Court Lifts Stay in Finjan v. Symantec

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Trial to Proceed Against Symantec on Eight of Finjan's U.S. Patents

EAST PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/04/16 -- Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a cybersecurity company, and its subsidiary Finjan, Inc. ("Finjan") announced that on March 29, 2016, the stay was lifted in Finjan v. Symantec (3-14-cv-02998-HSG). Finjan and Symantec Corp. jointly submitted a Case Management Statement to the Northern District of California District Court requesting the Court to lift the stay based on the recent decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejecting Symantec's petitions to institute Inter Partes Review ("IPR") on seven of Finjan's eight asserted patents. The parties are to submit a joint schedule to the Court by April 15, 2016, outlining all dates and events leading up to and including the trial.

Finjan asserts that Symantec is infringing eight of its patents, U.S. Patent Nos.: 6,154,844; 7,613,926; 7,756,996; 7,757,289; 7,930,299; 8,015,182; 8,141,154; and 8,677,494, which cover Network Security, Search Engine, and Endpoint technologies. The "Markman" hearing in this case was held on June 29, 2015, and the Court's Claim Construction Order is pending.

A summary of Symantec IPR challenges against Finjan Patents are:

  • '154 Patent - IPR2015-01547: denied
  • '182 Patent - IPR2015-01548: denied
  • '289 Patent - IPR2015-01552: denied
  • '299 Patent - IPR2015-01549: denied
  • '494 Patent - IPR2015-01892: 3 grounds denied, 1 instituted
  • '494 Patent - IPR2015-01897: denied
  • '844 Patent - IPR2015-01894: denied
  • '926 Patent - IPR2015-01893: denied
  • '926 Patent - IPR2015-01895: denied
  • '996 Patent - IPR2015-01545: denied
  • '996 Patent - IPR2015-01546: denied

Finjan also has pending infringement lawsuits against FireEye, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Proofpoint Inc., Sophos, Inc., and Blue Coat Systems, Inc. relating to, collectively, more than 20 patents in the Finjan portfolio. The court dockets for the foregoing cases are publicly available on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) website, www.pacer.gov, which is operated by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

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Released April 4, 2016