| All Industries use some type of cloning. When one of the car manufactures come out with a new piece of design or technology their competitors will all have it next year in some form or fashion. The clothing industry works much the same way. Each of these companies takes from each other and "clones" or "knocks-off" the others design concepts. They can do this legally in a effort to improve their product offering.
Store brands do this very well. On their packaging will sometimes say "compare to..." Store brands are saying they are very much like the name brand without trying to make consumers think they are the name brand. That's fraud. The golf world is no different.
Companies like Callaway, Ping, TaylorMade and Cobra are the most popular club producers in the world. They are constantly vying for the biggest market share through innovative design and technology, as well as marketing. When a company releases a brand new idea, everybody is close on their heels (i.e. square head drivers).
Computers are a very good example of how a cloning market matures. In the mid 1980's small companies started cloning IBM's personal computer. Consumers were able to buy these clones for much less than what they could buy an actual IBM for. Some of these clone companies got a little bigger over the years as they added their own innovation to what IBM started. You might recognize names like Dell, Gateway and Compaq to name a few. The goal of Clones, in golf, computers, cars and store brands is to provide all of the performance features of a big name brand with a better value to the consumer.
Clones are not to be confused with the branded products they may seek to flatter, but they are made from essentially the same materials and design principles, use many of the same shaft and grip suppliers and perform similar to (or often better than) the name brands.
The important point is we buy our heads, shafts and grips from the same small community of golf manufacturing suppliers. We provide performance but offer you a BETTER VALUE.
Are some golf clones illegal?
Illegal knockoffs and counterfeits have been a significant problem in the golf industry. The Name Brands talk about illegal clubs ripping them off, but counterfeiters also rip us off and you too, the consumer. No one should buy products from an illegal counterfeiter. An illegal knockoff and/or counterfeit is a product that violates the legal trade dress rights, trademarks, patents or copyrights of another company. Historical examples of trade dress violators were the makers of the "king snake" which was an illegal knockoff of Cobra's King Cobra, the Tommy Mann Bummer, the Big Burser you see the point.
An illegal knockoff rips off the violated company because it confuses the consumer and in some cases seeks to fool the consumer into thinking their product is actually the Name Brand Company's product. It rips us off because we play by the rules and lose business to shady operators who fool consumers into thinking they are buying a legitimate product. It rips you off if you buy their products because you have then violated the law and are holding illegal goods. That could very well negatively affect your game and, we at Peacock Golf do not want that to happen.
Peacockgolf.com is very careful to not violate the valid rights of other companies. However, we do examine carefully the claims of companies and work hard to get into your hands the best products at the best price.
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