i2 Files Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against SAP

i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that it has filed a suit for patent infringement against SAP AG and SAP Americas, Inc.  The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleges infringement of seven patents related to supply chain management.

Those patents are:
. U.S. Patent No. 5,764,543 awarded to i2 on June 9, 1998 for an extensible model network representation system for process planning.
. U.S. Patent No. 5,930,156 awarded to i2 on July 27, 1999 for an extensible model network representation system for process planning.
. U.S. Patent No. 5,983,194 awarded to i2 on November 9, 1999 for planning and coordination systems for coordinating separate factory planning systems and a method of operation.
. U.S. Patent No. 6,055,519 awarded to i2 on April 25, 2000 for framework for negotiation and tracking of sale of goods.
. U.S. Patent No. 6,167,380 awarded to i2 on December 26, 2000 for system and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers.
. U.S. Patent No. 6,188,989 awarded to i2 on February 13, 2001 for system and method for managing available to promised product (ATP).
. U.S. Patent No. 7,085,729 awarded to i2 on August 1, 2006 for a system and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers.