Plane Truth Golf Great Grand Opening for Plane Truth Watters Creek. Thanks to Matt Kuchar and @bridgestonegolf for kicking us off. http://t.co/LLJFWdEuhT
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Kiel Owens Watching the Ken Venturi special on Feherty and had to be one of the most interesting people ever to be part of golf. Not to mention a great commentator! Rip Mr Venturi!
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markjbult The Ken Venturi interview with David Feherty is excellent. What a guy, full of stories. #feherty #golfchannel
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Feherty On-Air Now: 10pm ET on Golf Channel -> A special encore presentation of last season's 'Feherty' with guest Ken Venturi.The former U.S. Open champion, longtime broadcaster & recent Hall of Fame inductee passed away last week at 82.
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BrandtSnedeker Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the tornados in Oklahoma.. Sick to my stomach watching the coverage. Awful
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Ricardo Luis Mata Borjas E6. Best ball for high handicappers like me. The only ball that makes me a mid-handicapper!!!! ;)
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AndrewKlasing Big shoutout to @bridgestonegolf for all they have done for Central Alabama CC in supporting our program with the best equipment #thankful
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M_Mehallow13 Just received my @bridgestonegolf e7 golf balls! I can't wait to try them out! Big thanks to @ghostofhogan http://t.co/yvqR5O3IQ9
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KSDKSports Fred Couples has withdrawn from the 74th annual Senior PGA Championship. A history of back ailments is to blame. #SrPGA
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jerrygsch @JJohnson_LPGA @lpga @MobileBayLPGA Congrats! Been following you onTV for years - ur victory well deserved!
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B-FIT

PRESS RELEASE

March 7, 2005

Bridgestone Sports Initiates Patent Infringement Action Against The Acushnet Company

Titleist's Leading Golf Balls Allegedly Infringe Upon Several Bridgestone-owned U.S. Patents

Covington, Ga. — On March 7, 2005, Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bridgestone Golf, Inc., filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Acushnet Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Bridgestone Sports is currently the leading golf ball manufacturer in Japan with a 40% share of that market, and Acushnet remains the leader in the U.S. golf ball market.

In the complaint, Bridgestone Sports charges Acushnet with willful infringement of ten United States patents from Bridgestone Sports' extensive patent portfolio covering multi-piece solid core golf ball technology. Among the Acushnet balls charged with infringement are: Titleist® Pro V1™, the Titleist® Pro V1x™, the Titleist® NXT™, Titleist® NXT Tour, the Titleist® DT SoLo, and the Pinnacle® Exception™ golf balls.

Bridgestone Sports is seeking an injunction against Acushnet from infringing upon the company's patents and for unspecified compensation for damages that have occurred as a result of past infringement. In addition, Bridgestone Sports seeks a declaratory judgment of non-infringement with respect to four United States patents owned by Acushnet.

"During the course of several months of negotiations with Acushnet, we attempted to settle this dispute; however, when negotiations failed, Acushnet left us with no other course of action, but to file suit," said Mr. Kawano, President, Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. "We remain hopeful that this matter can be settled, but in the meantime, we must protect our intellectual property rights. We will do so passionately and we are committed to see this matter to the end, in order to properly remedy the infringement."

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Bridgestone Sports, together with its U.S. subsidiary, Bridgestone Golf, Inc., located in Covington, Georgia, develops, manufactures and sells premium golf products, including Bridgestone Golf™, Precept® and TourStage® golf balls. Bridgestone is represented on a world stage by a number of internationally famed golfers including, Stuart Appleby, Shigeki Maruyama and Nick Price. Bridgestone Golf, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd., whose headquarters are in Tokyo.

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Bridgestone Golf, Inc., based in Covington, GA, manufactures and markets premium golf balls, clubs and accessories under the Bridgestone and Precept brand names. Bridgestone is represented on a world stage by a number of internationally famed golfers including
Fred Couples, Matt Kuchar, Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker, Paula Creamer, Nick Price, and Lee Trevino. Bridgestone Golf, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd., whose headquarters are in Tokyo.

Bridgestone Golf, Inc. is proud to be the #1 Ball Fitter in Golf as the industry leader in live launch monitor fittings. Bridgestone provides three ways for golfers to find the ball that best fits their game: live fittings through the Bridgestone Ball Fitting Challenge, live online chats with ball fitting experts through its B-FIT service, and an easily accessible Online Ball Selection Guide. For more information on ball fitting, including a complete schedule of Ball Fitting Challenge events, visit www.bridgestonegolf.com.