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Golf Inventions, Patents, and Technology via The IP Golf Guy (aka The Golf Patent Attorney): Monthly Archives for August 2007

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

Don’t Putt Like This or You May Get Sued for Patent Infringement… Do You Need a Freedom-to-Practice Opinion before Changing Your Swing?

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

Yet Another Swing Training Device Patent… I Can't Decide Whether it Would be Helpful, Hurtful, or Useless

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

A Salute to Aerodynamic Genius in the Golf Industry; Part 1 – Why Not Let Air Pass Through the Club Head?

Huge Antique Golf Club Auction and Exhibition in NYC

The Perfect Driver… Why Can’t I Find This Club?

Review of the Sixth Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – Snooze…I Wish I Was Watching a Recording So That I Could Have Fast-Forwarded Through the Sales Training (i.e. the first 30 minutes)

Odd Club of the Week – Taking Square to the Wedge

Update… The Lawsuit Against Nike and Golf Club Designer Tom Stites is Dismissed Again… Court Chastises the Plaintiff Triple Tee Golf… A Lesson on Why to Run a Business Like a Business (formally)

Another Metal Wood Design Patent… Recognize this Club?

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

The Golf Shaft Industry is Making a Move… The First Mention of True Temper

A Metal Wood / Hybrid Design Patent… Recognize this Club? (I don’t… could it be a new product offering?)

Review of the Fifth Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel – A Few Disappointments

Can You Identify This Putter? Test Your Knowledge of Golf Putter Designs – The Hardest One Yet

Can You Identify This Golf Club Head? Test Your Knowledge of Iron Designs

Aldila is Picking Up the Pace

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

Can You Identify This Putter? Test Your Knowledge of Golf Putter Designs

I Couldn’t Make This Up… Patent Issues for Golf Ball Lubricant!

Callaway Sues Taylor Made Twice In The Past 5 Days!

Only an Attorney Could State “Acushnet does not dispute that Nick Price is a popular and PERHAPS skilled professional golfer” (emphasis added)

Taking Ridiculous Golf Inventions to a New Level… What Every Golfer Needs for Their Bathroom

Finally, What Every Golfer Needs for Their Backyard

Putter Alignment Features Gone Bad

Would You Believe That Lee Trevino Is An Inventor On 5 Patents!

Review of the Fourth Episode of “Fore Inventors Only” on The Golf Channel - The Start of Field Testing