The suit claims that a current version of DI's competing content delivery service, called Footprint, infringes on Akamai's patent. DI then retaliated by filing a patent-infringement complaint with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as suing Akamai in federal court in California. Based on Akamai's actions, however, we have no choice but to respond in kind. Outside of the courtroom, we will continue to seek a more rational approach to resolving this dispute. DI said they believe that the patent and trademark office will ultimately award the rights to the technology to them.
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The partnership between DIVA and Charter began in Charter's Gwinnet County, Ga. system, leading to a wide-scale deployment agreement announced in May 2000. DIVA will rollout VOD in Charter systems, including Los Angeles, a Charter system serving 600,000 subs. The Manta, a cable-laying vessel owned by Corning, has the two complete cable segments on board and is on its way to the Caribbean Sea. The physical installation of the segments will begin in late September. The first segment to be installed will run from Crooked Island in the Bahamas to Providenciales in Turks and Caicos, and will be completed in October.