Callaway sues Fortune on patents
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Callaway Golf Co., maker of Top-Flite and Ben Hogan-brand golf equipment, sued Fortune Brands Inc.’s Acushnet Co., claiming it infringed five patents for golf clubs.
Carlsbad, Calif.-based Callaway alleged that some of Acushnet’s Titleist and Cobra brand drivers used “breakthrough” inventions patented since 2002, according to a lawsuit filed June 8 in federal court in Wilmington, Del.
Clarkson Hine, a spokesman for Deerfield, Ill.-based Fortune Brands, didn’t return calls seeking comment. Acushnet also faces another Callaway lawsuit filed in the same court last year alleging infringement of four patents for golf balls.
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