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Supreme Court rejects SAP appeal of $391 million patent suit award |
January 21, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from SAP of a US$391 million judgment given to Versata Software in a patent lawsuit the latter filed, but SAP is vowing to fight onward.”Today’s action by the Court was unfortunate but not unexpected,” SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie said via email on Tuesday. “SAP will continue to move forward with this litigation. The patent claims at issue were declared invalid last year by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That issue remains on appeal. We continue to believe we will prevail in this matter.”That ruling, which occurred in June, set a legal landmark as the first one given under the America Invents Act. The legislation gives the U.S. Patent and Trade Office the ability to review the validity of patents covering “business methods,” such as the one at issue in the SAP-Versata case.The Supreme Court didn’t give a reason for turning down SAP’s appeal, including only a brief mention of it among dozens of others in an order handed down Tuesday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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