HP’s Apotheker, Like Carmen Sandiego, Focus at Trial
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The hottest new game at the Oracle Corp.-SAP AG infringement trial has become “Where in the World is Leo Apotheker?”
Oracle lawyers want to put the former SAP chief executive officer on the stand in federal court in Oakland, California, to testify about the conduct of a now-defunct SAP unit that illegally downloaded Oracle’s copyrighted software. Apotheker, a 22-year SAP veteran, was on the software maker’s executive board when it bought TomorrowNow in 2005, and he oversaw the unit’s sales, according to court documents and trial testimony.