SAP and Oracle have settled a long-standing copyright-infringement lawsuit, with the German company agreeing to pay about US$359 million in damages and interest to Oracle instead of the $1.3 billion awarded in 2010.

Oracle sued SAP in 2007 on allegations that its now-defunct subsidiary, TomorrowNow, had illegally downloaded Oracle’s software while providing software support services to Oracle customers.

SAP eventually accepted liability for the wrongdoing by TomorrowNow, which led to a trial on damages that resulted in the $1.3 billion award. That decision by a jury in 2010 was overruled by U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton who found that the jury had overreached, and gave Oracle the choice of accepting a smaller award of $272 million or seeking a new trial. An appeals court revised the damages figure to $356.7 million.

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