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Collins IP: Australia and Sweden bury the hatchet
Posted By Andrew Davies on May 16, 2013 @ 14:40
The Australian and Swedish Defence Ministers produced a joint communique today on the subject of intellectual property rights for submarine design and technology. That mightn't sound like a 'tear down the front page' story, but it's actually very significant—the management of Swedish firm Kockum's IP has been a vexed issue in the past, and at one stage represented a rather large spanner in the remediation works on the Collins class submarines.
Notwithstanding the decision of the Court, Kockums, as the designer of the Collins Class, has a very important role to play in the future support of the submarines.
Although we have been successful in this instance, we sincerely hope that we can move forward and quickly restore the prior mutual respect and strong working relationship that existed between Kockums and the Submarine Project Office.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Aus-Sweden.jpg
[2] joint communique: http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2013/05/16/minister-for-defence-and-minister-for-defence-sweden-joint-communique-submarine-technology/
[3] ship carrying the propeller being held off the US coast: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s260911.htm
[4] Steel, Spies and Spin: http://www.amazon.com/Collins-Class-Submarine-Story-Steel/dp/0521868947
[5] announced the Commonwealth's court win: http://www.defence.gov.au/media/2001/093110401.doc
[6] settled in June 2004 with payments being made in both directions: http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/australia-submarine-import-and-export-behavior/
[7] mikecogh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/8234497326/in/photostream/