An Interesting Article on PING’s Struggles with the USPTO to Register a Trademark on the CRAZ-E Putter Design

The TTABlog® is a pretty popular blog among IP attorneys. Recently it had a great POST regarding Karsten’s attempt to register the shape of the CRAZ-E putter as a trademark. Check it out.

David Dawsey  – The Golf Trademark Attorney

PS – Why federally register a club head design as a trademark? A registered trademark can last forever, while design and utility patents have fixed terms.

PPS – One of my first posts on the Golf-Patents blog discussed using trademark filings as a source of competitive intelligence.