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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. LIMELIGHT NETWORKS

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

797 F.3d 1020 (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.

August 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 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 , 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 ; 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, 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 and 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, NEWMAN, LOURIE, LINN, DYK, MOORE, O'MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

This case was returned to us by the United States Supreme Court, noting "the possibility that [we] erred by too narrowly circumscribing the scope of § 271(a)" and suggesting that we "will have the opportunity to revisit the § 271(a) question...." Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., ___ U.S. ___,

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