The copyright court case between Oracle and SAP which has already been running for 5 years is turning into a never ending story as Oracle renews its bid for higher damages. In August, the two parties came to an agreement over copyright infringements by SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow, with lawyers for both parties saying they came to a $306m agreement to save on trial expenses and to speed up resolution (see here). Although it could have marked the end of the tale, the agreement did open the way for Oracle to appeal the damages claim and ask for the reinstatement of the $1.3m in damages that was initially awarded by the jury in the original trial and was subsequently slashed by the judge. Apparently, that it what Oracle is doing. The money is almost incidental (Oracle had revenue of over $10bn in its last quarter - see here) so we suspect the desire to extend SAP’s embarrassment and distract it from business is a high level motivator, especially as SAP is challenging Oracle on its database home ground these days with its HANA offering.