FINJAN PROVIDES LITIGATION UPDATE – MARKMAN ORDER ENTERED IN BLUE COAT CASE
MARKMAN RULING COINCIDES WITH FINJAN’S INFRINGEMENT CASE
NEW YORK, October 21, 2014 – Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a technology company committed to enabling innovation through the licensing of its intellectual property, today announced an update in the Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc. case (5:13-cv-03999-BLF) that was filed on August 28, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The Markman hearing was held on August 22, 2014. On October 20, 2014, the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman entered her Order construing disputed claim terms in U.S. Patents Nos. 6,154,844; 6,804,780; 6,965,968; 7,058,822; 7,418,731 and 7,647,633. The Markman Order is available on PACER as Docket No. 118.
“We believe the Court’s Order coincides with Finjan’s infringement theories against Blue Coat allowing us to move forward without dropping any of our asserted patents, theories, or any of the accused products, thereby reinforcing our damages case against Blue Coat,” commented Julie Mar-Spinola, VP, Legal Operations of Finjan. “Finjan applauds Judge Freeman’s issuance of a comprehensive Markman Order, which provides both guidance and clarity on the meaning of certain disputed claim, supporting Finjan’s infringement case,” said Mar-Spinola.
A jury trial in this matter is set for July 20, 2015.
Finjan has also filed patent infringement lawsuits against FireEye, Proofpoint, Sophos, and Symantec relating to, collectively, more than 20 patents in the Finjan portfolio. The Company will continue to provide timely updates of important events relating to these matters on an on-going basis. 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.
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 and technology to several major software and technology companies around the world.
ABOUT FINJAN HOLDINGS
Through our subsidiary, Finjan, Inc., we own 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. Finjan’s mission is to invest in innovation and encourage the development of core intellectual property. Founded in 1997, Finjan developed and patented technology 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 standard in the online security industry during the 1990’s. For more information about Finjan, please visit www.finjan.com.
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