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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FINJAN, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ZSCALER, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 17-cv-06946-JST 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

As shown in the attached table as Exhibit A, Plaintiff Finjan, Inc. has several active cases 

in this district. The cases assert overlapping claims within the same group of patents. The 

unmanaged simultaneous litigation of these cases presents the risk of redundant proceedings, 

inconsistent outcomes, and the inefficient use of judicial and litigant resources. 

Accordingly, the parties, and each of them, are now ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why 

this case should not be stayed pending the resolution of the other cases construing identical claims 

from United States Patent Nos. 7,647,633; 7,975,305; and 8,677,494, as set forth on the attached 

table. 

A written response to this order is due December 21, 2018. The court will hold a hearing 

on this order to show cause on January 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2018

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

EXHIBIT A

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FINJAN’S REPORT ON ACTIVE LITIGATION CASE NO. 3:18-cv-06555-JD

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The chart below identifies the Finjan Actions pending in this District in which Finjan is 

asserting claims at issue in this action and the overlapping claims in each case.

Finjan

Patent

Claims Currently Asserted 

Against Fortinet

Claims Currently Asserted in Other Pending 

N.D. Cal. Cases

‘844 Patent Claims 1-44

Cisco Action

Claims 1, 7, 15, and 43

Sonicwall Action

Claims 1, 7, 15, 16, 41, and 43

Juniper Action

Claims 1, 15, and 41

Check Point Action

Claims 1, 15, 41, and 42

Qualys Action

Claims 1-44

‘968 Patent Claims 1-38

PAN Action

Claims 1-38

Sonicwall Action

Claims 1, 7, and 11

Check Point Action

Claims 1, 9, 10, and 33

Qualys Action

Claims 1-38

‘822 Patent Claims 1-35

PAN Action

Claims 1-35

Sonicwall Action

Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10

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FINJAN’S REPORT ON ACTIVE LITIGATION CASE NO. 3:18-cv-06555-JD

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‘731 Patent Claims 1-22

PAN Action

Claims 1-22

Juniper Action

Claims 1 and 17

Check Point Action

Claims 1, 2, 14, 16, and 17

Qualys Action

Claims 1-22

‘633 Patent Claims 1-41

Cisco Action

Claims 1, 8, 13, and 14

PAN Action

Claims 1-41

Zscaler Action

Claims 1-4, 8-11, 14, and 19

Sonicwall Action

Claims 1, 8, 9, 14

Juniper Action

Claims 1, 8, 14, and 19

Check Point Action

Claims 8, 9, 14, 20, and 34

‘305 Patent Claims 3-4, 6-12, and 14-25

Zscaler Action

Claims 1, 2, 5-9, and 11-13

Sonicwall Action

Claims 6, 11, 12, and 13

Qualys Action

Claims 3-4, 6-12, and 14-25

‘086 Patent Claims 1-42

Check Point Action

Claims 24, 33, and 42

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‘408 Patent Claims 1-35

PAN Action

Claims 1-35

Sonicwall Action

Claims 1, 3, 4, 9, and 22

Qualys Action

Claims 1-35

‘494 Patent Claims 3-5, and 7-18

Cisco Action

Claims 10, 11, 14, and 15

PAN Action

Claims 1-18

Zscaler Action

Claims 10 and 14

Bitdefender Action

Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 14-16

Sonicwall Action

Claims 10, 14, and 18

Juniper Action

Claims 10, 14, 16, and 18

Check Point Action

Claims 10, 14, and 15

Qualys Action

Claims 3-5, and 7-18

Courts in this District first addressed the issue of consolidation of actions involving Finjan’s 

patents in Finjan, Inc. v. FireEye, Inc., Case No. 4:13-cv-03133-SBA (“FireEye Action”), which 

eventually settled and is no longer pending. In the FireEye action, the defendant filed a motion 

(FireEye Action, Dkt. No. 25) seeking to relate the case to the then-pending Blue Coat and Websense 

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