EAST PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 07/05/16 — , Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a cybersecurity company, today announced that its subsidiary Finjan, Inc. (“Finjan”) has filed contemporaneous patent infringement lawsuits against ESET LLC, a California Corporation and its parent corporation, ESET SPOL S.R.O., a Slovak Republican Corporation (collectively “ESET”), in California and in Germany, alleging infringement of six Finjan U.S. patents and one European patent.
Finjan filed a Complaint (Case No. 3:16-cv-03731), on July 1, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and alleges that ESET–s products and services infringe six U.S. Finjan patents. In particular, Finjan is asserting infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,154,844; 6,804,780; 7,975,305; 8,079,086; 9,189,621; and 9,219,755. In the U.S. action, Finjan is seeking, among other things, a jury trial, damages of not less than $44M, injunctive relief, enhanced damages, and reasonable attorneys– fees and costs. Finjan also filed a Complaint against ESET for infringement of its European Patent No. EP 0965094, in the German District Court in Dusseldorf, Germany for ESET–s manufacture, use, and sale of accused products and services. ESET–s accused products include its Small Office Protection Products and Business protection Products, as well as ESET–s Home Protection Products.
“At any given time, we have dozens of ongoing licensing negotiations with technology companies. While we prefer a pathway of a negotiated transaction, this was just not the case with ESET,” said Phil Hartstein, President and CEO of Finjan. “These recent filings are a result of a protracted negotiation with ESET where we were unable to achieve a licensing result. Our hand has been forced to file lawsuits in both the United States and in Germany to protect the value of our patent assets.”
Separately ESET, LLC filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the US District Court for the Southern District of California (Case No. 3-16-cv-01704) seeking a declaration of non-infringement of only one Finjan patent, namely, U.S. Patent No. 7,975,305.
Finjan has pending infringement lawsuits against FireEye, Inc., Sophos, Inc., Symantec Corp., Palo Alto Networks., 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, , which is operated by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Established nearly 20 years ago, Finjan is a globally recognized leader in cybersecurity. Finjan–s inventions are embedded within a strong portfolio of patents focusing on software and hardware technologies capable of proactively detecting previously unknown and emerging threats on a real-time, behavior-based basis. Finjan continues to grow through investments in innovation, strategic acquisitions, and partnerships promoting economic advancement and job creation. For more information, please visit .
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Vanessa Winter
Finjan Holdings, Inc.
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