MIAMI – Dick Weiss, founder of Strategic Shaft Technologies LC, has received relief from a Florida court against Philip Talamonti’s, company D&T Ventures, and Talamonti’s partner, Frank D’Aguanno.
On Feb. 21, 2006, the Court issued an "Order for Sanctions and Other Relief" compelling D’Aguanno and D&T to assign a patent and patent application for inventions of Weiss’ that D’Aguanno had wrongfully filed in his own name and that he and Talamonti had used.
"This suit has been outstanding for more than five years," Weiss said. "It shows that justice can be served when one stays the path of truth as SST and I have and will continue to do to protect our shaft alignment work!"
This is not the only legal tussle between Talamonti and one of his companies and Weiss and SST. After Weiss terminated Talamonti’s consulting agreement with SST in 2001, Weiss successfully obtained an injunction from a court in Harris County, Texas, that forced Talamonti to remove SST property from his home and return it to SST. There was also a jury trial in 2004 of certain claims by Talamonti against Weiss and SST that a Texas jury rejected in short order in siding heavily with Weiss.
Another matter involving the surreptitious tape recording of telephone and personal conversations by Talamonti and his wife recently ended because Weiss’s attorneys missed a filing date. Although Talamonti had acknowledged under oath that he did this, the Court dismissed the case because of counsel’s oversight. "I was disappointed that our attorneys dropped the ball this time on the filing date," Weiss said. "It was a minor technicality in my mind but I am pleased that Talamonti’s actions are part of the public records. The golfing world can now see what we have had to go through!"
The recent order in Florida prohibits Talamonti from using any equipment from the D&T Ventures as well as any improvements, modifications, or continuations worldwide thereof. Talamonti and his current company ASD have recently announced an agreement to have a former shaft manufacturer work with ASD to offer a shaft to the industry. Weiss’ counsel has recently sent Talamonti and Loomis Golf letters of warning regarding any of their work that may fall within the scope of the claims Weiss has in his numerous patents on shaft alignment and assembly.
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