In 2007, Oracle filed a civil lawsuit against SAP. SAP meanwhile, said U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested to SAP and its TomorrowNow subsidiary to provide relevant documents. At that time, SAP said it would cooperate fully with authorities. In a hearing held in August 2010, SAP said, has an ongoing investigation by the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted on a number of events and complete scenes related to this issue.

Oracle initially filed 10 complaints against SAP, including copyright infringement, breach fraud statutes and federal computer abuse, breach of contract and unfair competition. Oracle has agreed only to pursue copyright claims in court after SAP accept some liability. Rarely representative of the DOJ or the FBI to listen in the civil service. FBI agents monitoring the trial said, "We are concerned about this lawsuit." He declined to comment further or provide his name.

Spokesman for the FBI office in San Francisco would not confirm or deny that they are monitoring the case. SAP and Oracle have both declined comment. SAP admitted that TomorrowNow subsidiary of their (now closed) has stolen documents from a website that supports Oracle, and the trial is to determine the amount of compensation to be paid to SAP.