How About an Option other than Cast or Forged Irons

If Cobra Golf has their way golfers may have an option other than just forged or cast irons. How fun would it be to put your playing partner in his place when he says “oh, you got a new set of cast irons, you know I play forged irons.” Someday you may be able to respond by saying “forged clubs are nice, but they are so 1960, my new irons are powdered metal sintered via laser processing.” A patent application published this week as US Pub. No. 20100298065 titled “Method of Making Golf Clubs,” which describes the invention as….

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Interested in Adjusting the Stiffness of Your Golf Shaft? Nike Golf Thinks So

It has been over a year since my post titled “What is the Next Step in Adjustability” reported on Taylor Made’s interest in an adjustable stiffness shaft. Well, it turns out that this is a subject that also interests Nike Golf, and this week they had a patent application publish as US Pub. No. 20100292022 titled “Shaft Stiffening Device.”…. Is Taylor Made’s invention or Nike Golf’s invention more likely to have market appeal?….

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Kim Adds Some Bling to Golf Clubs

Dong Kim that is; surely you didn’t think I was referring to Anthony Kim. Dong is the inventor listed on an old patent that I recently came across and thought “… kind of interesting.” Dong’s patent is USPN 4,951,953 and is directed to a diamond coating for golf clubs. The patent explains…. Here is an interesting bit of information from the patent…. Since Dong’s patent is from 1990, I got a chuckle out of the following paragraph…. You have to admit that a diamond coated club would make a statement….

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Excuse Me Partner, How About Being a Dear and Running This Speaker Out into the Fairway to Help Me with My Alignment

Finally, someone has invented an “audio alignment” tool. This unique invention was disclosed in a patent application that recently published as US Pub. No. 20100273564 titled “Audio Alignment of a Golf Shot.” The application explains…. Put this on a remote controlled car and they may have something (which would be banned from majority of golf courses). Interesting nonetheless….

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I’ll Chase that John Daly with an Arnold Palmer

As avid golfers I am sure you are all familiar with John Daly getting bent out of shape regarding bars and restaurants listing a drink referred to as the “John Daly” on their menus; if not, check out the article “Daly Angered Over Cocktail Bearing His Name .” It is fun to laugh about, but as an IP attorney I can’t say that I blame him. Well, it looks like he got some good advice and on September 20th had a trademark application filed for the JOHN DALY mark associated with…. Good thinking John, but I am not sure about the idea of….

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