Rimini Street waves white flag in bruising Oracle courtroom showdown

If your company still runs old enterprise software, this matters more than it sounds. After years of courtroom warfare, Rimini Street and Oracle are edging toward a truce, and that could finally bring some clarity to businesses stuck paying to keep aging systems alive.

Rimini Street, known for offering long-term support for Oracle and SAP products, said in regulatory filings that it has entered a confidential settlement agreement with Oracle. If both sides follow through, the deal could bring Rimini II to a final resolution and dismissal.

This fight has dragged on for over a decade. It began in 2010, when Oracle sued Rimini Street for copyright infringement. Oracle won a 2015 trial verdict, then ultimately secured $90 million in damages, fees, and costs, plus a permanent injunction against copyright infringement.

The newer battle, Rimini II, started in 2014 when Rimini Street asked the court to confirm it had changed how it supported Oracle software and had not infringed Oracle’s copyrights since July 31, 2014. Oracle fired back with counterclaims, including alleged copyright infringement and breach of business terms.

Now the pressure point is Oracle PeopleSoft, a legacy software product many organizations still rely on. Rimini Street must complete its previously announced wind-down of support and services for Oracle PeopleSoft software by July 31, 2028. It also has to notify existing supported customers, send progress reports to Oracle, and issue a public statement when the shutdown is complete.

That is a big deal because last year Rimini Street said its PeopleSoft support business generated about $36 million in annual revenue.

Oracle, for its part, has agreed to pay some of Rimini Street’s legal fees and costs. Neither side is admitting liability or wrongdoing under the settlement.

For customers, this is the real takeaway: if you are still relying on old enterprise software, the clock is ticking, and the legal smoke is finally clearing enough to see it.