Oracle Seeks $2.3 Billion in SAP Download Trial
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Oracle Corp., in a trial that began today against SAP AG, wants at least $2.3 billion in damages for what its German rival acknowledges were a now-defunct unit’s “inappropriate” downloads of Oracle materials.
The trial in federal court in Oakland, California, may feature testimony by former SAP Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Apotheker, who Oracle says oversaw the TomorrowNow unit’s conduct, began his new job today as CEO of another Oracle rival, Hewlett-Packard Co.