Nov, 2001 : Digital Island Claiming Early Victory in Patent Dispute

📅 November 13, 2001 - Digital Island (digitalisland.com), announced yesterday that the United States District Court in Massachusetts has issued key rulings that could pave the way for Digital Island to prevail in its patent dispute with Akamai (akamai.com).

The patents cover technologies that Digital Island and Akamai use to provideWeb services for delivering content over the Internet. Both companies areclaiming that the other stole its patented technology.
In its order, the court interpreted several disputed patent terms as DigitalIsland had proposed. The company sees these interpretations as enablingDigital Island to demonstrate that it does not infringe any of Akamai'spatents. The court's interpretations could also pave the way for DigitalIsland to show that one of Akamai's patents is invalid because of DigitalIsland's earlier inventions, particularly the "Truenames" patent.
"These rulings strike a critical blow to Akamai's case and leave us moreoptimistic than ever that we will prevail," said Ruann F. Ernst, chairmanand CEO of Digital Island. "While we regret that Akamai chose to raise thesematters in the courts, we know that we have a strong legal case and theresolve necessary to prevail."
Yesterday, Akamai released a similar statement prematurely announcing itsvictory. Shares of Akamai Technologies surged 15 percent, or 60 cents to$4.60 in afternoon Nasdaq trading on Monday, following a favorable ruling inthe continuing dispute.
Cable & Wireless Plc, the corporate parent of Digital Island, was up 1 centto $14.80 on the New York Stock Exchange.

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