AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. LIMELIGHT NETWORKS

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

805 F.3d 1368 (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.

November 16, 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 G. Saunders , Thomas G. Sprankling ; Mark C. Fleming , Eric F. Fletcher , Lauren B. Fletcher , Brook Hopkins , Boston, MA; David H. Judson , Law Offices of David H. Judson, Dallas, TX; Donald R. Dunner , 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 , Law Office of Aaron M. Panner, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, argued for defendant-cross-appellant. Also represented by John Christopher Rozendaal , Michael E. Joffre , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Michael W. De Vries , Allison W. Buchner , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Young Jin Park , New York, N.Y.; Dion D. Messer , Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ.

Jeffrey I.D. Lewis , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by Kristin M. Whidby , Washington, DC; Lisa K. Jorgenson , American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, VA.

Scott A.M. Chambers , Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Industry Organization. Also represented by Caroline Cook Maxwell ; Hansjorg Sauer , Biotechnology Industry Organization, Washington, DC.

Charles R. Macedo , Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae Broadband iTV, Inc. Also represented by Jessica Capasso .

Paul H. Berghoff , McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association. Also represented by Philip S. Johnson , Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; Kevin H. Rhodes , 3M Innovative Properties Co., St. Paul, MN; Herbert C. Wamsley , Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, DC.

Carter G. Phillips , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Also represented by Jeffrey P. Kushan , Ryan C. Morris ; David E. Korn , Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC; David R. Marsh , Lisa A. Adelson , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC; Robert P. Taylor , Monty Agarwal , San Francisco, CA.

Demetrius Tennell Lockett , Townsend & Lockett, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for amici curiae Nokia Technologies Oy, Nokia USA Inc.

Donald R. Ware , Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine. Also represented by Marco J. Quina , Sarah S. Burg .

Before PROST, Chief Judge, LINN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


This case first came to this court after, inter alia, a jury verdict finding Akamai's U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,703 ("'703 patent") not invalid and directly infringed by Limelight, followed by the entry of judgment as a matter of law ("JMOL") overturning the jury's infringement verdict on the basis of divided infringement....

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