Editing BMC Software (section)

== Litigation ==
In 2022, BMC won a lawsuit against IBM for "fraudulently inducing and then violating a software licensing agreement", and was awarded over $1.6 billion in damages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buchi |first=Raju |date=2022-06-02 |title=BMC Software Awarded Historic $1.6 Billion in Damages in Suit Against IBM |url=https://www.bracewell.com/news-events/bmc-software-awarded-historic-16-billion-damages-suit-against-ibm/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Bracewell LLP |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-15 |title=White & Case and BMC Software legal team win "Houston Business Litigation of the Year" award {{!}} White & Case LLP |url=https://www.whitecase.com/firm/awards-rankings/award/white-case-and-bmc-software-legal-team-win-houston-business-litigation |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.whitecase.com |language=en}}</ref> This was then overturned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, stating that "a lower court judge's determination concerning liability was in error." The three-judge panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones said AT&T, one of BMC's biggest clients, had switched to IBM software "independently" and that BMC had "lost out to IBM fair and square".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |date=April 30, 2024 |title=IBM wins reversal of $1.6 billion judgment to BMC over software contract |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/ibm-wins-reversal-16-billion-judgment-bmc-over-software-contract-2024-04-30/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>