Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Titleist, Callaway fight legal battles

This is somewhat irrelevant to the PGA Tour's weekly goings-on at the Honda Classic, but SI is reporting today that corporate giants Acushnet (The maker of Titleist) and Callaway Golf have filed separate lawsuits over golf ball patents.

Via Golf.com:
Acushnet, the parent company of Titleist, announced on Tuesday that it is suing Callaway Golf for infringing on nine patents related to multi-piece, solid-core golf ball technologies. Callaway also announced a new patent-infringement lawsuit against Acushnet, claiming the new 2009 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x use patented Callaway technology.
If either were convicted of improper use of the competitor's ball patents, the winner could expect an extremely large quantity of cash awarded and deliver a key research and development blow in a difficult economy for the sport of golf.

1 comments:

Ryan Young said...

Which ball do you think is better? Know all the Titleist gear you sport nearly every other day, I'm gonna say that's your ball brand of choice. Correct?

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