Finjan, Inc. v. Juniper Network, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
FINJAN, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 17-05659 WHA
v.
JUNIPER NETWORK, INC., et al., ORDER RE REQUEST
FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES
Defendants.
15 INTRODUCTION Following affirmance by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the rulings in this patent infringement suit, the prevailing defendant moves for attorney’s fees. Because this case did stand out as exceptional in certain respects, a limited award of attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 is warranted. STATEMENT Patent owner Finjan, Inc. filed this infringement suit in September 2017, asserting several patents against Juniper Network, Inc. Motion practice led to the “patent showdown.” Each party chose its strongest patent claim, Finjan its best case for infringement and Juniper its best case for noninfringement or invalidity, and moved for early summary judgment in June 2018. Juniper prevailed on noninfringement of…