Earlier this month, Good announced its new “always up-to-date, cradleless system for wirelessly connecting mobile workers with valuable enterprise e-mail and data,” called GoodLink. The GoodLink application will run on a Blackberry PDA, although Good plans to launch its own hardware later this year.
A spokesman for Blackberry's Ontario-based owner recently told CNN that RIM does not consider GoodLink to be a threat. However, apparently pre-empting a patent infringement suit from RIM, Good went to court seeking a declaratory judgment to support its venture.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the lawsuit cites a meeting between Good and RIM executives in which a RIM vice president gave a verbal warning that Good was infringing RIM’s patent. The patent covers redirecting information between a host system, such as an office PC or server, and a mobile device such as a PDA while maintaining a single, existing e-mail address and mailbox.
Last May, RIM sued another rival, Glenayre, alleging infringement of its patent. Glenayre settled the case.