CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company
(NYSE: ELY) announced today that the Taiwanese government has handed out jail
sentences to two persons found guilty of selling counterfeit Callaway Golf(R)
clubs and components. The defendants, Liao Fa-Ching and Chou Yu-Mei, were
convicted of violating two articles of the Republic of China's Trademark Law
after government investigators had raided their business, Tung Chi
International Co. Ltd., last year and seized counterfeit Callaway Golf
products. Liao and Chou were sentenced to two years and one and one-half
years in jail, respectively.
"Callaway Golf appreciates the support it has received from the
enforcement authorities and the courts in Taiwan," stated Steve McCracken,
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Callaway Golf.
Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons,
including Big Bertha ERC(TM) II Forged Titanium Drivers, Big Bertha Hawk
Eye(R) VFT(TM) and Big Bertha Hawk Eye VFT Pro Series Titanium Drivers and
Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Steelhead Plus(TM) Stainless Steel Drivers and
Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Steelhead(R)
X-14(R) and Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons. Callaway Golf
Company also makes and sells Odyssey(R) Putters, including White Hot(TM),
TriHot(TM), and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells
the Callaway Golf(R) "Rule 35(TM)" Firmfeel(TM) and Softfeel(TM) golf balls,
and the CB1(TM) Red golf ball. For more information about Callaway Golf
Company, please visit our Web sites at http://www.callawaygolf.com,
http://www.callawaygolfball.com and http://www.odysseygolf.com.
SOURCE Callaway Golf Company
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CONTACT:
Larry Dorman or Steve McCracken, both of
Callaway Golf Company, 760-931-1771
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