Legal Opinion
Oracle Corp. v. Sap Ag
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2014No. 12-16944PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Oracle Corporation and SAP AG are competitors in the enterprise software market. In 2007, Oracle et al. (collectively, “Oracle”) brought suit against SAP et al. (collectively, “SAP”) alleging that To-morrowNow, an enterprise software company recently acquired by SAP, was engaging in systematic and pervasive illegal downloading of Oracle’s software. SAP eventually stipulated to liability, and the parties went to trial solely on damages.
The jury awarded Oracle $1.3 billion as the fair market value of a hypothetical license from Oracle encompassing SAP’s…
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