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Titleist Wins Retried Golf Ball Patent Lawsuit Against Callaway
Remember the lawsuit between Callaway and Titleist parent Acushnet over patents that Callway acquired when they bought Top Flite and then used them to sue Acushnet saying that they had patents on some technology behind the Pro V1 ball before Titleist did? In late 2008, a federal judge in Delaware...
If Someone Offers You ProV1s at One-Third Cost, Run!
A couple of fellas in Lake County, Illinois, are being held on $1 million bond for running a personalized logo golf ball scam, according to the AP. Marco Maggiore and Lloyd Morris conned dozens of businesses and charities into paying for golf balls to be inscribed with their logos, and never...
If You Ever Drew an Alignment Line on Your Ball, You Might Get Sued
Every now and again, I head over to David Dawsey's golfing intellectual property blog. He is a lawyer by trade and helps small golf companies in securing patents and protecting the inventions. His blog looks at patent filings in the golf industry and the upcoming technologies that golf companies...
Good God! Get Your Pro V1s NOW!
In September, Callaway won a lawsuit against Acushnet - the parent company of Titleist - for patent infringement related to technology and process used to create the current generation of Pro V1 ball. Callaway decided to take things a step further, and they won. The U.S. District Court in...
The Golf Ball to Beat New Grooves Regulation?
GOLF NERD ALERT! GOLF NERD ALERT! GOLF NERD ALERT! Just wanted to fill you in of that in advance because, as a golf nerd, I feel that I should tell you about posts that are extremely nerdy. I normally stop by Golf Patents, which is a golf intellectual property blog that discusses the...
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