Callaway is Still Working on the “C-Shaped Golf Club Head”! I am Starting to Think that it has a Shot of Actually Making it into Production

Regulars of the Golf-Patents.com blog may recall a post titled “Is This Callaway Driver Radical Enough for You?”, as well as the follow-up post titled “Callaway Received a Patent on the ‘C-Shaped Golf Club Head’; Will This Club Actually Make it to the Market?”.
Well, when it comes to the giant golf companies it is easy to dismiss a real radical club design that is only seen in a single patent application as a design that was dreamt up in R&D and will likely never make it to the masses. However, once I start to see multiple patent applications on similar technology, then I begin to wonder…. “Are they are serious about this design? Heck, they have already made a significant investment in protecting the intellectual property. Perhaps this will actually make it to market!” Those are the thoughts that fired through my head yesterday when another interesting Callaway patent application published as US Pub. No. 20090163294 titled “Driver with Deep Aft Cavity.” Check out this design!…. Perhaps this club may actually see the inside of a golf shop!

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An Update: Could It Be PING’s New G15 or i15?

Last week I reported on some possible designs of the next PING driver. Well, this week another design patent issued that may give us an even better idea of what the next generation of PING drivers may look like. The patent that issued this week is USPN D594919 titled “Golf Club Head.” Check out these figures…. Combine those drawings with some of the figures last week and you can start to get a sense of what PING may have in mind…..

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A Training Aid for All the Followers of the “Stack and Tilt” Methodology

I have to admit that I purposely avoid reading all the hype regarding “stack and tilt;” after all, my game has bigger issues (like the inability to hit a decent wedge shot). However, I do know that some golfers swear by “stack and tilt” and say that it has changed their games. Well, this week an invention was granted a patent that is designed just for all you “stack and tilt” lovers. The patent is USPN 7547257 titled “Stack and Tilt Footwork and Body Pivot Training Aid.” Check out this training aid….

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A PING Golf Bag That Would Sell, But Would You Want a Golfer in Your Group to Have One?

I have no doubt that young golfers would buy the PING golf bag described in a patent application that published this week as US Pub. No. 20090152144 titled “Golf Bag Having Shoulder Strap With An Electronic Device.” The application described the invention as…. A cassette player? Really? Check out these drawings….. Interesting invention that would be nice to have on the range or when playing by yourself, but please not when playing in a group!

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Will Callaway Move Away from Their HEX Aerodynamics Technology?

Most golfers can look at a pile of unlabeled golf balls and easily identify the Callaway balls because of their unique HEX aerodynamic technology; but in the future will we be seeing more traditional circular dimples on Callaway balls? One could be led to that conclusion after reading a Callaway golf ball patent that issued this week as USPN 7547259 titled “Aerodynamic Pattern for a Golf Ball.” Here is an interesting bit of history from the patent…. I did not know that is where ATTI originates. The patent describes the invention as….

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Could It Be the New PING G15 or i15?

Karsten Manufacturing, maker of PING brand golf clubs, had 3 design patents issue today. Interestingly, the patent applications were filed less than 5 months ago, leading me to believe that these patents may give us a peak at some new PING products in the pipeline. The first two patents, namely USPN D594,520 and USPN D594,521, are directed to the ornamental design of drivers, whereas the third patent USPN D594,518 appears to be directed to a hybrid with a design unlike any previous PING hybrids. Check out these designs…..

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Test Your MOI Knowledge & Check Out Some Creative Acushnet Club Head Designs

In the past I have profiled some rather unusual, some may say unique, golf club designs by Callaway, Taylor Made, and Bridgestone; however I have never reported on any Acushnet patent applications disclosing club head designs that lean toward the unconventional. Today is a new day and an Acushnet patent application published yesterday that will make you think. The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20090149276 titled “Metal Wood Club With Improved Moment of Inertia” and described the invention as…. OK, that description does not do justice to the club head designs that you are about to see…..

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Professional Golfers and Related Agents Need to Act Today to Avoid Facebook Hassles

I have authored many posts regarding celebrity athletes protecting their brands via the trademark system. Well, now it is time for these celebriletes (yes, I just made that word up) to take the next step to prevent others from snatching up a new Facebook vanity URL incorporating their trademarks.
Recently the social networking web site Facebook announced that it will begin providing access to vanity URLs at midnight tonight, June 12, 2009, on a first-come, first-served basis. As you may know, previously a user’s Facebook URL was comprised of randomly assigned numbers. Now, instead of random numbers, the URL would say facebook.com/username. For instance, Tiger’s Facebook URL could be facebook.com/TigerWoods, or that could end up as the Facebook URL of one lucky fan (who may end up with an interesting legal battle)…..

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Adidas, TaylorMade, Callaway, and Ecco Sued for Golf Shoe Spike Patent Infringement

Many golfers would be surprised by the amount of litigation concerning patents on golf shoe spikes; just check out these prior posts (post 1, post 2). In the latest round of litigation Greenkeepers takes on Adidas, TaylorMade, Callaway, and Ecco. These defendants are in good company in that Acushnet, Softspikes, Nike, and MacNeil Engineering (maker of Champ Spikes) have all also been sued by Greenskeepers….

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Is Callaway Getting into the Movable Weight Technology (MWT) Game? Is this Callaway’s new Wing Notch Weighting (WNW)?

Roughly one year ago I noticed that Callaway had filed a trademark application for the WING NOTCH WEIGHTING mark. What could it be? Well, this week a Callaway patent application published that may give us a look at the Wing Notch Weighting™ system that may be coming out in the new FT 11, or perhaps the FT-MACH 11, FT-JET, or FT-BLACKHAWK….. The patent application that became public yesterday published as US Pub. No. 20090143167 titled “Golf Club Head With Adjustable Weighting, Customizable Face-Angle, and Variable Bulge and Roll Face.” The application summarizes the invention as…. Now, check out this design…. Interesting. Callaway must be tired of all the TaylorMade MWT advertisements; but will this design make it to market?

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Cleveland Golf Cracks Down on Unauthorized Online Sales

Since 2008 a pair of eBay sellers have sold over 10,000 Cleveland golf clubs totaling $1.7 million in sales to customers around the world. Not bad! So, why would Cleveland Golf sue them? Because the eBay sellers are “not, and never have been, Authorized Dealers of Cleveland Golf” and are obtaining “their clubs from Authorized Dealers who are transshipping the clubs” in breach of their distribution agreements with Cleveland Golf.
That’s right, this isn’t a matter of an eBay seller passing off counterfeit Cleveland clubs to unsuspecting purchasers; this duo of eBay sellers is selling the real deal. So what’s the issue? I will let the following excerpts from a Complaint filed yesterday by Cleveland Golf, in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, do the explaining….

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Freddie’s New Prototype Bridgestone Driver?

Probably not, but what a radical club for Bridgestone! Check out the driver disclosed in a patent application that published last week as US Pub. No. 20090137338 titled “Wood-Type Golf Club Head.”….. The application says it all with the following: “Besides, the head appearance has an unprecedentedly peculiar shape that attracts the attention of a bystander, but a golfer who uses this head does not feel the peculiar shape at address.” Think this design will make it to market?….

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