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Message: RIM To Pay $267.5M To End Visto Patent Litigation

July 16th, 2009

RIM, Visto settle patent suit

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:39 am

Categories: General, RIM, Research In Motion

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Visto Corp., Larry Dignan

Research and Motion and Visto said Thursday that they have settled all outstanding patent lawsuits for $267.5 million.

Under the agreement (statement), RIM gets a perpetual license on all Visto patents and intellectual property. Visto gets a one-time payment of $267.5 million.

The deal is expected to close July 20. RIM said it will be a charge against its fiscal second quarter earnings. Visto is the parent company of Good Technology.

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