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The IP Golf Guy Discusses Small Business IP Strategy Baby Steps on The Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Year in Review

Discussion of the America Invents Act on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

How Much Does Columbus Love Golf and The Memorial?

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “IP Considerations When Launching a New Product” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

PGA Show - Pics from a Couple Swanky Courses

4 Years in the Books, Looking Forward to a 5th and the PGA Show

The Best New Year's Eve an Ohio Golfer Can Have

“Intellectual Property Considerations in Small Business Outsourcing” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

An Interesting Intellectual Property Perspective on the Ryder Cup

IP Golf Guy on Australian TalkinGolf Radio Program

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Common Patent Myths” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Can't Get Enough of the British Open?

Once in a Lifetime Father’s Day Golf Weekend at Pinehurst

IP Golf Guy on Australian TalkinGolf Radio Program

I Am Confused, Who Makes the Number One Driver?

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Venture Capitalists and Intellectual Property Portfolio Analysis, Are Small Business Owners Missing the Boat?” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “IP Goals for the New Year that Every Small Business Can Implement” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Selecting Product and Service Names that Can be Protected” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Great IP Video Library Dedicated to all of You that Just Can’t Learn Enough about Intellectual Property

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Trade Secret Issues Common in Small Businesses” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

New Golf Courses.... Take More Care in Selecting Your Names; It Will Save A Ton of Money in the Long Run!

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Common Copyright Issues and Myths” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Common Patent Myths” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Don’t Use the Ryder Cup® Trademark Without Approval of the PGA of America; They Will Sue!

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

Which Young Up & Coming Pro Is Taking the Protection of His Personal Brand Seriously?

The Tables Turn in the GPS Industry… Yet Another GPS Patent Infringement Case

Now, A Golf Club Patent Statistic That is Hard to Believe (if I had not come up with it myself)

A Golf Ball Patent Statistic That is Hard to Believe (if I had not come up with it myself)

Callaway Hyper X and Hyper X Tour Added to the List of Clubs Accused of Infringing Acushnet’s Golf Club Patents

Think You Could Buy a Real Cleveland Wedge for $30? It Would be Nice, But Get Real! Cleveland Golf Sues an Alleged Counterfeiter

More Patent Infringement Litigation in the Golf Industry..... West Coast Trends Inc. (aka The Makers of Club Glove Travel Bags) Sues Armor Gear for Patent Infringement

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Setting Up a Small Business Intellectual Property Protection System” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

My Sobering Return to Reality after 4 Days of Golf in Palm Springs

Guess How Many US Patents are Currently "In Force"?

Will the Court Order an Injunction Regarding Titleist ProV1 Golf Balls? If So, Will the Court Stay the Injunction Pending Acushnet's Appeal?

Callaway Golf’s Reply in Support of Their Previous Motion for Permanent Injunction is In! Now the Motion is Fully Briefed and Ready for Action by the Court, PLUS My Prediction

A Couple Tee Time Radio Show Interviews Are Available for Listening

Nice Patent Reexamination Example from the Golf Industry (A Polite Way of Saying… Here is a Good Example of Competitors Trying to Sink Each Others’ Golf Patents)

The Saga Continues... Acushnet Files Motion and Brief Requesting Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding the Invalidity of Callaway's Patents, OR a New Trial

Callaway Seeks Permanent Injunction… Is There A Risk That Titleist ProV1’s Will No Longer Be Available?

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Piracy, Counterfeiting, and Employer-Employee IP Issues” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

What Company Received the Most US Patents in 2007

Defendant King Sports Responds to Callaway’s Allegations

Golf-Patents Birthday!

USPTO Statistics from the 2007 Fiscal Year

Patent Litigation Continues to Rise… the Stats for 2007

10 Intellectual Property Goals for the New Year

Ever Wonder What You Would Have to Go Through to Get on the Jury in the Callaway v. Acushnet Golf Ball Patent Infringement Litigation

Columbus is Ranked as 2nd Best Golf City in the US! Aside from the Weather, I Agree

Interesting Patent Litigation Trends Survey

Judge Prevents Nike Golf’s New Marketing Director From Starting Work on Monday

SkyHawke (maker of the SkyCaddie product) Fires Back in Response to GPS Industries' Motion Seeking Preliminary Injunction

Interested in Patent Litigation?

