SAP Told to Pay $345 Million for Infringing Versata Patent
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SAP AG, the world’s largest maker of business-applications software, was told by a jury to pay $345 million for infringing a Versata Software Inc. patent.
The federal jury in Marshall, Texas, said today that closely held Versata was owed compensation for sales of certain SAP enterprise and customer relationship-management software sold prior to May 2010. The jury awarded $260 million for lost profits and $85 million as a reasonable royalty.