SAP today admitted its US
subsidiaryTomorrowNow downloaded Oracle fixes
and support documents inappropriately, but denied it ever had
access to Oracle’s material.
The US Justice Department has now asked SAP and TomorrowNow for
more documents.
Oracle filed suit against SAP and its third-party maintenance
house in March. SAP said TomorrowNow was entitled to use its
customers’ log-ins to download essential materials to do its
work.
In a statement SAP said, “SAP acknowledged that some
inappropriate downloads of fixes and support documents occurred at
TomorrowNow.”
Henning Kagermann, SAP’s CEO, said, “Even a single
inappropriate download is unacceptable from my perspective. When I
learned what happened, I promptly took action to strengthen
operational oversight at TomorrowNow.”
Oracle’s counsel, Geoff Howard, said, "SAP CEO
Henning Kagermann has now admitted to the repeated and illegal
downloading of Oracle's intellectual property. Oracle filed suit to
discover the magnitude of the illegal downloads and fully
understand how SAP used Oracle's intellectual property in its
business.
“To the extent requested, Oracle will cooperate with the
Department of Justice investigation of SAP announced by the company
in its press release."
Oracle filed suit against SAP on 22 March in the Northern
District Court of California. Among the claims it made were
violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and
California Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, unfair competition,
intentional and negligent interference with prospective economic
advantage and civil conspiracy.
SAP has appointed Mark White, former chief operating officer of
SAP America, as TomorrowNOw’s executive chairman.
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