Rechtsstreit: Dauerkonflikt der Softwarehersteller – SAP verliert Patentstreit gegen Celonis
Der Streit ist erbittert: Celonis und SAP streiten vor mehreren Gerichten. Das Start-up hat nun in einem Verfahren gewonnen – und könnte dem Dax-Konzern das Geschäft erschweren.
Düsseldorf – A long-standing legal dispute between software giants SAP and Celonis has reached a significant milestone. The DAX-listed corporation SAP has been found to infringe on Celonis's patent, preventing it from using the technology in Germany. The Düsseldorf Land Court has ruled that SAP must pay damages, though the judgment is not yet final, as SAP plans to appeal.
The court's decision is based on a written rationale available to the Handelsblatt (case reference: 7 O 12849/25). SAP has since sought legal recourse, contesting the patent's validity before the Federal Patent Court (case reference: 6 Ni 17/26 (EP)). The two companies have been embroiled in multiple legal battles, with SAP emphasizing its priority to "protect customers from any adverse impact."
Celonis, on the other hand, maintains that it is upholding its intellectual property rights and advocating for fair competition. At the heart of the patent dispute is a method for precisely measuring process durations in business operations. This technology, when implemented in customer service, records every step of a disruption report, from the initial call to the internal order and the delivery of a replacement device.
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