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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):  January 23, 2017
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FINJAN HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 ____________________
 
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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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On January 23, 2017, Finjan Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Finjan, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (“Finjan”), has filed a complaint on January 19, 2017 against its licensee, Avast Software, and its newly acquired company AVG Technologies, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Case No. 3:17-cv-00283). Finjan is suing Avast for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and both Avast and AVG for willful infringement of Finjan’s patents, including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,154,844; 7,930,299; 7,975,305; 8,079,086; 8,141,154; and 8,677,494.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

  
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated January 23, 2017, entitled “Finjan Files Complaint Against Avast – Avast’s Acquisition of AVG Has Resulted in Claims for Breach of Contract and Infringement on Finjan’s 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:  January 23, 2017
By:
/s/ Philip Hartstein
 
 
Philip Hartstein
 
 
President & Chief Executive Officer