A Northern California judge issued a verdict against the German software company in November 2010, which ruled that it should pay Oracle $1.3bn.

SAP appealed the award, following which in September last year a US District judge said Oracle can accept a $272m award, concluding that the amount was grossly excessive.

Oracle rejected the award and chose to retrial earlier this month.

SAP admitted that its former subsidiary, TomorrowNow, illegally downloaded Oracle’s software and accepted responsibility which led to a four-week trial regarding the damages.

Oracle argued its executives and lawyers could not accommodate the June 2012 date, as it had chosen a retrial earlier this month.

However, SAP welcomed the schedule as its spokesman James Dever was quoted by Reuters as saying that the company was pleased with the decision and the move toward resolving this in a prompt manner.