Finjan Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Secure Computing, CyberGuard and Webwasher


SAN JOSE, California, March 13 /PRNewswire/ --     Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced
that a jury in the U.S. District Court of Delaware found in its favor in a
lawsuit Finjan filed in 2006.

The jury found that Secure Computing, CyberGuard and Webwasher infringe
three patents that Finjan created over the past decade. The jury further
found their infringement to be willful.

The jury validated the patent claims asserted by Finjan, finding that the
asserted claims were valid and willfully infringed by Secure Computing,
CyberGuard and Webwasher. The jury awarded Finjan damages on past sales of
the alleged products at a royalty rate of 16% of the Webwashers software, 8%
of the Webwasher appliance and 8% of the CyberGuard TSP appliance.

"We are pleased with the jury's decision. We will continue to focus our
resources on leading the security industry against the latest wave of
cybercrime," said John Vigouroux, President & CEO of Finjan.

"It's a great win for Finjan's proactive web security technology. We are
pleased with the validation of our patents by the jury," said Yuval
Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan.

Finjan's technology is at the heart of Vital Security(TM) Web Appliances,
a leading Secure Web Gateway utilizing the most comprehensive and advanced
proactive web security solution, protecting corporate networks from web-borne
threats.

About Finjan

Finjan is a global provider of web security solutions for the enterprise
market. Our real-time, appliance-based web security solutions deliver the
most effective shield against web-borne threats, freeing enterprises to
harness the web for maximum commercial results. Finjan's real-time web
security solutions utilize patented behavior-based technology to repel all
types of threats arriving via the web, such as spyware, phishing, Trojans and
obfuscated malicious code, securing businesses against unknown and emerging
threats, as well as known malware. Finjan's security solutions have received
industry awards and recognition from leading analyst houses and publications,
including IDC, Butler Group, SC Magazine, CRN, ITPro, PCPro, ITWeek, Network
Computing, and Information Security. With Finjan's award-winning and widely
used solutions, businesses can focus on implementing web strategies to
realize their full organizational and commercial potential. For more
information about Finjan, please visit: http://www.finjan.com.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not
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technology and/or products and/or software described and/or referenced to in
this material are protected by registered and/or pending patents including
U.S. Patents No. 6092194, 6154844, 6167520, 6480962, 6209103, 6298446,
6353892, 6804780, 6922693, 6944822, 6993662, 6965968, 7058822, 7076469,
7155743, 7155744, 7185358 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign
patents, or pending applications. Finjan, Finjan logo, Vital Security,
Vulnerability Anti.dote and Window-of-Vulnerability are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Finjan Inc., and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries.
All other trademarks are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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    jan@activapr.com

    UK
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