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Visto Wins Mobile Email Verdict Against Seven Networks

The long running property lawsuit between Visto and Seven Networks has ended with Visto winning the verdict. The jury found that Seven’s mobile email service infringes on the system that Visto created over the past decade. They further found this infringement to be willful on all claims brought to trial.

Immediately following their victory over Seven Networks, Visto attorneys filed a similar suit against BlackBerry provider Research in Motion (RIM). Visto is seeking an injunction and monetary damages against RIM.

Brian Bogosian, Visto’s Chairman, President and CEO said, "There was no ambiguity in the jury’s decision. Likewise we believe that RIM’s infringement of Visto’s technology will be halted. Our case against RIM is based on similar technology, law and patents as the case we have just won in federal court against Seven Networks."

"Based on Visto’s sweeping victory in court against Seven Networks on Friday, RIM must understand that there is no place in the mobile email space for this sort of behavior," continued Bogosian. "Under the law, which protects consumers from products that contain infringing technology, RIM should not be able to sell the BlackBerry system."

The jury in the federal court for the Eastern District of Texas validated the claims asserted by Visto, finding that Seven Networks not only infringed on Visto’s intellectual property, but that they did so willfully. The court upheld each of the five claims and three separate patents Visto brought to trial. The jury awarded Visto damages at a royalty rate equivalent to 19.75% of Seven’s infringing products’ revenue, or about USD 3.6 million.

Three of the patents in Visto’s win over Seven are identical to those in Visto’s suit against RIM.


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