Rimini Street, Oracle edge toward truce after years of legal warfare

Enterprise software support giant Rimini Street has entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Oracle, signaling the two companies may be nearing the end of their long-running legal dispute.

Rimini Street, which provides long-term support packages for Oracle and SAP products, confirmed the deal in regulatory filings earlier this week.

The dispute is more than a decade old. It started in 2010, when Oracle sued Rimini for copyright infringement, winning a trial verdict in 2015 and ultimately $90 million in damages, fees, and costs. It also won a permanent injunction against copyright infringement.

A later but related case started in 2014, when Rimini Street sought a declaratory judgment action, claiming that it had changed its software support practices and asking the court to declare that it hadn't infringed Oracle's copyrights since July 31, 2014. This would be a way of resolving legal uncertainty for investors and users. Oracle ...