Defendant
1 case as defendant.
SAP SE is a German multinational software corporation founded in 1972. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the company's legal name is SAP SE, with "SE" standing for Societas Europaea, indicating its European Union corporate registration. SAP is a public company, trading under the ticker SAP on the New York Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is one of the world's largest enterprise software vendors, with over 105,000 employees globally and reported revenue of approximately €36.8 billion for fiscal year 2025.
SAP is a leading provider of enterprise application software used to manage business operations and customer relations. The company is best known for its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, which integrates core business processes such as finance, HR, supply chain, and procurement. Major product lines include its flagship SAP S/4HANA suite, SAP SuccessFactors for human capital management, and SAP Ariba for spend management. SAP offers solutions for a wide range of industries and serves both large corporations and small to midsize enterprises through cloud-based subscriptions and on-premise software licenses.
As an operating company, SAP's patent litigation history primarily involves defending against infringement claims. The provided data shows SAP as a defendant in one tracked case and as a plaintiff in none, a posture typical for a large technology company facing assertions from other entities. The single case listed, initiated by EXPRESS MOBILE, INC. in 2018, was filed in the Delaware District Court, a common venue for corporate litigation but not specifically known as a plaintiff-friendly venue for patent cases in the same way as districts like the Eastern District of Texas.
The tracked litigation reflects a small fraction of the legal landscape for a company of SAP's scale. The case EXPRESS MOBILE, INC. v. SAP SE is an example of the patent infringement suits large software companies often defend against. The plaintiff, Express Mobile, Inc., has been characterized as a patent assertion entity. This defensive litigation posture aligns with SAP's status as a major developer and provider of its own technology and software products.
Express Mobile, Inc. filed a patent infringement suit against SAP SE in the Delaware District Court. The case was ultimately dismissed.