Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison testified during the case German software firm SAP has been ordered by a Californian court to pay US rival Oracle $1.3bn (£820m) after losing a data theft case.
The case revolved around customer-support documents and software stolen by SAP’s subsidiary TomorrowNow.
Oracle alleged that the German company intended to use the data to poach the 358 customers involved, and demanded $1.65bn compensation.
SAP had claimed it owed only $40m, but the jury decided in Oracle’s favour.
The three-day trial included testimony from Oracle’s chief executive, Larry Ellison, as well as SAP co-chief executive Bill McDermott.
The jury reached its decision after only a day of deliberation.
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