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Finjan Prevails Blue Coat Systems– Challenges Before the USPTO

EAST PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/27/16 — , Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a cybersecurity company, and its subsidiary Finjan, Inc. (“Finjan”) announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has ruled in Finjan–s favor on four Petitions for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) and related Motions for Joinder (“Motions”) filed by Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (“Blue Coat”).

This month, the PTAB denied institution of three Blue Coat IPRs and accepted a Motion for Dismissal of a fourth. Specifically, the PTAB denied Blue Coat–s Petitions for IPR challenging Finjan–s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,804,780 (IPR2016-00492), 6,965,968 (IPR2016-00479), and 7,418,731 (IPR2016-00493) and determined Blue Coat–s Petitions were time-barred, given they were filed more than one year from the date Finjan served its complaint alleging infringement. The PTAB also denied Blue Coat–s three related Motions as moot, since it had earlier determined that Palo Alto Networks– underlying petitions each failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that it would prevail with respect to at least one challenged claim of the patent at issue under 35 U.S. C. §314(a).

Blue Coat–s IPR challenge to Finjan–s U.S. Patent No. 6,154,844 (IPR2016-00498) was dismissed on Blue Coat–s motion, although the PTAB noted that this Petition would have also been time-barred and the Motion for Joinder would have been denied as moot, since it also earlier denied Symantec–s underlying petition.

Finjan has pending infringement lawsuits against FireEye, Inc., Sophos, Inc., Symantec Corp., and Palo Alto Networks., 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
Alan Sheinwald or Valter Pinto
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