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`SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM (Bar No. 174931)
`sean.cunningham@dlapiper.com
`KATHRYN RILEY GRASSO (Bar No. 211187)
`kathryn.riley@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 B Street, Suite 1700
`San Diego, CA 92101-4297
`Telephone: (619) 699-2700
`Facsimile: (619) 699-2701
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`Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim
`Plaintiff SOPHOS, INC and Counterclaim
`Plaintiff SOPHOS LTD.
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`PAUL J. ANDRE (State Bar No. 196585)
`pandre@kramerlevin.com
`LISA KOBIALKA (State Bar No. 191404)
`lkobialka@kramerlevin.com
`JAMES HANNAH (State Bar No. 237978)
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL
`LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 752-1700
`Facsimile: (650) 752-1800
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`FINJAN, INC.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`Case No.: 14-CV-01197-WHO
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND
`PRE-HEARING STATEMENT
`PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE
`4-3
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`FINJAN, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`SOPHOS INC., a Massachusetts Corporation,
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Case Management Order and Patent L.R. 4-3 Plaintiff Finjan, Inc.
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`(“Finjan”) and Defendant Sophos, Inc. (“Sophos”) hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction and
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`Pre-Hearing Statement.
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`I.
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(a): CLAIM TERMS ON WHICH THE PARTIES AGREE.
`During the meet and confer process, the parties have agreed to the following constructions:
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`Claim Term
`Downloadable
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`CODE-A
`CODE-B
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`Agreed Construction
`an executable application program,
`which is downloaded from a source
`computer and run on the destination
`computer
`potentially malicious executable code
`executable wrapper code
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`II.
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(b): PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DISPUTED TERM.
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`The parties’ proposed claim constructions are provided below. All supporting evidence for the
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`parties’ claim constructions is provided in Exhibit A. The parties reserve their rights to cite additional
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`supporting evidence based on arguments raised in the claim construction briefs.
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`43
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`43
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`means for
`receiving a
`Downloadable
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`means for
`generating a first
`Downloadable
`security profile
`that identifies
`suspicious code in
`the received
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,154,844
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`Governed by 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112(6):
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`Function: receiving a
`Downloadable
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`Structure:
`Downloadable file
`interceptor
`Governed by 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112(6):
`Function: generating a
`first Downloadable
`security profile that
`identifies suspicious code
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`Indefinite
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`Indefinite
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`Indefinite
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`combined code created at the
`gateway computer
`an environment in which a
`software application is run, which
`may limit resources that the
`application is permitted to access
`or operations that the application is
`permitted to perform
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`no construction necessary
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`Downloadable
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`means for linking
`the first
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`security profile to
`the Downloadable
`before a web
`server makes the
`Downloadable
`available to web
`clients
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`CODE-C
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`12, 22
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,154,844
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`in the received
`Downloadable
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`Structure: content
`inspection engine
`Governed by 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112(6):
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`Function: linking the first
`Downloadable security
`profile to the
`Downloadable before a
`web server makes the
`Downloadable available to
`web clients
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`Structure: content
`inspection engine
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,613,918
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`combined code
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`security context
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`12, 22
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`No construction necessary
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`database
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`22
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,613,926
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`a collection of interrelated
`data organized according
`to a database schema to
`serve one or more
`applications
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`certificate creator
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`1
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,566,580
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction necessary
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`protocol appender
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`1
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`No construction necessary
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`database
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`1, 10
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,677,494
`Finjan’s Proposed
`Construction
`a collection of interrelated
`data organized according
`to a database schema to
`serve one or more
`applications
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`security gateway component that
`creates a signed certificate for
`attributes of a server certificate
`an apparatus that appends
`certificate attributes within a
`protocol request
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`Sophos’s Proposed Construction
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`No construction necessary
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(c): IDENTIFICATION OF MOST SIGNIFICANT TERMS.
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`III.
`FINJAN’S STATEMENT:
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`Finjan does not consider any of the disputed terms significant or case or claim dispositive.
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`SOPHOS’S STATEMENT:
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`Sophos believes the terms the following terms are significant because their indefiniteness
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`invalidates their respective claims:
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` “means for receiving a Downloadable” - ’844 patent (claim 43)
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` “means for generating a first Downloadable security profile that identifies suspicious code in
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`the received Downloadable” - ’844 patent (claim 43)
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` “means for linking the first Downloadable security profile to the Downloadable before a web
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`server makes the Downloadable available to web clients” - ’844 patent (claim 43).
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`IDENTIFICATION OF 8 CLAIM TERMS FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING:
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`The parties select the following 8 terms for briefing:
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`No.
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`Patent(s)
`‘844: 43
`‘844: 43
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`‘844: 43
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`’918: 12, 22
`’918: 12, 22
`‘926: 22
`‘494: 1, 10
`’580: 1
`’580: 1
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`Term
`means for receiving a Downloadable
`means for generating a first Downloadable security
`profile that identifies suspicious code in the received
`Downloadable
`means for linking the first Downloadable security profile
`to the Downloadable before a web server makes the
`Downloadable available to web clients
`security context
`CODE-C
`database
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`certificate creator
`protocol appender
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`IV.
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(d): TIME FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING.
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`The parties anticipate that they will not require more than 4 hours for the entire claim
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`construction hearing.
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`V.
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(e): WITNESSES AT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING.
`Finjan’s Statement:
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`Finjan intends to offer a declaration and may present live witness testimony from Dr. Nenad
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`Medvidovic, University of Southern California, 941 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles, CA 90089, to support
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`Finjan’s claim construction positions. Furthermore, Dr. Nenad Medvidovic will offer an opinion
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`regarding the definiteness of the claims. Finjan may also present live testimony from Dr. Nenad
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`Medvidovic in conjunction with a tutorial of the technology.
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`Sophos’s Statement:
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`Sophos may offer a declaration and present live testimony from Paul Clark, SecureMethods
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`Inc., 4705 Broad Brook Dive, Bethesda, MD 20814, to support Sophos’s claim constructions. Mr.
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`Clark will additionally testify regarding the indefiniteness of Finjan’s patents.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ James Hannah
`Paul J. Andre
`Lisa Kobialka
`James Hannah
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS
`& FRANKEL LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 752-1700
`Facsimile: (650) 752-1800
`pandre@kramerlevin.com
`lkobialka@kramerlevin.com
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`FINJAN, INC.
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`Dated: October 14, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Sean C. Cunningham
`SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM
`sean.cunningham@dlapiper.com
`KATHRYN RILEY GRASSO
`kathryn.riley@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 B Street, Suite 1700
`San Diego, CA 92101-4297
`Telephone: (619) 699-2700
`Facsimile: (619) 699-2701
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`RYAN W. COBB (Bar No. 277608)
`ryan.cobb@dlapiper.com
`SUMMER KRAUSE (Bar No. 264858)
`summer.krause@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215
`Tel: (650) 833-2000
`Fax: (650) 833-2001
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`Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim
`Plaintiff SOPHOS, INC and Counterclaim
`Plaintiff SOPHOS LTD.
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`Dated: October 14, 2014
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`In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this
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