level nuclear waste see low level waste . limelight networks type public traded as nasdaq llnw industry content delivery founded 2001 founders nathan f. raciborski michael m. gordon allan m. kaplan william h. rinehart 1 headquarters tempe arizona united states key people robert lento president ceo and director revenue us 180.24 million 2012 2 net income us 32.90 million 2012 2 number of employees approx 500 citation needed website www.limelight.com limelight networks is a company that provides global content delivery network cdn services that enable organizations to deliver their digital content e.g. videos operating system updates online games etc. to any device anywhere in the world . as of december 2014 the company s network has over 80 points of presence and 11 terabits per second of egress capacity clarification needed across the globe . 3 the company is based in tempe arizona u.s.a. contents 1 company history 1.1 customers 1.2 acquisitions 2 patent lawsuits 3 customers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links company history edit limelight networks was founded in 2001 in tempe arizona as a provider of content delivery network services . since then it has launched the limelight orchestrate platform 4 to help customers create relationships with end users through video and content that engages them across any connected device anywhere in the world . in july 2006 the company closed a 130 million equity financing round led by goldman sachs capital partners . 5 limelight networks later raised 240 million in an initial public offering during june 2007 selling 16 million shares at 15 . 6 in april 2008 company founder michael gordon was recognized as a streaming media all star by streamingmedia magazine for his contributions to the industry . 7 over the years limelight has received several other awards for its services including receiving frost & sullivan s prestigious award for product line strategy in 2012 . 8 forrester research named limelight a strong performer in the forrester wave online video platforms q1 2013 . 9 customers edit in august 2007 the company announced a technology and services agreement with microsoft under which limelight will help improve the performance scalability and reliability of internet delivery of media content and online services including video music games software and social media across microsoft s global internet properties . 10 in march 2008 the company was the infrastructure provider for the webcast of oprah s a new earth classroom series 11 featuring author eckhart tolle . the live event drew over 800 000 users . the server crashed during the event because of an error in the programming code ; the crash was widely misreported as a failure of network infrastructure . 12 in may 2008 nbc announced that the company would be the content delivery network for the 2008 summer olympics webcast on nbcolympics.com . 13 ultimately the company delivered more than 50 million unique visitors resulting in 1.3 billion page views 70 million video streams and 600 million minutes of video watched for nbcolympics.com using microsoft silverlight technology . 14 15 in june 2008 the company was the primary source of content delivery services for the online debut of disney s camp rock . the 24 hour online event saw more than 863 000 total plays for the movie . 16 in january 2009 the company delivered the inauguration of u.s. president barack obama to 2.5 million internet viewers around the world resulting in more than 9 million simultaneous multimedia streams overall flowing through the company s network . 17 later that year in march the company was the exclusive mobile content delivery provider for cbs coverage of the 2009 ncaa tournament . limelight networks technology was used to deliver coverage of the college basketball games to the apple iphone . 18 in 2012 the limelight helped deliver sporting events like the wimbledon the indian cricket league the european championship and the rbs six nations rugby championships and helped several broadcasters deliver the 2012 summer games . 19 20 acquisitions edit may 2009 the company acquired kiptronic inc. a privately held provider of device optimized content delivery solutions and dynamic advertising insertion . 21 it exists today as the orchestrate video offering . april 2010 the company acquired eyewonder inc. a privately held provider of rich media advertising or interactive digital advertising founded in 1999 for 110 million . 22 as part of the purchase of eyewonder limelight networks inc. also purchased chors gmbh . both of these businesses which consisted of the eyewonder business unit were later sold to dg august 2011 the company acquired delve networks inc. a privately held provider of cloud based video publishing and analytics services . 23 it exists today as the orchestrate video offering . may 2011 the company acquired acceloweb for 20 million . it exists today as the orchestrate performance offering . may 2011 the company acquired clickability 24 a web content management system company for 10 million . on december 23 2013 upland software announced that they had acquired clickability from limelight . 25 patent lawsuits edit in june 2006 limelight networks was sued by akamai technologies and the massachusetts institute of technology over alleged patent infringement . 26 27 28 in april 2009 the district court for the district of massachusetts ruled that limelight networks did not infringe 29 overturning the february 2008 finding of a boston jury . 30 similarly in december 2007 limelight networks was sued by level 3 communications over alleged intellectual property and patent infringement . 31 in january 2009 a jury ruled that limelight networks did not infringe . 32 33 akamai technologies appealed part of the decision . on april 20 2011 the united states court of appeals for the federal circuit granted the petition by akamai technologies for rehearing en banc its appeal in akamai technologies inc. v. limelight networks inc. the order vacated the earlier opinion of december 20 2010 . the order includes a request to file new briefs addressing this question if separate entities each perform separate steps of a method claim under what circumstances would that claim be directly infringed and to what extent would each of the parties be liable 34 on august 31 2012 the court of appeals for the federal circuit issued its opinion in the case . the court of appeals stated that the trial court determined that limelight did not directly infringe on akamai s patent . a slim majority in this three way divided opinion also announced a revised legal theory of induced infringement remanded the case to the trial court giving akamai an opportunity for a new trial to attempt to prove induced infringement . on december 28 2012 limelight filed a petition asking the supreme court to review the decision of the federal circuit regarding the standard for induced infringement in cases where multiple parties may perform various steps of a patented claim . akamai filed a cross petition asking the court to also review the standard for direct infringement in those cases . on june 24 2013 the supreme court asked the solicitor general to weigh in on the petition for certiorari . 35 in june 2014 the supreme court reached a unanimous decision rejecting akamai s claim of induced infringement 36 on july 1 2016 it was announced that the massachusetts district court entered the final judgment in the case with limelight paying 51m in total damages to akamai to be reflected in limelight s 2016 q2 earnings . akamai wins patent lawsuit with rival forced to pay 51m . boston business journal . customers edit amazon unbox 37 anyclip 38 apple 39 bbc buymusic capcom 40 cesarsway.com 41 coach guitar 42 costume super center 43 dailythanthi directv 44 disney 45 dreamworks ea sports 46 facebook 47 foxnews.com harpo productions 48 ifilm itv play microsoft 49 msnbc myspace netflix 50 nonlinear educating 51 neulion 52 nissan 53 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