US Patent Office Rejects Review on Six of Symantec's Petitions for Inter Partes Review Challenging Five of Finjan's Patents Asserted Against Symantec

Finjan Holdings, Inc. FNJN, a cybersecurity company, [subsidiary Finjan, Inc.] today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) denied six of Symantec Corporations petitions for Inter Partes Review (IPR) of Finjan patents with two serial petitions denied on 7,756,996 ('996 Patent), and further denials on Finjan's patents 8,141,154 ('154 Patent), 8,015,182 ('182 Patent), 7,930,299 ('299 Patent) and 7,757,289 ('289 Patent). The patent lawsuit filed in July of 2014 (CAND-3-14-cv-02998) against Symantec will continue with these and three other Finjan patents, as originally filed. The other Finjan patents in the litigation include, US Patent Nos. 6,154,844, 7,613,926, and 8,677,494. "This is an unprecedented response by the US Patent Office, today denying the institution of six IPRs and all challenged claims filed by Symantec in response to our lawsuit filed against it in 2014," stated Phil Hartstein, President and CEO of Finjan. IPR2015-01548 ('182 Patent): DENIED IPR2015-01547 ('154 Patent): DENIED IPR2015-01552 ('289 Patent): DENIED IPR2105-01549 ('299 Patent): DENIED IRP2015-01546 ('996 Patent): DENIED IPR2015-01545 ('996 Patent): DENIED "Following the recent denials to institute the IPRs filed by Sophos, this is the eighth consecutive denial of IPR challenges against Finjan's patents. This reinforces the value of the technology covered by our patents and our fervent commitment to winning on the merits," concluded Hartstein. Finjan also has pending infringement lawsuits against FireEye, Inc., Proofpoint Inc., Sophos, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, 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.