SAP Sues Former Partner Celonis Over Data-Software Patents (1)

SAP SE sued fellow German firm Celonis SE, accusing its process-mining software of infringing four patents covering data-processing technology used in SAP’s enterprise-management platform.

The Object Link and PQL Engine features of Celonis’ Execution Management System—or EMS—infringe US Patent Nos. 9,697,254, 8,996,492, 11,120,034, and 11,514,007, according to a complaint docketed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. Bloomberg Law estimates the four patents will expire in June 2033, May 2033, July 2039, and June 2041, respectively.

Celonis gained technical insight into its systems during a partnership beginning in 2016 and ended the ...