SAP's Signavio hit with function injunction in Germany
Vendor says patent ruling only restricts one specific process, not the whole product, after legal challenge from Celonis
A German court has issued an injunction prohibiting SAP from providing certain functions of its Signavio product, following a legal dispute with process mining company Celonis. The ruling impacts only German implementations, and is part of a larger conflict over intellectual property between the two companies. The Munich Regional Court ruled against SAP for infringing a Celonis patent related to software that identifies lead times between process stages within a process instance.
SAP's spokesperson clarified that the court's decision concerns a single function within Signavio Process Intelligence, rather than the entire product, and stated that the software remains accessible to customers. SAP affirmed its disagreement with the ruling and has appealed the decision. Additionally, SAP is challenging the validity of the asserted patent in the Federal Patent Court.
This case is part of a series of disputes between SAP and Celonis, including patent actions in Germany and the United States.
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