Visto Patent Ruled Valid by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 2, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Visto(R) Corporation today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has validated one of its patents that had been submitted for re-exam. Twenty-one of the claims for U.S. Patent No. 7,039,679 (the '679 patent) were confirmed and ruled patentable.

"We are pleased that the USPTO has once again validated our '679 patent, a key patent in our upcoming trial against Research In Motion (RIM), scheduled to begin on July 7 in U.S. Federal Court based in Marshall, Texas," said Daniel Mendez, Visto's co-founder and executive vice president. "We are confident in the strength of our patents, especially in light of this ruling. We also appreciate the hard work of the patent office and its willingness to review more than 3,000 documents such as prior art documents and litigation materials submitted by RIM and Visto as part of the re-exam process for the Visto patents."

About Visto

Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile operators to provide easy-to-use mobile email to the broadest set of devices. Visto's open solution enables email for the mass market, targeting enterprises, small businesses mobile professionals and consumers. The company's patented Visto Mobile(TM) platform with ConstantSync(TM) technology works in real time with POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino email solutions for personal to business use, providing maximum control and flexibility for the operator and choice for the customer. Visto's customized, brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including AT&T, Elisa, Rogers Wireless, Qtel, SmarTone, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Sprint, TELUS, T-Mobile, Turkcell and the Vodafone Group.

Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Seattle, Toronto, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Munich, and Tianjin, China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Altitude Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, Rustic Canyon Ventures, GKM Newport, Stanford Accelerator and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.visto.com or email info@visto.com.

(C)Copyright 2008.

Visto Corporation, Visto, the Visto logo, Visto Mobile, ConstantSync, Constant Synchronization and worklife.freedom are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Visto Corporation. All third-party trademarks, trade names, or service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to refer to the goods or services identified by those third-party marks. Visto's technology is protected by U.S. Patents 7,228,383; 7,225,231; 7,039,679; 6,085,192; 5,968,131; 6,023,708; 5,961,590; 6,131,116; 6,151,606; 6,233,341; 6,131,096, 6,708,221 and 6,766,454 and various other foreign patents. Other patents pending.

SOURCE Visto Corporation

http://www.visto.com

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