Happy New Year,
Al
At 05:12 PM 12/30/2002, you wrote:
What's a 200% improvement? Is that the same as a 200% discount on a pair of shoes?
Happy New Year,
John K
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Taylor
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:06 AM
Subject: ShopTalk: SST, Weiss, and Talalmonti
I received this from a friend, who is also a shoptalkee, and thought some of you would be interested. I hope he doesn't mind my posting this here.
Al
For Immediate Release: Contact: Philip Talamonti
tel: 936.271.1771
TEXAS COURT RULES in Philip Talamonti versus SST & Richard WeissThe Woodlands, TX - December 30, 2002 - An order was entered this past week by a Texas State Court Judge in a 2001 lawsuit filed by Philip Talamonti against Richard Weiss and Strategic Shaft Technologies, LC. Among other things, the Court's order states that Advanced Shaft Dynamics, Ltd. and its principal, Philip Talamonti, may compete directly with SST in all markets. ASD will now expand its service offering to include providing ASD's PEAK PERFORMANCE LOCATING(TM) process as a retrofit option using a players existing golf shafts. ASD had already been performing its golf shaft analysis and orientation process on new golf shafts for assembly (both steel and graphite) in accordance with a prior Court order dating back to April 2002 and will continue to do so.
The Court further ordered that ASD and Talamonti may do unrestricted business with anyone in the market, including those licensees of SST who were or became licensees during Talamonti's tenure as SST's President, provided those parties first terminate or otherwise discontinue their licensing relationships with SST.
In a separate matter coming out of last week's hearings, the Court also granted Talamonti's motion for partial summary judgment against Weiss relating to alleged business disparagement claims. The Court found that Weiss and SST provided no evidence to support such claims against Talamonti.
"Mr. Weiss has been attempting to use the Court to apply pressure and create noncompete restrictions against me and my company to which he is not entitled. The Court's rulings are very satisfying, even more so as I have become increasingly aware of the erroneous information that was being used to mislead the market regarding my ability to do business," said Talamonti. "We are thankful that our prayers were answered and that the Judge ruled as he did on these baseless claims and false allegations."
ASD established an "Authorized Dealer" Network that has already been assembling new "PEAKED(TM)" shafts in the market. A program involving disassembly and "PEAKING(TM)" using a players existing set of shafts will now be added. ASD is also in discussions with golf shaft manufacturers and equipment companies who have expressed interest in incorporating ASD's technology into their new product offerings.
ASD possesses a patent-pending golf shaft analysis technology and equipment that inventor and company founder Talamonti claims is vastly superior to any other process offered in the marketplace. Talamonti remarks, "It's no secret that most experienced clubmakers have been 'twanging' or deflecting shafts to find a visual Flat Line Oscillation ("FLO") plane prior to club assembly. That procedure has been used for decades. In fact, one company has been aggressively marketing what amounts to an electronic version of this age old method. 'FLO' analysis may have some legitimacy in analyzing fishing rods (where the technique was first used) since that sport involves unidirectional 'load' and motion lacking torque or rotation. However, the golf swing involves a completely different set of dynamics. There is simply no scientific information I am aware of to support 'FLO' as an appropriate golf shaft analysis methodology."
ASD has significant independent test data to support its own technology claims. In testing, golf clubs incorporating ASD's PEAK PERFORMANCE LOCATING(TM) process have shown improvements in golf shot accuracy of over 200 percent. ASD intends to make its eye-opening test results available soon through a major golf publication.
More can be learned about ASD at the company website: advancedshaft.com
# # #
