Finjan, Inc. v. Juniper Network, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FINJAN, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 17-5659 WHA

v.

JUNIPER NETWORK, INC., et al., ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

SEAL DAUBERT ORDER

Defendants.

15 A Daubert order on the eve of a patent-infringement trial in December 2018 excluded patent owner’s damages expert for reliance on a belated infringement theory but rejected the challenge to defendants’ counter expert (Dkt. No. 283). A companion order denied Finjan’s request to seal references to its patent valuation and licensing activity in the latter half of that order (Dkt. No. 284). The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the order for more particularized findings, specifically a conscientious balancing of the interests of Finjan and its third-party negotiation partners against the public interest in disclosure. 826 Fed. App’x 928 (Fed. Cir. 2020). Finjan moves anew to seal the material. The third parties have waived their interests, and Juniper has abandoned the Court to…