After prevailing in its suit against Seven Networks, attorneys for email software solutions provider Visto have filed a suit against BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion.

"Friday's sweeping decision against Seven Networks validates our claims that Visto's intellectual property serves as the basis for this industry's birth," said Brian Bogosian, Visto's Chairman, President and CEO. "There was no ambiguity in the jury's decision.  Likewise we believe that RIM's infringement of Visto's technology will be halted.    Our case against RIM is based on similar technology, law and patents as the case we have just won in federal court against Seven Networks."

Visto says that three of the patents in its win over Seven are identical to those in Visto's suit against RIM.  The four patents Visto charges RIM of infringing are:

U.S. Patent No. 6,085,192 titled, "System And Method For Securely Synchronizing Multiple Copies Of A Workspace Element In A Network";
U.S. Patent No. 6,023,708, titled "System And Method For Using A Global Translator To Synchronize Workspace Elements Across A Network";
U.S. Patent No. 6,708,221 titled, "System And Method For Globally And Securely Accessing Unified Information In A Computer Network";
U.S. Patent No. 6,151,606 titled, "System And Method For Using A Workspace Data Manager To Access, Manipulate And Synchronize Network Data";

"Further strengthening Visto's case against RIM is the fact that patent 6,085,192 has recently completed a re-examination at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)," Visto said in a statement released this morning. "The patent was upheld as valid over the substantial literature examined by the USPTO."