Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Sys., LLC
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Freeman, J.
Before the Court are the parties' respective motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff Finjan, Inc. ("Finjan") seeks summary judgment that Defendant Blue Coat Systems, Inc.'s ("Blue Coat") Internet security software products infringe one of its patents and that several of its patents are not invalid. Blue Coat seeks summary judgment that certain of its products do not infringe several of Finjan's patents. After careful consideration, Finjan's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART and Blue Coat's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Technology and the Asserted Patents
Finjan asserts ten patents against Blue Coat: U.S. Patent No. 8,677,494 ("the '494 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 8,566,580 ("the '580 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 8,079,086 ("the '086 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 8,225,408 ("the '408 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 6,154,844 ("the '844 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 6,965,968 ("the '968 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 7,418,731 ("the '731 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 9,141,786 ("the '786 patent") ; U.S. Patent No. 9,189,621 ("the '621 patent") ; and U.S. Patent No. 9,219,755 ("the '755 patent") (collectively,…