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Oracle expands theft allegations against SAP

By Brandon Bailey Oracle fired a new volley across the bow of rival software-maker SAP today, alleging in court papers that members of SAP's executive board ignored warnings and knowingly allowed an SAP subsidiary to steal Oracle's trade secrets. The new charges are part of a 2007 lawsuit in which Oracle, the Redwood City-based business software giant, claims that SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow was illegally downloading Oracle's proprietary software and using it to support TomorrowNow customers. But the allegations are part of a much wider feud between Oracle and its chief rival, Germany's SAP. Oracle says SAP bought TomorrowNow in 2005 because Oracle was buying software-maker PeopleSoft. TomorrowNow offered discounted prices on maintenance and support for clients who used PeopleSoft products, and Oracle alleges that SAP wanted to use TomorrowNow to lure those clients away from Oracle.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on July 30, 2008 (boomark / email).