On both the gator-tail and mudbuddy home pages of the web site they both have the same phrase written word for word.

"the original belt driven surface drive mud motor"

makes me laugh out loud

Well, how can dat be? How much fame is there to claim? Is it false advertisement or a lawsuit waiting to happen?

I thought they were already in legal battle?

What really makes me wonder is .... why is an individual that is so adamant in his selection of Pro-Drive lurkin' on other web-sites ???




Hummmm ........

For the Newbies:

Gator-Tail Says Mud Buddy Infringed Outboard Patents

Gator-Tail Outboards, a maker of boat motors designed by perform in shallow water, accused a Utah company of patent infringement.

Gator-Tail outboards, made in Loureauville, Louisiana, are covered by three patents at issue in this case. Mud Buddy, and Mud Buddy Manufacturing, based in Sandy, Utah, make and sell infringing motors, according to the complaint.

The three patents in dispute -- 7,297,035, 7,048,600 and 7,052,340 -- are for air-cooled outboard motors for small marine craft that operate in shallow water. Kyle Broussard of New Iberia Louisiana, is co-plaintiff with Gator-Tail and owns both the '600 and the '340 patents. Gator-Tail is licensee for the '035 patent. All three patents were issued between May 2006 and November 2007.

The motors Gator-Tail makes are for flat-bottomed boats used for hunting, fishing, harvesting crawfish and maintenance of oil-industry infrastructure, according to the company's lawyer, Juston M. O'Brien of New Orleans' McGlinchey Stafford.

MudBuddy's Hyperdrive and HD series engines infringe these patents, Gator-Tail said in court papers filed in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Feb. 29.

In addition to O'Brien, Gator-Tail and Broussard are represented by Joel W. Mohrman and Anderson L. Cao, both from McGlinchey Stafford.

The case is Kyle Broussard v. Mud Buddy, 3:08-cv-00125-JVP- CN, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana (Baton Rouge).

Woody