In the latest round of the great Carlsbadistan ball battle Callaway Golf and Titleist’s parent company Acushnet Co. are suing each other over patents related to golf ball design, according to a tory in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Callaway alleges that Acushnet’s latest version of the popular Pro V1 ball infringes on its patents, which Callaway acquired as part of its purchase of Top Flite in 2003. . . .Acushnet filed a separate lawsuit against Callaway claiming the Carlsbad company’s Tour i and Tour ix premium golf balls infringe on nine Acushnet patents. . . .The dueling lawsuits are part of an lingering battle between the two companies, which are fierce rivals in the golf ball business. Titleist’s Pro V1 is the market leading premium golf ball.
It’s hard for us to care too much about the lawsuits because to us they’re just little balls with dimples that grown men spend way too much time playing with.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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