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4 cases as plaintiff.
SAP America, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of SAP SE, a German multinational software corporation that is a global leader in enterprise application software. SAP SE was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP America was incorporated in 1988 and its headquarters is in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. As a subsidiary of SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), it is part of a company that generated approximately €36.8 billion in revenue in 2025 and employed over 110,000 people globally as of March 2026.
SAP provides a comprehensive suite of software solutions to manage business operations and customer relations. Its core products center on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), which integrates key business functions such as finance, human resources, supply chain management, and procurement. Major product lines include its flagship ERP suite, SAP S/4HANA, the SAP Business Technology Platform for application development and integration, and various cloud-based solutions for customer relationship management (CRM), expense management (Concur), and human capital management (SuccessFactors). SAP's software is used by a wide range of organizations, from small and midsize enterprises to a majority of the world's largest companies.
As an operating company, SAP America's patent litigation posture is that of a defendant. The provided data shows the company with one recent case as a defendant and no cases as a plaintiff, a typical profile for a large technology company defending against patent assertions. This defensive posture is common for major software providers who become targets for non-practicing entities (NPEs). The single tracked suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue frequently favored by patent plaintiffs.
The one tracked case is Datacloud Technologies LLC v. SAP America, Inc., filed in April 2026. The plaintiff, Datacloud Technologies LLC, has been identified as a patent assertion entity (PAE) in litigation databases and news reports. Datacloud has filed numerous similar lawsuits against other major technology and retail companies, asserting patents related to cloud computing, data distribution, and networked systems.
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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.
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.
Declaratory judgment action brought by SAP America, Inc. against Pedersen in the Northern District of Texas concerning US Patent 6,965,920. The action was active.
PTAB inter partes review of U.S. Pat. No. 6,597,812 filed by SAP America, Sybase, HP entities, and Teradata Operations. Final Written Decision on September 28, 2017 held all challenged claims unpatentable; affirmed by Federal Circuit in Realtime Data, LLC v. Iancu, No. 18-1154.