- Visto
Infobox_Company
company_name = Visto Corporation
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Your Freedom in Hand
foundation =1996
location =Redwood Shores, California
key_people =Brian A. Bogosian , CEO &Chairman Jean Tripier , EVP & COOAntoine Blondeau , SVP &General Manager Haniff Somani , CTO
num_employees = N/A
revenue = N/A
industry =Software
products =PIM and web-based corporate connectivity software
homepage = [http://www.visto.com/ www.visto.com]Visto is a private US company located in Redwood Shores, CA. Visto sells
Push e-mail products for mobile phones.Patent litigation
In December 2005 Visto filed a lawsuit against
Microsoft for "misuse of proprietary technology". [cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-15-2005/0004234488&EDATE=
title=Visto Files Legal Action Against Microsoft for Misuse of Visto's Proprietary Technology
accessdate=2008-03-03 |date=2005-12-15 |publisher=PRNewswire] Also in December 2005, Visto signed a licensing agreement withNTP, Inc. , further increasing its patent pool, in exchange for NTP receiving an equity stake in Visto. In February 2006, Visto sued competitorGood Technology for alleged violations of four patents related to Good's wireless email technology. Again onMay 1 ,2006 , Visto sued competitor,Research In Motion for alleged patent infringement.On
3 March 2008 , Visto and Microsoft announced they had reached a settlement and licensing agreement involving cash and non-cash consideration. Both companies will dismiss all pending legal claims. [cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080303/tc_nm/visto_microsoft_dc_1
title= Visto says ends patent dispute with Microsoft |publisher=Yahoo! News/Reuters
accessdate=2008-03-03 |date=2008-03-03]Visto has also sued
Research in Motion for five cases of patent infringment, a case which is still ongoing. [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121509528107326463.html?mod=2_1571_leftbox Free Preview - WSJ.com ] ]ee also
*
Good Technology
*Palm
* SEVEN
*Consilient References
External links
* [http://www.visto.com/ Official website]
* [http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com Who has time for this - David Cowan (Visto Founder)'s Blog]
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