With the lawsuit Oracle filed against SAP last year, the court ruled in favor of Oracle granting them a $1.3 billion to be paid to them by SAP for their illegal downloads of Oracle’s software.  In retaliation, SAP is requesting the court for a re-trial to reduce the amount to somewhere between $28 million to $408.7 million.

SAP acknowledged wrongdoing at trial but argued it should pay no more than $40 million. In its request to slash the verdict, SAP asked Hamilton to use a different damages methodology that would put the award between $28 million and $408.7 million.

SAP’s request is based on the fact that the ruling, as they say, was based on ‘hypothetical license’ which they say Oracle is not entitled to.

SAP wants the court to rule “as a matter of law” that Oracle was not entitled to a hypothetical license because it never would have agreed to such a license with SAP in the first place, and because, in any case, the amount was based on speculation.

But Oracle argues that the ruling was just and it is not based on any speculations.  And if another trial is to be set, they will file for additional damages that SAP has said to have inflicted on the company.

Aside from the never-ending SAP drama, Oracle is a staple in courtrooms as lawsuits continue to pile up.  Oracle sued Google for its Android platform, stating that it was a rip-off of their Java programming.  But Oracle isn’t always the one filing lawsuits, as HP recently filed as lawsuit against them to ask the court’s assistance with Oracle’s decision to stop supporting Intel’s Itanium.

As for SAP, fingers are crossed that the trial will rule to their favor.  They are not denying the charges.  They just want to lessen the amount they have to pay.  With all these lawsuits filling up the courtrooms, you have to wonder what Oracle does in its free time.