8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  February 29, 2016
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FINJAN HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
000-33304
20-4075963
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
2000 University Avenue, Suite 600, East Palo Alto, CA
94303
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 650-282-3228
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On February 29, 2016, Finjan Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected Symantec Corporation’s petitions for Inter Partes Review (IPR) of asserted Finjan patents. The rejected petitions were directed against Finjan’s U.S. Patent Nos. 7,613,926 (“the ‘926 Patent”) and 8,677,494 (“the ‘494 Patent”). The PTAB also denied all three of Symantec’s Request for Rehearing on the PTAB’s earlier denials of Symantec’s petitions for IPRs, directed to Finjan’s US Patent Nos. 7,756,996 (IPR2015-01545/-01546) and 8,141,154 (IPR2015-01547).

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
 
 Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated February 29, 2016, entitled “Finjan’s Core Patents Further Strengthened by US Patent & Trademark Office – USPTO Rejects Symantec’s Petitions for Inter Partes Review of Finjan Patents.”
 
 




 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
FINJAN HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
Date:   February 29, 2016
By:
/s/ Philip Hartstein
 
 
Philip Hartstein
 
 
President & Chief Executive Officer