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Ohio, and will be part of Wardle

Storeys' Inflatable Systems

Division which also includes RFD

Ltd., a U.K.-based manfacturer of marine survival equipment.

David Abbott has been appoint- ed president of Inflatable Survival

Systems, Inc., and will ensure that the company continues to build on the position it has achieved in the liferaft market. The company will reportedly continue to support the

Elliot and Crewsaver liferaft brands developed by SMR

Technologies.

Davis Anchors Involved In

Patent Infringement

Litigation

For the past year, the Kent,

Wash.-based anchor designer and manufacturer Davis Anchors has been in the midst of litigation regarding patent infringements claimed by manufacturer Simpson-

Lawrence. The controversy erupt- ed from the manufacture of Davis'

Talon Plow anchor.

According to reports issued by

Davis Anchors, the U.S. Patent

Office recently accepted the com- pany's request to re-examine the

Simpson-Lawrence patent, and has issued an office action reject- ing all 15 claims of the Simpson-

Lawrence patent.

According to sources at Davis, the company maintained from the beginning that the Talon Plow anchor did not infringe upon the claimant's patent. "We began Davis Anchors because of our belief that there was room in the boating marketplace for a line of well-designed and con- structed anchors, at a competitive prices. We remain intensely com- mitted to the industry and to the future of Davis Anchors," said com- pany president Sefton Oxford in statement released to the press on

June 13.

New Shipping Organization

Formed

A new shipping organization has spun off from the American

Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS), the organization which has represented American flag shipowners in Washington, D.C., since 1968. The new organization, the United States Chamber of

Shipping (USCS), will encompass

American-based operators of all types, irrespective of flag state, in order to comprehensively address the issues confronting American owners, operators and charterers of oceangoing vessels. USCS plans \to become actively involved with

U.S. and international regulatory, legislative and administrative entities, as well as the public at large.

Donald B. Shea has been named president of the new orga- nization.

He has an extensive background in asssociation management, and has served in leadership positions for the U.S. Brewery Association, the Council of Solid Waste

Solutions and the American

Plastics Council. In AIMS news,

Ernest J. Corrado, former chief counsel to the House Merchant

Marine and Fisheries Committee, has stepped down from the presi- dency of the organization after ten years at the helm.

He has plans to remain actively involved in Washington as a con- sultant and advisor to the mar- itime industry.

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