Titleist wins court dispute with Callaway
Acushnet, which manufacturers of the top selling golf ball brand of Titleist ProV1 and Titleist ProV1x, has announced that it has won a jury verdict in the US District Court of Delaware over its golf ball patent dispute with Callaway Golf.
Callaway claimed that previous generation Titleist Pro V1 golf balls had infringed on four patents originally owned by Spalding and subsequently purchased by Callaway Golf. The jury agreed with Acushnet’s position that the patents in question are invalid.
“We are extremely pleased with the court’s decision, and we hope that this finally brings this long standing dispute to a close,” said Joe Nauman, executive vice president, Corporate and Legal, Acushnet Company. “We have explained throughout this process that Acushnet independently developed the technology in question. The Titleist Pro V1 family utilises technology from 74 Acushnet patents and was first introduced to our PGA Tour players in October 2000, well before any of the Spalding patents were issued in 2001 and 2003.
“We appreciate the jury’s careful consideration of the facts and the time they devoted to these proceedings. This verdict affirms our view that all claims in these patents are invalid – just as the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) has repeatedly found.”
In January 2006, before Callaway filed this litigation, Acushnet petitioned the PTO to re-examine the four patents in the suit. Since then, the PTO has repeatedly found that all claims of all four patents are invalid. During this process, seven separate PTO examiners were involved in evaluating the validity of these patents and all seven concluded that they are invalid.
Acushnet says it has a comprehensive product and process Research and Development staff and the Pro V1 golf ball franchise represents the accumulation of technology developed by Acushnet over a 20-year period. The company currently holds over 715 of nearly 2,000 active patents related to golf balls – more than any other manufacturer.
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