Akamai Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Digital Island
Business/Technology Editors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000--Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the foremost provider of global,
high performance services for the delivery of Internet content,
streaming media, and applications, announced today that it has filed a
patent infringement suit against Digital Island, Inc. The suit
involves U.S. Patent No. 6,108,703, entitled "Global Hosting System,"
which issued from the United States Patent & Trademark Office on
August 22, 2000.
The `703 patent covers certain innovative aspects of Akamai's
FreeFlow content delivery service. The suit claims that a current
version of Digital Island's competing content delivery service, called
Footprint, infringes the `703 patent. The version of Footprint that is
alleged to infringe the `703 patent was introduced by Digital Island
following Akamai's successful introduction of its FreeFlow service.
The suit, which was filed in United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts, seeks damages and equitable relief.
About Akamai
Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance
services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and
applications, serving over 2,100 customers. Akamai has the broadest
deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications
delivery with more than 4,200 servers in 50 countries directly
connected to 225 different telecommunications networks. Akamai
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