US Supreme Court Allows Teradata Antitrust Suit Against SAP to Proceed

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review SAP's appeal against a lawsuit filed by Teradata, which accuses SAP of violating U.S. antitrust laws through an illegal tying scheme. Teradata alleges SAP tied the sale of its business-planning software with its key database product, potentially harming competition as Teradata offers a competing analytics database. The lower courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, allowed Teradata's claims to proceed, finding there is a material dispute suitable for a jury. SAP argues its products are integrated and that this integration benefits consumers and competition, with support from Meta and Microsoft in a friend-of-the-court brief. The trial is scheduled for April 2026, with SAP denying any wrongdoing and also counterclaiming patent infringement against Teradata. This legal battle highlights tensions in the enterprise software market concerning competition and product bundling practices.