Need Something Ridiculously Simple to Sound Incredibly Advanced? Hire a Patent Attorney

Familiar with the TaylorMade Targa Tour Glove and its “patent pending micro-perforated leather construction to increase airflow throughout the hand and allow for 360 degree ventilation?” Nice looking glove, right. Check out the link, and these figures…… A patent application recently published directed to this perforated glove construction. The application published as US Pub. No. 20090313742 titled “Golf Glove Having Perforations,” which explains the breakthrough as….. For crying out loud, it’s a golf glove with needle holes throughout! Yes, funny ha-ha; but seriously, I truly believe that creating a well drafted patent application on a simple invention in a unique manner so that it has a shot at patentability is one of the most difficult documents to create. Unfortunately, no one will believe that statement unless they have actually done it. Oh well, such is life…..

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Really, More Golf Shoe Cleat Patent Infringement Litigation?

On Monday Trisport, Ltd. and Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC, maker of Softspikes brand golf shoe cleats, sued MacNeill Engineering Company, Inc., maker of Champ brand golf shoe spikes, alleging infringement of three patents (USPN’s 5974700, 6272774, and 6810608), and accusing MacNeill of falsely marking their products with respect to USPN 5036606……. So, what’s behind the “false marking” claim?…….

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How Many Golfers Out There Are Really Using Swing Trainers or Exercisers?

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t personally know a single golfer using swing trainer / swing exercise devices. However, I definitely would give one a try if I thought it had a shot at actually improving my game. Therein lies the problem, it is hard for me to look at these devices and think “that’s going to help my game, sold!” I had this same problem when reviewing a patent that recently issued as USPN 7,625,320 titled “Swing Training Apparatus and Method.” Now, I am sure it would give you a nice hip workout and all (if that’s what your looking for), but would it really help your swing? You be the judge….

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Taking the ProV1 Dispute to the Supreme Court; Perhaps

Back in August I authored a post titled “US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: ‘Irreconcilably Inconsistent Jury Verdicts’ Results in Remand for a New Trial Regarding the Original ProV1 Patent Infringement Lawsuit.” Then, in October we learned of the of the new trial dates. Well, the saga never ends, or seems to go too far. On December 11th Acushnet petitioned the Supreme Court. You may read the entire “Petition for a Writ of Certiorari” HERE, which is very interesting reading. The excellent patent law blog PatentlyO has a nice short post HERE on what Acushnet’s beef is with the Federal Circuit’s holding. Specifically, Acushnet takes issue with the Federal Circuit’s holding that the “jury could have reasonably concluded that Acushnet failed to prove invalidity due to obviousness.” In Acushnet’s view, the appellate panel should not have given any regard to the jury’s legal finding. Now, try to wrap you head around this…. there is a very real possibility that Acushnet is paying their lead litigation attorney almost as much as they pay to their highest paid players. Thus, if I were Acushnet’s general counsel, I would require their entire army of outside litigation counsel to wear Titleist hats and FootJoy apparel around the clock. However, I suppose the legal fees are a drop in the bucket when you consider that Acushnet admits that it has sold nearly $2 billion worth of Pro V1 balls! That equates to selling almost $450 worth of Pro V1 balls every minute of every day for the past 8.5 years!….

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The Future of Portable Golf Gadgets? Garmin Hopes So

Brace yourself. I don’t want to get your hopes up right before Christmas, but this invention would likely change the way most of us play a round of golf. The invention is disclosed in a recently published Garmin patent application; namely, US Pub. No. 20090298605 titled “Methods and Devices for Analyzing Golf Swings.” The application explains…. Pull this off and it will be like printing money!….

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Having Trouble with a Balanced Swing? This Invention May Help

This summer I was fortunate to attend a long drive / trick shot demonstration by “professional long driver and golf entertainer” Tom Roskos. The guy is amazing; just try hitting a ball like THIS someday. Much of his demonstration involves amazing feats of balance, including hitting long drives while balancing on top of an exercise ball. For those of use with more human skill levels, the following invention may help out. What do you think?….

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Finally, A Golf Ball with Randomly Arranged Craters to Produce Excellent Aerodynamic Symmetry

What? That’s right, craters, not dimples, randomly arranged to produce excellent aerodynamic symmetry. Counterintuitive, right? Last week a golf ball aerodynamics related patent application became publically available and I could not put it down. The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20090298618 titled “Process for Designing Rugged Pattern on Golf Ball Surface.” I thought, “that’s an odd title,” but it was the first line of the Abstract section that set the hook. It reads “a golf ball has numerous craters on its surface.” Craters, really? The application starts off with a nice explanation of golf ball aerodynamics and an explanation of the USGA rules regarding the symmetry of a golf ball. I guarantee that you will learn something reading the following (unless you are a golf ball designer)….

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Ahh, Is There a Better Sound Than a Purely Struck Drive? You May Soon Be Able to Tune Your Driver

Few things put a smile on a golfer’s face like the sound of a 300 yard drive. Sure, there are a handful of drivers out there that are characterized by a rather unique sound that some, myself
included, would say is hideous, but there is no doubt that the sound produced by a driver influences the purchasing decision. Every golf club manufacturer recognizes this fact. Acushnet has gone as
far as designing a driver that the golfer can tune to the frequency that they desire. The Acushnet driver is disclosed in a patent application that published this week….

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