NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Finjan Holdings, Inc. (OTC MKT: FNJN) (the "Company") today announced that its subsidiary, Finjan, Inc. (Finjan) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Proofpoint, Inc., and its subsidiary Armorize Technologies, Inc. alleging infringement of Finjan patents relating to endpoint, web, and network security technologies.

The complaint, filed Monday December 16, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Proofpoint's products and services infringe upon eight of Finjan's patents.  In the complaint, Finjan is seeking undisclosed damages from Proofpoint and Armorize.

"As the result of extensive R&D, Finjan has been awarded a considerable patent portfolio covering core inventions in behavior-based intrusion prevention and detection technologies commonly deployed across the endpoint, web and networking markets," commented the Company's President, Phil Hartstein.  "Finjan is committed to protecting its proprietary inventions through active enforcement of patent rights, where necessary.  This action against Proofpoint is intended to highlight our commitment to protect our intellectual property and particularly, against an unlicensed company in direct competition with our existing licensing partners." 

Recognized internationally as a pioneer and leader in web and network security, Finjan's decades-long investment in innovation is captured in its patent portfolio, centered around software and hardware technologies capable of proactively detecting previously unknown and emerging threats on a real-time, behavior-based basis.  Finjan has successfully licensed its patents to five major software and technology companies around the world.

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ABOUT FINJAN:
Finjan is a leading online security and technology company which owns a portfolio of patents, related to software that proactively detects malicious code and thereby protects end-users from identity and data theft, spyware, malware, phishing, trojans and other online threats.  Founded in 1997, Finjan is one of the first companies to develop and patent technology and software that is capable of detecting previously unknown and emerging threats on a real-time, behavior-based basis, in contrast to signature-based methods of intercepting only known threats to computers, which were previously standard in the online security industry.

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