Google Hit With Patent Lawsuit Over Content Delivery Network

Google LLC is facing a lawsuit alleging the tech giant is infringing patents designed to alleviate data congestion issues.

Sandpiper CDN LLC filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging infringement of six patents related to content delivery networks. Sandpiper acquired the rights to the patents from Level 3 Communications in March.

CDN servers distribute content across a network of servers and data centers to alleviate congestion. CDNs “provide the critical services that enable content providers to quickly deliver online content to millions of consumers simultaneously over the Internet,” Sandpiper says in the ...