SAP ordered to pay Oracle $ 1,300,000,000

Yes, you were not mistaken, just such a sum.
1.3 billion US dollars in favor of Oracle. This is in addition to the $ 120 million that SAP has agreed to pay voluntarily before the start of court hearings. By the way, Oracle was hoping to sue 2 billion. It did not work out.

I recall that the story began with the purchase by SAP of the American company TomorrowNow. Using the development of SAP, which has positioned itself as a provider of technical support services for Oracle products, TomorrowNow was able to provide support at prices lower than those of Oracle itself, with the result that a significant proportion of companies abandoned Oracle services in favor of TomorrowNow.

The court finally admitted that TomorrowNow, being a subsidiary of SAP, illegally downloaded and used Oracle documents and software products, thereby causing financial damage to it.
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In the end, yesterday was the largest fine in the world at the moment in the field of copyright and industrial espionage.

By the way, yesterday, after the announcement of the court decision, SAP shares fell 1.2 percent, while Oracle shares fell 3.07 percent.

via Associated Press