SAP has admitted that TomorrowNow staff made "inappropriate downloads" from Oracle's Web site but has denied the widespread pattern of wrongdoing that Oracle alleges. SAP announced in July that it would close the TomorrowNow unit after failing to find a buyer.

The companies are scheduled to hold a discovery conference on Friday, followed by a conference call with the district court on Oct. 20. The trial data is currently set for February 2010.

SAP and Oracle have both posted documents from the case at their .