Celonis has opposed SAP’s move to dismiss its amended antitrust complaint as the legal dispute between the two companies continues.
Celonis filed a response to SAP’s latest attempt to dismiss several of its claims. Celonis’ response states that SAP’s motion to dismiss relies on “selective rewriting” of the amended complaint and ignores the significant new evidence of SAP’s “unlawful conduct” presented in the filing.
Celonis filed an updated complaint against SAP last month after a US court partially dismissed its original claims in June. Celonis is suing SAP for alleged antitrust violations, claiming SAP uses its dominant position in the ERP market to hinder competition by restricting access to its data and pushing its own process mining software, Signavio.
The lawsuit aims to ensure businesses can choose their technology partners freely without unfair restrictions on their own data access. The updated complaint builds on Celonis’ previous arguments with additional evidence.
Celonis responds to SAP’s move to dismiss amended antitrust complaint
The new Celonis response emphasizes:
- The significant evidence of SAP’s unlawful action presented in its amended complaint.
- The negative consequences of SAP’s actions.
- That if left unchecked, SAP customers will suffer from fewer choices for use of their enterprise data and the entire industry will suffer from stifled innovation.
“SAP has methodically closed each and every door for customers to access their own data and deliberately misrepresented the facts and reality for customers,” commented a spokesperson for Celonis. “As our filings make clear, this harm extends far beyond just Celonis: if left unchecked, it would effectively shut out all third-party software solutions from the market, reducing customer choice and stifling artificial intelligence (AI) and software innovation across the industry.”
Celonis is committed to holding SAP to its promises of an open ecosystem, which it conveniently abandoned for its own advantage and now attempts to disavow, the spokesperson claimed.
“We will continue to defend the rights of customers to use the technology providers of their choosing and access their data freely, ensuring the market remains fair, transparent and open to innovation. We look forward to the opportunity to present our arguments before the court and are confident the court will see the merits of our position.”
SAP agreed to Celonis customer data access
In early June, it was announced that SAP would not interfere with Celonis data extractor to enable customers to access their own data during the case. SAP also stated it would not impose any additional fees or licenses on customers for such use, until the case has been resolved.
“No system should hold customers back from transforming their processes,” commented Carsten Thoma, president and board director at Celonis. “Processes should be designed to work best for the company, not the systems the company operates on. That’s why the Celonis platform was designed to help customers optimize their processes to achieve their goals across systems and departments.”