The Future of Golf Grips? Survey Says, Not Likely

An interesting golf grip patent application recently published as US Pub. No. 20080127459 titled “Apparatus For Gripping An Instrument Having An Elongate Handle.” I wonder what the USGA would have to say about this grip. The application describes the invention as…. Check out these drawings! I can see its applicability to hammers much more than golf clubs.

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Finally, Just What Every Golfer Has Been Waiting For….. The Golf Club Urinal

I recently saw a post on a golf blog about the UROClub and chuckled (sorry, can’t recall which blog it was). Then almost fell out of my chair when a few weeks later I came across a published patent application on the device. The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20080127402 titled “Urinal Apparatus Including a Simulated Golf Club” and describes the invention as….. Check out these drawings….. I know that it is probably 100 percent spill-proof, but I am not comfortable risking any spillage on my grips or bag. (Perhaps when I am older) Although, the fact that it was invented by a urologist does give the product an extra level of credibility, but $50! It would make a good gag gift for the senior golfer in your life.

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Yet Another Swing Training Aid…. Yet Another One That I Would Try At Least Once

I often wonder, “is there money to be made in golf training products?” There must be because the number of golf training aid patent applications is through the roof! A recent training aid patent application published as US Pub. No. 20080139332 titled “Golf Training Aid,” and describes the invention as…. The following drawings do a better job of explaining the invention….. I would try it, but wouldn’t buy it.

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Some Golf Club Inventions Make Me Shake My Head and Say…. Even If It Were USGA Conforming, There is No Way This Club Would Help My Game

That is just what I said when I came across one rather unique golf club disclosed in recently published patent application US Pub. No. 20080132349 titled “Golf Club Head having Concavely Curved Face.” Check out these drawings!….. The application describes the invention as….. Do you think this club would help your game?

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A Look Inside the Callaway versus Acushnet Golf CLUB Patent Infringement Litigation

Most non-lawyers are blown away by the costs of patent litigation. Ever wonder why litigation is so expensive? Aside from the filing of motion, after motion, after motion….. the real
costs of patent litigation are associated with the “discovery” efforts of the parties…… (background on what “discovery” is)….. So now with the understanding that the case is deep in the discovery period, check out this list of information that Acushnet wants to learn from Callaway (and think about the costs associated with gathering and digesting all this information)….. I love #38! I am sure Callaway is just going to cough-up the “market factors” that drive the sales of their products…..

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A New Callaway Fairway Wood? Perhaps

A few weeks ago a Callaway design patent issued that made me scratch my head and say “what club is that…. I don’t immediately recognize it so it must be one for the ladies or the juniors.” Well, I still don’t know, but it definitely has a sole configuration unlike any clubs they currently have in the US market. It may the design of new product offering. The patent is USPN D569941 titled “Golf Club Sole.” Check out this sole design…..

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Acushnet’s Attempt to Counter the Counterfeit Golf Ball Industry

How do you know if your expensive golf balls are authentic? Well, aside from any questionable blemishes in the cover, you probably don’t. Apparently Acushnet’s engineers and scientists
have been working on developing a solution to this problem. This week an Acushnet patent application published as US Pub. No. 20080139342 titled “Anti-Counterfeiting System Using Compound Additives.” The application describes the invention as….. If you are a fan of golf technology, then you will enjoy reading this patent application. Fascinating stuff! Hopefully this won’t increase the price of golf balls; but I wouldn’t bet on it.

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Is This Callaway Driver Radical Enough for You?

Earlier this week I posted about a Taylor Made patent application disclosing a pretty radical driver with fins. Well, Callaway has stepped up to the plate this week with a patent application disclosing a driver that is even more radical! Check out this Callaway driver design!….. The published patent application that may be giving us a sneak peak at future Callaway drivers published yesterday as US Pub. No. 20080139336 titled “C-Shaped Golf Club Head.” So, will the finned Taylor Made driver or the C-shaped Callaway driver make it to market first?

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The Future of Taylor Made Drivers? Will This Design Ever Make it to Store Shelves?

I never thought I would live to see the day that a Taylor Made driver had fins! OK, I haven’t actually seen fins on a Taylor Made driver; just drawings of a finned driver from a Taylor Made patent application. If a finned Taylor Made driver does make it to market I am sure they will make it look cool and will overwhelm golfers with enough marketing hype that we all end up believing that we can’t live without it. The published patent application, that may be giving us a sneak peak at future Taylor Made drivers, published last week as US Pub. No. 20080132355 titled “Golf Club Head Having Ribs.” Check out these drawings……. Can you believe it?

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A Vibration Reducing Golf Glove…. Sound Pretty Good?

Few golfers ever consider the time and effort that has gone into the design of the golf glove they use and abuse until it is so worn, tattered, and sweat stained that it is callously
discarded in the nearest trash can. Perhaps this post will help you “appreciate” your golf glove as a unique piece of golf technology designed to improve your game, rather than simply that crumbled
up crusty piece of leather and Velcro that is stuffed into your golf bag after the round. Acushnet recently had an interesting golf glove patent application publish as US Pub. No. 20080109934 titled “Vibration Reducing Golf Glove.” The title sounds pretty good, right? The application describes the invention as….. Now, next time you put on your trusty golf glove, look at it affectionately as a piece of technology engineered to improve your game, not just a blister preventer!

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A Second Golf Bag Related Patent Infringement Litigation Case in Less than 2 Months! This Time Bag Boy Takes on Sun Mountain

Last week Dynamic Brands, LLC (doing business as The Bag Boy Company) brought a declaratory judgment action against Sun Mountain Sports regarding Sun Mountain’s patent USPN 7131534 titled “Golf Bag and Strap System.” Click HERE to check out the patent, and click HERE to read the Complaint. It appears the dispute began when Sun Mountain’s counsel sent a letter (click HERE to read) to Bag Boy alleging infringement of the ‘534 patent. Bag Boy then responded with a polite email to Sun Mountain (click HERE to read) inquiring if Sun Mountain would license the patent if indeed Bag Boy was stepping on the patent. In response, Sun Mountain had their attorneys make it clear that licensing the patent is not an option, Sun Mountain wants Bag Boy’s sales of these particular straps to cease immediately and any inventory must be destroyed (click HERE to read). Not surprisingly, Bag Boy then filed a Declaratory Judgment action seeking a declaratory judgment that Bag Boy does not infringe the patent and that the patent is invalid (click HERE to read the Complaint), and Bag Boy sent Sun Mountain a nice letter explaining Bag Boy’s position and letting them know that they have been sued (click HERE to read). Gone are the days of the cease and desist letter; yet some people refuse to accept it, or don’t care about controlling the location of litigation. The patent describes the invention as…..

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