Pro V Gone And Pro V1 Now

Titleist Pro V1 was one of the best selling balls for a number of years. The ball was used by many professionals including; Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, Lee Westwood, David Love III and Jose Maria Olazabal. The Pro V1 was one of the top selling balls in the amateur circuit and now the ball will stop production in January 2009.Titleist Callaway FT Hybrid introduced the Pro V1 golf ball based on its own technological advancements and research in 2000. Pro V1 golf balls incorporate the combination of many Titleist technologies developed and accumulated over the past twenty years.Spalding received 4 patents in 2001 and 2003 well after the Pro V1 was developed and introduced. Callaway Callaway Diablo EDGE Hybrids acquired these patents when they purchased Spalding in 2003. It has re-examined the patents and issued final actions that all 4 of these patents are invalid and should never have been issued. Callaway filed a suit in 2006 Taylormade R9 TP Hybrids claiming that the Pro V1 golf ball infringed on four patents.In 2007 a jury found partially in favour if Callaway and partially in favour of Acushnet.Titleist appealed against the court to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. They disagreed with their courts ruling as the court did not permit the jury to consider very important Ping G15 Hybrids evidence including the fact the US patent and trademark office has issued actions that all four patents were invalid.Callaway asked the lower court for an order stopping Acushnet from selling golf balls covered by the patents. This was a long battle with cheap cleveland golf clubs Titleist and the lower court ruled that Acushnet may not sell Pro V1 golf balls covered by the patents after January 1, 2009.