VMware appears to have secured an early procedural win in the case it brought against German industrial giant Siemens over its alleged use of unlicensed software.
The case commenced in March 2025, when VMware alleged Siemens’ US operations provided it with a list of software for which it wanted to arrange extended support. That list, VMware claims, included plenty of software that Siemens had not licensed. Siemens later provided an amended list of the VMware software it uses.
VMware says it tried to conduct a license audit, but Siemens wouldn’t participate. Siemens was upset that VMware did not honor what it felt was a right to acquire extended product support.
Siemens also referred to its contracts with VMware that it says state any dispute between the two must be heard in German courts. But VMware pointed out that as the alleged use of unlicensed software took place in the US, American courts were the…
