Saab after the arbitration award: Lance image excessive – Svenska Dagbladet

Håkan Lans won patentstriden, but do not see it as a victory. Photo: Lars Pehrson

A 15-year legal dispute between Saab and Håkan Lans is on the way to be solved. And it is a battle relating to the billions. Basically, it involves Saab, according to the allegations from Lance, have escaped from the very large amounts of royalty payments, a system for navigation of aircraft and ships. The system, known as AIS, is described as "an example of success" in Saab’s own accounts.

You can’t talk about a winner or a loser in this situation.

But in 2004, when the sales of the technology began to take off in earnest, stopped Saab simply to pay royalties for the technology to author Håkan Lans company GP&C. Declaration: to the other actors also avoided to pay for the technology. It did to Saab discriminated against, reasoned man.

But Tuesday’s arbitration dismiss entirely the argument from the Saab. Defence group was not discriminated against and must now pay royalties for the years after 2004. In addition, the rejected, the tribunal Saab’s requirements to the level of royalties would be reduced from 10 percent to 3 percent.

despite the fact that the tribunal, according to Håkan Lans basically went to his lawyer, the line, he does not want to call the judgment for a profit.

” You can’t talk about a winner or a loser in this situation. All of this is rather a failure of humanity, says Håkan Lans to SvD.

at the same time, Håkan Lans hardly to get paid by Saab in any near future. The processes of exactly how much försvarsindustribolaget will be forced to pay based on the decisions of the arbitration panel is bound to continue.

We’re talking billions and above.

Forecasters as SvD have been in contact with also points out that the a scenario is that the parties emanates from the judgment in order to produce a settlement. But one thing is clear, says Håkan Lans: Saab will be forced to pay.

it’s about tens of millions or hundreds of millions, do you think?

– It is much more than that. We’re talking billions and above. But the question should really be addressed to the Saab, ” Håkan Lans.

Saab, however, has a radically different picture than Håkan Lans when it comes to the end of the goal, and believe that you have already paid more than one can be considered to be owed after the arbitration panel ruling. The reason: that the tribunal went on Saab’s line when it comes to what income shall be royaltygrundande.

– Håkan Lans description is far from reality in this case. His picture of what we have earned in the system is excessive, ” says Saab’s press officer Sebastian Carlsson.

In the latest annual report, you write that a "negative outcome" in the dispute was unlikely, and that you, therefore, not reserved any amounts for potential future payments. You should not communicate anything new to the market now?

” No, not at all. We have counted on it, and come to the conclusion that he already has received more than what we owe in accordance with the arbitration panel ruling.