What do you think Titleist victory over Callaway

What do you think Titleist victory over Callaway

Chalk up another win for the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball - this one off the course. In another victory for Titleist parent Acushnet Company in its long-running patent dispute with Callaway Golf, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United Golf Swing Instruction You Should Know States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) affirmed the patent examiner’s decision that the claims of four Callaway Golf patents are invalid. The Acushnet Company requested that the PTO reexamine the four patents in January 2006.  Callaway filed a lawsuit in February 2006 asserting that Acushnet’s Titleist Pro V1 golf balls infringed certain claims of those patents.  In March 2010, a jury determined that all four patents were invalid as obvious and anticipated.Callaway, of course, sees things different. The company issued a statement saying it belives the Patent Office "got the decision wrong'' and did not have the authority to decide the validity of the patents."As the federal pub golf rules court in Delaware has already ruled, Acushnet breached its contract with Callaway Golf by asking the Patent Office to reexamine the validity of the patents,'' the statement said. "If necessary, we will appeal the decision to the Federal Circuit.  The validity of the patents is currently being considered independently in the only appropriate forum, the federal court in Delaware, so the decision from the Patent Office does not end the case.”