p. smith

SAP Signals Weakness

4/30/2008 came and gone.

Today is the date i2 and SAP went to court, i2 is suing SAP for infringing 7 of its SCM patends involving about 300 cases/deals.

Can you believe that the Markman hearing is over?

Although we don't know how it went now but we know i2 was well prepared and dead serious about winning this case for several reasons.

1. SAP used the partnership to steal the patented technologies from i2.

2. SAP hired i2 employees who were familiar with the technologies to develop products with similiar capability to compete with i2.

3. SAP bad-mouthed i2 to scare potential customers from buying i2 products products by spreading rumors that i2 will be going out of business.

If wins the case, i2 intends to seek the maximum damage to SAP including court injunction to prohibit SAP from selling its products and servicing its customers together with maximum monetary damage.

i2 does not intend to license its technologies to SAP.

SAP had better be praying hard that i2 does not win the case, otherwise the loss will be devastating.