Titleist they would be appealing the decision. Acushnet somewhat redesigned the Pro-V1 during the dispute. On August 14, 2009, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the judgment against Acushnet and ordered a new trial. On March 29, 2010, a federal jury ruled in favor of Acushnet (Titleist), and found that the Callaway patents were invalid. Titleist is a respected and popular golf brand, with such players as Adam Scott, Steve Stricker, Bill Haas, Geoff Ogilvy, and Jordan Spieth under contract. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Matteo Manassero and Nick Watney were also contracted to use Titleist before moving to
Sports figurines According to an article from the St. Louis Bi-State Region Report, the popularity of sports figurine continues to grow. Hartland Figurines is the most well known company of making and selling sports figurines. Hartland was founded in 1941 and was the first company to manufacture licensed sports figurines. The first series they produced was the 900 series in 1958, "using mold-injected acetate plastic resin. The figures were then hand painted using an acetate-based paint". Hartland Plastics has been producing pieces of Sports memorabilia since the 1950s. In the years since, sports action figures have been produced using hard plastic, rubber,