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Valtrus Innovations Ltd. sued SAP America, Inc. and SAP SE in E.D. Tex. asserting seven patents including U.S. 7,936,738. SAP's intra-district transfer motion was denied, its Federal Circuit mandamus petition was denied, and the parallel IPR on the '738 patent settled; a SAP settlement was reported in Dec. 2025, though the narrative could not confirm the final disposition of this docket.

Google LLC filed a declaratory judgment action against Valtrus Innovations Ltd. and Key Patent Innovations Ltd. in N.D. Cal., seeking declarations of non-infringement for U.S. 7,936,738, 8,379,538, 7,640,332, and 7,904,686. Accused products include Google Kubernetes Engine, Managed Service for Hadoop, and Managed Service for Kafka, with Kafka mapped against the '738 patent.

SAP America, Inc. (and SAP SE) filed an inter partes review challenging claims 1-10 and 33 of U.S. 7,936,738 on obviousness over Forissier. The Board terminated the proceeding as settled on July 1, 2025.

SAP America, Inc. and SAP SE petitioned the Federal Circuit for a writ of mandamus to compel transfer of E.D. Tex. 2:24-cv-00021 from the Marshall Division to the Sherman Division and random reassignment; the petition was denied April 10, 2025. The underlying district court case asserted U.S. 7,936,738 among other patents.