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Tennis Balls Get their Fuzz Up in Top Seed Lawsuit

May 7th, 2012. By AbiK

We’re over a month away from Wimbledon, but there’s plenty of action on the court for tennis fans. Make that in the court as Penn delivers an offensive lob over to Dunlap in the form of a false advertising lawsuit. Seems Dunlap has had the balls (too easy, had to take it) to dub itself the “World’s No. 1 Ball” and the company also claims to have a 70% share of the worldwide tennis ball market. Apparently, Penn (owned by Head USA, Inc.) doesn’t agree.

Note, fwiw, Penn dubs itself as “America’s No. 1 Selling Ball”.

The tennis ball lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut also includes charges that Dunlap had previously agreed to stop using “No. 1” in its advertising, but hasn’t done so.

For those who are interested, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) publishes a list of “USTA-approved” tennis balls each year. And, in true diplomatic fashion, the list of brands is shown in alphabetical order—clearly they’re not stepping into the clay, er fray, by showing any favoritism to either ball brand.

No word from Wilson in the matter—but let’s face it, they had their hands full last week making commemorative NFL Draft footballs. And Prince? Well, they just filed for bankruptcy.

Tags: #1 Tennis Ball, Dunlop, false advertising, Head USA, Penn, Prince, Tennis Ball Lawsuit, USTA, Wilson
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