Court Favors Callaway Golf in Trade Secrets Case

A federal court in Delaware has granted Callaway Golf Co.’s motion for summary judgment, finding little evidence that Callaway misappropriated trade secrets from Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc. when it hired away one of Dunlop’s chemists.   In the early 1990s, Dunlop began developing a three-piece, cast polyurethane-covered golf ball for the high-end of the gold ball industry. In the m id-1990s, the suit alleges, Callaway began hiring employees with experience in polyurethane golf