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Intellectual Property Strategy” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Golf Grass Patents Are Far and Few Between… A Post for the Golfer with a Green Thumb

New Free Resource for Creating Clean (Advertisement Free) PDF’s of US Patents and Published Applications

Get Your SkyCaddies by October 1st… Plaintiffs in Pending Patent Infringement Case Seek Preliminary Injunction!

The IP Golf Guy Joined CJ and Ryan of Tee Time Radio for to a Discussion of the Final Five Inventions of the “Fore Inventors Only” Show

Review of the Final Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Good Show, Ridiculous Results

The IP Golf Guy Goes International – OK, That May be Stretching It, But I was Interviewed by the UK’s “Pods and Blogs” Radio Show on BBC Radio 5 Live

Club Head Adjustability Patents… Did the Club Manufacturers Predict the Recently Proposed USGA Rule Changes Years in Advance?

The Ongoing Saga of Callaway and Acushnet… 1st Callaway Sues Alleging Infringement of 5 Patents… Then Acushnet Returns the Favor and Sues Alleging Infringement of 2 Patents and Asserting Invalidity… NOW Today Callaway Responds

Review of the Seventh Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – A Pleasant Surprise… America Gets to Vote on the Winner

The Easing of Golf Club Head Adjustability Requirements? I Can’t Wait to See What the Club Makers Come Up With… Plus a Look at Loft Adjustability

Funny Stuff... Check Out This List of Weird Laws from Around the World

I Don’t Perform My Own Dentistry… “The Perfect Golf Tee” Patent Application Illustrates Why Most People Should Not Attempt to Draft Their Own Patent Applications

Review of the Third Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Could They Squeeze in Any More GolfSmith Plugs?

Tomorrow Morning at 7:30 EST I will Disclose “The Single Biggest Intellectual Property Mistake of Small Businesses” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

As a Patent Lawyer You Always Wonder How Closely the Inventors Review a Patent Application (A Little Humor)

Vulcan Golf Sues Google

Has Patent Protection in the Golf Industry Gone Out of Control?

Golf Club Manufacturers PAY ATTENTION… Nike Trademark Application for Yellow on Sole of Golf Club Will Be Published for Opposition on June 26th

Why a Jury Awarded $2.2 Million to Callaway at Maxfli’s Expense & Why You Must be Careful in Your Comparative Advertising

Patent Litigation – Where Were Most Cases Filed in 2006?

Thinking of Landing that Next Great Job by Taking Your Employers Trade Secrets? Consider that an Ex-Coke Employee just Received 8 Years in the Clink

New Callaway Commercial Featuring Roger Cleveland (formerly of Cleveland Golf)

Hank Haney Files for Trademark Protection of …. HANK HANEY

Can Membership at Augusta Cost Your Company Millions?

The IP Golf Guy was a Guest on Tee Time Radio Program

The True Cost of Patent Litigation

Your Web Address is Intellectual Property… Choose With Care…

Golf Inventors Watch Out for Invention Promotion Companies; They Are Advertising a lot on The Golf Channel

Pepsi in the Golf Club Industry?

Filing a Trademark Application is a Piece of Cake… Right?

Why it Pays to Put Patent Numbers on Your Golf Products

Today is World Intellectual Property Day - Enjoy the Party

The IP Golf Guy Discusses “Common Intellectual Property Mistakes of Small Businesses” on the Small Business Advocate® Radio Program

Great Interview at the EagleParBirdie Blog Regarding Patenting in the Golf Industry...

Intellectual Property Infringement Statistics; Filings, Trials, and Awards

Thinking of Using Your Favorite College Teams' Colors in Your Next New Golf Product? Consider This

Are Square Drivers New? A Patenting Perspective

Guidelines for Properly Using A Golf Trademark

The IP Golf Guy on the Radio

Setting Up An Intellectual Property Protection System for Your Golf Company

Published App of the Week: PING G5i Putter Follow-Up (Visual Alignment Aid)

Record Year for PCT (International) Patent Application Filings – A Closer Look at the Golf Industry

Are You Using the US Customs & Border Protection to Protect Your Golf Industry Intellectual Property?

Golf Club Design Patents – Innovative Use for Score Line Designs