According to a story in the San Diego Union Tribune Callaway has filed lawsuits in federal court in Texas and San Diego claiming that “TaylorMade, a division of Adidas also based in Carlsbad, was violating two golf ball patents and one dealing with an iron club.” Callaway declined to comment, however, Taylormade had no problem.
Scott Leightman, a spokesman for TaylorMade, said several of Callaway’s current drivers, a key market for each company, were infringing on his company’s patents. “There is more to the dispute than their allegations, and we’ll take appropriate measures to protect our patented technologies,” he said.
As we’ve learned from the tech industry: lawsuits are simply forms of negotiation.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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