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