May 14, 2011-  A Texas jury ordered SAP to pay $345 million to Versata Software after a new trial on damages in the long-running case.  European enterprise software provider, Versata Software, originally filed suit against SAP in April 2007 alleging infringement of five patents.  Although four of the five patents-in-suit were eventually eliminated over the course of the litigation,  a Texas jury ruled in August 2009 that SAP infringed the fifth patent (related to retrieval of product pricing information organized according to purchasing organizations) and awarded $139 million to Versata.  The award was subsequently set aside by the judge after a determination was made that it was based on inadmissible testimony by an expert representing Versata.  A new trial on damages was ordered.  At the time, SAP heralded the new trial as a victory and the company sought to have damages reduced to just $2.03 million.  Instead, the award amount was increased dramatically after conclusion of the new trial- $260 million was awarded for lost profits and $85 million was awarded as a reasonable royalty.