Finjan, LLC v. Qualys Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 FINJAN, INC., CASE NO. 4:18-cv-07229-YGR
7 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT QUALYS
8 vs. INC.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
9 QUALYS INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 43, 44, 51, 54 10 Defendant.
11 12 Plaintiff Finjan, Inc. (“Finjan”) brings this patent infringement action against defendant 13 Qualys Inc. (“Qualys”) for direct and indirect infringement of six of its patents. (Dkt. No. 1 14 (“Complaint”).) Now before the Court is Qualys’ motion for leave to amend its answer to add 15 patent exhaustion, implied license, and preclusion as affirmative defenses. (Dkt. No. 44 (“Mot.”).) 16 Having carefully considered the pleadings and the papers submitted,1 the Court GRANTS Qualys’ 17 motion for leave to amend. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Finjan initiated this action on November 29, 2018, accusing Qualys of infringing U.S. 20 Patent Nos. 6,154,844 (the “’844 Patent”), 8,677,494 (the “’494 Patent”), 7,975,305 (the “’305 21 Patent”),…