Federal Circuit reinstates $45m Akamai v Limelight ruling
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reinstated the $45.5 million damages award in the Akamai v Limelight dispute after it ruled en banc that Limelight is liable for direct infringement.
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14 May 2015 An appeals court has upheld a US Supreme Court ruling in the Akamai v Limelight case stating that Limelight is not liable for patent infringement because multiple parties had performed different steps of the infringement.
6 July 2016 A US court has entered its final judgment in a long-running patent infringement dispute between Limelight Networks and Akamai Technologies with the final damages total standing $12 million below the agreed maximum threshold.