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Originally Posted by Number 3
Wasn't stolen, bought and paid for.
One of the very first things worked out in purchasing a company as Mercedes did (not a JV as some may recall) is how to handle IP.
It is why SAAB couldn't get a deal. GM would not part with the IP. It's why the Opel deal fell through with Magna. GM was ok with Magna, but they had partnered up with the Russians and GM would give them the rights to the IP.
So if a bad deal was made, the US government is supposed to intervene? Or should the government have stepped when Merecedes bought Chrysler and passed some kind of "you can buy the company but you can't have the IP" law? Wow that would change the global landscape of buying and selling companies.
Oh and by the way, a dual rear axle doesn't really count as IP. Very few of the Class 8 Tractors you see on the road have only 1 axle. Nothing new there.
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Intellectual Property had nothing to do with the deal, Mercedes came begging to Chrysler not the other way around, raided the coffers and split. In 98 Mercedes was going through a quality problem and needed the capitol that Chrysler had to stay afloat and did so with the promises to the US car market that once they became the worlds largest car manufacturer they would share with Chrysler. Well that did not happen and most people believe the Chrysler 300 came from the merger, it did not the platform was already in development and was to be released in 2001 but got back burnered for the CL line in Germany.
After they raided in left it was up to the taxpayer to bail them out Cerberus thought they could but the damage had been done. How is that for knowing actually what happened, I have plenty of worthless paper with the words Chrysler LLC, Chrysler Corp, and Cerberus lying around if you need any stuffing material since this "merger".
If this design was not IP then why does the patent filed for the driveline configuration belong to Chrysler LLC? This is not a Class 8 vehicle we are talking about here btw.
Diamler 40% Chrysler 60% at Merger - Pro Forma Income Percentages