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U.S. court fines SAP $139 mln in patent case

Published 08/27/2009, 04:25 AM
Updated 08/27/2009, 04:27 AM
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* Texas court orders compensation for rival Versata

* German software maker says may appeal

STUTTGART, Germany, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ordered German software maker SAP to pay competitor Versata about $139 million for patent violations, a spokesman for SAP said.

SAP would examine the verdict, delivered in Texas, and then decide on further steps, including a possible appeal.

In 2008, SAP ended by settlement a patent lawsuit with U.S. company i2 Technologies, agreeing to pay $83 million.

Next year, SAP will likely face Oracle in court.

Oracle alleges that TomorrowNow, a U.S. subsidiary of SAP, stole and misused Oracle's property by illegally downloading its customer-support materials to provide cut-price services for Oracle's customers.

SAP has acknowledged that TomorrowNow employees carried out some "inappropriate" downloads and has since wound down TomorrowNow's operations.

(Reporting by Hendrik Sackmann; editing by John Stonestreet)

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