Callaway stand at the recent Munich show
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Callaway Golf(/A> and
TaylorMade have reached a settlement and patent license agreement resolving their recent disputes over golf club and ball technology.
Details of the settlement are being kept confidential by the two companies, which are leading brands in golf hardwear and software - including the Callaway FT-5 and muscleback blades used by Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els and the irons and r7 SuperQuad TP drivers used by Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose. Callaway also manufactures putters under the
Odyssey brand
Under the terms of the agreement, each company will have specified rights to make products under patents owned by the other. Technologies at issue in the settlement include high moment of inertia (MOI) drivers, undercut irons and golf balls.
The agreement resolves all pending litigation between the companies.
Last week
Callaway Golf won a patent infringement case against Acushnet, the makers of the popular
Titleist Pro V1 and ProV1x balls. Callaway filed suit in June in US District Court in Delaware, USA, alleging Acushnet's Titleist Pro V1 line of golf balls infringed on patents owned by Callaway. Jurors found in favour of Callaway on four of the five patents.
