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United states : McKool Smith Announces $138 Million Verdict for Versata Software.


Byline: Mamta03

The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $138 million jury verdict against global software provider SAP America (NYSE NYSE

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: SAP) and its German-based parent company SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. , in a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver.  lawsuit won by Austin, Texas-based Versata Software Inc., a pioneer in front-office enterprise software.

The verdict was issued on August 26, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division. Jurors found that SAP infringed two Versata software product patents related to pricing technology -- U.S. Patent Nos. 6,553,350 B2, issued in 2003, and 5,878,400, issued in 1999. The jury also rejected SAP's assertion that the patents were invalid.

The verdict followed a 7-day trial before the Hon Hon abbr (= honourable, honorary) → en títulos . Charles Everingham IV.

The team of attorneys from McKool Smith representing Versata included firm principals Sam Baxter, Ted Baxter, Ted

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 Stevenson, Rosemary Snider, Steve Pollinger, and Scott Cole.

McKool Smith associates Laurie Gallun, Joshua Budwin, Kevin Kneupper, John Shumaker, and Martin Robson also represented Versata, along with legal assistants Vicki Meredith and Joanna Walls.

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