Visto and SEVEN Announce Litigation Settlement
SEVEN Purchases License to Visto Patent Portfolio
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Visto Corporation and SEVEN Networks today announced that the two companies have entered into a settlement, which ends a three-year patent dispute between the parties.
As part of the agreement, SEVEN has acknowledged the validity and enforceability of Visto’s patent portfolio and has agreed to licensing terms including monetary and non-monetary considerations. Both companies will dismiss all pending legal claims in all jurisdictions.
"We are delighted by today’s announcement. Visto’s patent portfolio, which had been previously validated by the USPTO and the Federal courts, is now further strengthened through this agreement with SEVEN,†said Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO of Visto Corporation. “This resolution underscores the importance of Visto’s contributions to the mobile communications industry and our commitment to protecting the intellectual property that we developed over a decade ago.â€ÂÂ
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement that resolves the dispute,†said Ross Bott, president and CEO of SEVEN. “As we continue our efforts to innovate and add value for our customers, this agreement provides the licenses that are needed to protect their investments in the booming push email market.â€ÂÂ
About SEVEN
SEVEN is a global innovator in mobile messaging, enabling mobile operators, internet email providers and service providers to offer their users intuitive and secure real-time access to business and personal content. SEVEN's software meets the unique needs and requirements of enterprises, small-to-medium organizations, workgroups, individual professionals, and consumers.
SEVEN’s mobile email solution currently ships on devices by HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, including the Samsung BlackJack and the Motorola RAZR. SEVEN is available today for all major international network standards, and chosen by a million users and over 100 leading mobile operators worldwide including Alltel, AT&T formerly Cingular Wireless, DTAC, Etisalat, FET, Globe Telecom, Hutchison, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Sprint Nextel, Starhub, Telefonica Moviles, Telkom Indonesia, and Vimpelcom. SEVEN’s mobile email solutions support corporate email servers as well as personal email accounts and services with AIM, AOL, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo!.
Contacts
Bock Communications, Inc.
Joannah Barela or Rachel Stein, 714-540-1030
seven@bockpr.com
or
SEVEN
Ari Backholm, Vice President, Marketing, 650-381-2510
ari@seven.com