TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: LLNW) announced that the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts provided notice of certain rulings today in the
Akamai Technologies, Inc. et al. v. Limelight Networks litigation matter. The
Court conducted a pretrial conference and ruled on certain pending pretrial
motions.
Among its rulings, the Court granted Limelight's motion for summary
judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,553,413, thus removing that
patent from the upcoming trial in this matter. The Court ruled on certain
other matters, including: that certain fact issues precluded granting
Limelight's motion regarding the remaining patent in the case, U.S. Patent No.
6,108,703; denying Akamai's motion on certain equitable defenses; and granting
Akamai's summary judgment motion on Limelight's patent misuse defense.
Akamai earlier this week agreed to a judgment that Limelight does not
infringe U.S. Patent No. 7,103,645. Akamai also stated that it was no longer
alleging willful infringement by Limelight and would not allege, as part of
its infringement case, that Limelight had copied any of the allegedly patented
features.
The trial in this matter concerning the remaining claims under the '703
patent is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 11, 2008.
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks is a high-performance content delivery network for
digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for
on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games, software and
social media. Limelight Networks' infrastructure is optimized for the large
object sizes, large content libraries, and large audiences associated with
compelling rich media content. Limelight is the content delivery network of
choice for over 1,000 companies, including many of the world's top Internet,
media and entertainment companies, including Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony
Playstation 3, Akimbo, Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo Interactive, Brightcove,
"BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, ITV Play,
MSNBC.com, NC Interactive and Valve Software. For more information, visit
http://www.llnw.com.
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Contact: Paul Alfieri of Limelight Networks, Inc., +1-917-297-4241, palfieri@llnw.com