Good Technology faces patent suit over push e-mail

Visto Corp. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Good Technology Inc., saying its push e-mail services contain patented Visto technology. Visto will seek a permanent injunction against Good Technology's push e-mail service, which is used in several mobile devices, Visto said.

Visto announced Monday it had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. Visto, in a press release, said its lawsuit alleges that Good Technology products, including its push e-mail service GoodLink, violate patents Visto has held for nine years.

Good Technology has allegedly violated four Visto patents, including a patent for synchronizing e-mail between a client site and a central site and a patent for using a workspace data manager to access and synchronize network data, according to Visto.

The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against GoodLink and what it claims to be Good