AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. LIMELIGHT NETWORKS

Nos. 2009-1372, 2009-1417, 2009-1380, 2009-1416.

786 F.3d 899 (2015)

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC., Defendant-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by Thomas Saunders,   Thomas Gregory Sprankling;   Mark Christopher Fleming,   Eric Fletcher,   Lauren B. Fletcher,   Brook Hopkins, Boston, MA; David H. Judson, Law Offices of David H. Judson, Dallas, TX; Donald Robert Dunner,   Kara F. Stoll,   Elizabeth D. Ferrill, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; Jennifer S. Swan, Palo Alto, CA; Robert S. Frank, Jr.,   G. Mark Edgarton,   Carlos Perez-Albuerne, Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, Boston, MA.

Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, argued for defendant-cross appellant. Also represented by John Christopher Rozendaal,   Michael E. Joffre; Alexander Fraser MacKinnon, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Young Jin Park, New York, N.Y.; Dion D. Messer, Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ.

Jerry Robin Selinger, Patterson & Sheridan LLP, Dallas, TX, for amici curiae Altera Corporation, HTC America, Inc., HTC Corporation, Weatherford International, Inc. Also represented by B. Todd Patterson, Houston, TX; Gero McClellan, Greensboro, NC.

William G. Barber, Pirkey Barber LLP, Austin, TX, for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Timothy Teter, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for amicus curiae Apple Inc. Also represented by Benjamin G. Damstedt,   Iain R. Cunningham,   Lori R. Mason; Patrick J. Murphy, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA.

Meredith Martin Addy, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited, Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. Also represented by Anthony R. De Alcuaz, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Menlo Park, CA.

John W. Ryan, Thompson Hine LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Industry Organization. Also represented by Hansjorg Sauer, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Washington, DC; Thomas M. Haas, Sullivan & Worcester, Washington, DC.

Jeffrey E. Francis, Pierce Atwood LLP, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae Boston Patent Law Association.

Gregory Paul Stone, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae CTIA The Wireless Association. Also represented by Heather E. Takahashi,   Andrew W. Song.

Pardo Niro, I, Niro, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae Cascades Ventures, Inc., VNS Corporation. Also represented by John C. Janka.

Edward R. Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for amici curiae Cisco Systems, Inc., Dell Inc., Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corporation, Intuit Inc., Micron Technology, Inc., NetApp, Inc., Ringcentral, Inc., SAP America, Inc., Symantec Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., Zynga Inc., Ebay, Inc. Also represented by Nathan A. Greenblatt.

Steven C. Sereboff, SoCal IP Law Group LLP, Westlake Village, CA, for amicus curiae Conejo Valley Bar Association. Also represented by Meenakshi Kala Sarvaiya,   Mark Andrew Goldstein.

Julie P. Samuels, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation. Also represented by Michael Barclay.

Matthew D. McGill, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for amici curiae Facebook, Inc., LinkedIn Corporation, Also represented by William G. Jenks, Jenks IP Law, Washington, DC.

John Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, for amicus curiae The Financial Services Roundtable. Also represented by Alton Luther Absher;   Gia L. Cincone, San Francisco, CA.

Peter J. Brann, Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, ME, for amicus curiae Internet Retailers. Also represented by Stacy O. Stitham,   David Swetnam-Burland.

Garreth A. Sarosi, Winstead Attorneys, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. Also represented by Mark Atkerson Stachiw, Metro PCS Communications Inc., Richardson, TX.

Benjamin Jackson, Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT, for amicus curiae Myriad Genetics, Inc. Also represented by Jay Z. Zhang.

Charles A. Weiss, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by Theresa M. Gillis, Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, N.Y.

Robert P. Taylor, Arnold & Porter, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Also represented by Monty Agarwal;   Lisa A. Adelson,   David R. Marsh, Washington, DC; David Evan Korn, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America, Washington, DC.

Vicki Gee Norton, Duane Morris LLP, San Diego, CA, for amicus curiae The San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association.

Eric Laurence Abbott, Abbott Law Chartered, Las Vegas, NV, for amicus curiae Shuffle Master, Inc.

Calvin L. Litsey, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Thomson Reuters Corporation. Also represented by Timothy M. Sullivan,   Aaron D. Van Oort,   Christopher J. Burrell.

Michael K. Kirschner, Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson P.S., Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Washingon State Patent Law Association. Also represented by Alexander M. Wu.

Charles R. Macedo, Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae Double Rock Corporation, Island Intellectual Property, LLC, Broadband ITV, Inc. Also represented by Jessica A. Capasso.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MOORE.


This appeal returns to us following remand from the United States Supreme Court. See Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 134 S.Ct. 2111, 189 L.Ed.2d 52 (2014). Because our prior decisions in BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, L.P., 498...

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