law to the stratosphere.

Chandler, Arizona-based Space Data Corp. sued Google Inc., its parent company Alphabet and its moon shot subsidiary X on Monday, saying they’ve stolen Space Data’s method of flying radio-equipped balloons at the edge of space.

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