Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

December 20, 2010

 

 

LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33508   20-1677033

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2220 W. 14th Street

Tempe AZ 85281

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(602) 850-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 20, 2010, Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court grant of the Company’s motion for judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement of Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s (“Akamai”) U.S. Patent No. 6,108,703 and also affirmed the District Court’s entry of judgment of noninfringement of Akamai’s U.S. Patent No. 7,103,645 and U.S. Patent No. 6,553,413 in the Akamai Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. litigation matter, and certain other information. The full text of the press release concerning the foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release of Limelight Networks, Inc., dated December 20, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
Dated: December 20, 2010     By:  

/S/    PHILIP C. MAYNARD        

      Philip C. Maynard
      Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release of Limelight Networks, Inc., dated December 20, 2010.

 

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