A judge in U.S. District Court in
San Francisco
ruled that Oracle and
SAP should try to
settle charges of intellectual property theft and copyright infringement
through mediation.
Oracle, however, says it wants no part of any mediation efforts and intends
to file new claims against
SAP and its
TomorrowNow subsidiary.
The judge's order for mediation, a process known as Alternative Dispute
Resolution, in which the parties in a lawsuit attempt to settle a case without
a trial, came after Oracle and
SAP met Feb.
12 in a pre-trial case management meeting at the courthouse.
Oracle initially filed suit last March claiming corporate intellectual
property theft on a grand scale. Several months later, Oracle amended its
charge to include allegations of code theft, copyright infringement and breach
of contract claims. Oracle is again on the verge of amending its complaint
against
SAP, according to company
spokesperson Debra Hellinger.
"As set forth in Oracle's current claims, it appears that
SAP
infringed Oracle's intellectual property on a daily basis over a course of many
years, in ways that Oracle is only beginning to discover," said Hellinger
in a statement.
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