RIM Comments on Visto Claims
May 2nd, 2006
Research In Motion has released a statement on their opinions of Visto’s allegations that RIM had infringed on four patents held by Visto. Visto has already filed patent complaints against several companies in the industry, including Microsoft, Good Technology, Smartner and Sproqit. Visto filed its complaint against RIM immediately following a jury verdict in its litigation against Seven Networks.
RIM has been monitoring Visto’s litigation against other companies in the industry and, based on prior art and actual products in market, RIM believes Visto’s patents are invalid. Further, Visto’s patent claims as directed against Seven Networks refer to a different type of system than RIM’s technology. RIM believes it does not infringe Visto’s patents and will file its legal response in due course. In addition to challenging validity and infringement, RIM will now also consider asserting its own patents against Visto.
RIM also stated that they are fully prepared to deal with the matter and will continue to disclose information as it becomes available. RIM does not expect any interruption of service by Visto’s complaint.
