Stabicraft among boatmakers dragged into copyright dispute

Stabicraft among boatmakers dragged into copyright dispute
The system in dispute removes the need for an old-fashioned trailer. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
The copyright battle over an amphibious boat system is moving downstream, where a US millionaire asserting his ownership is lining up against a flotilla of local boating firms, including the award-winning Stabicraft. A family enterprise controlled by Massachusetts businessman Jack Baker is already embroiled in a dispute with the company formerly known as Orion Marine, accusing the company, now called Anura, of breaching copyright over the three-wheel S25 and S25 Gen 2 amphibious systems for boats. Baker’s interest...

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