Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Visto Corporation Sues Smartner
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 08:00 PM
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=4135
"Visto Corporation had filed a complaint alleging patent infringements against Smartner Information Systems Ltd. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeks a permanent injunction that would prohibit Smartner from continuing to marketing its services in the United States. Visto will also seek monetary damages as compensation for Smartner's illegal actions. Both companies offer secure push e-mail for mobile devices like Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone and Symbian smartphones."
There aren't enough details to determine if they are blocking because Smartner is supposedly using actual technology Visto has rights to or if it is the concept of secure push email. If it is over the latter, well... :razz: I'll be honest. I must have been under a rock on this. I know who RIMM is and their arch rival Good Technology. I have never heard of Visto or Smartner. Maybe they should spend more on marketing and less on law suits.
"Visto Corporation had filed a complaint alleging patent infringements against Smartner Information Systems Ltd. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeks a permanent injunction that would prohibit Smartner from continuing to marketing its services in the United States. Visto will also seek monetary damages as compensation for Smartner's illegal actions. Both companies offer secure push e-mail for mobile devices like Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone and Symbian smartphones."
There aren't enough details to determine if they are blocking because Smartner is supposedly using actual technology Visto has rights to or if it is the concept of secure push email. If it is over the latter, well... :razz: I'll be honest. I must have been under a rock on this. I know who RIMM is and their arch rival Good Technology. I have never heard of Visto or Smartner. Maybe they should spend more on marketing and less on law suits.
