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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

INFORMATICA CORPORATION

Plaintiff, No. C 02-03378 EDL

v. ORDER FOR PERMANENT

INJUNCTION

BUSINESS OBJECTS DATA

INTEGRATION, INC.

Defendant.

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The motion of Plaintiff Informatica Corporation (“Informatica”) for issuance of a permanent

injunction against Defendant Business Objects Data Integration, Inc. (“BODI”) came on for hearing

before this Court on May 8, 2007. Both parties were represented by their respective counsel.

Having considered the evidence of record, and the papers and argument of counsel on Informatica's

motion, the Court concludes that Informatica has demonstrated: (1) that it has suffered an

irreparable injury; (2) that remedies available at law, such as monetary damages, are inadequate to

compensate for that injury; (3) that, considering the balance of hardships between the plaintiff and

defendant, a remedy in equity is warranted; and (4) that the public interest would not be disserved by

a permanent injunction.

Absent a permanent injunction, the harm suffered by Informatica as a result of BODI's

infringement would be irreparable. Informatica was the first to offer a commercial ETL product that

offered the reusable transformation objects claimed in the patents-in-suit. Informatica was able to

use its patented invention to distinguish itself as an innovator and to distinguish its product from

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those of other ETL vendors. BODI's introduction of an infringing product deprives Informatica of

the ability to market a competitive differentiator, resulting in incalculable lost sales and loss of

market share. This harm to Informatica is aggravated by BODI's practice of underpricing its Data

Integrator product, which forces other ETL vendors, including Informatica, to lower prices to

compete. Such continued effects on the market and to Informatica's business would be irreparable

and cannot easily be measured and compensated in dollars. 

The evidence of record establishes that BODI will not suffer undue hardship upon entry of an

injunction. BODI has publicly stated that it is prepared to change the code in its shipping products

to avoid infringement. Throughout trial, BODI's witnesses claimed that the infringing embedded

data flow feature is not core to its Data Integrator product. Nor is ETL software in general core to

BODI’s operations. There is evidence that BODI can implement non-infringing alternatives for

$200,000 at most. Thus, the balance of hardships overwhelmingly favors entry of an injunction.

There is no suggestion that the public will be disserved by an injunction in this case. The

only public interest implicated in this case is the promotion of innovation through enforcement of

patent rights.

The Court therefore ORDERS that:

Business Objects Data Integration, Inc. and its offers, agents, servants, employees, and

attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them are hereby enjoined from

infringing United States Patent No. 6,014,670 (“the '670 patent”) or United States Patent No.

6,339,775 (“the ‘775 patent”) by:

(1) continuing to sell, offer for sale, or export its Data Integrator product that includes the

embedded data flow feature with one input and one output; or

(2) continuing to use its Data Integrator product that includes the embedded data flow

feature with one input and one output, other than to provide necessary ongoing 

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customer support to customers who purchased copies of the infringing Data

Integrator product prior to entry of this injunction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2007 _____________________________ 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge

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