Joola somewhat surprisingly considering background has actually sued the USAP regarding the removal of their paddles. We think this is very reasonable as we previously stated that we have no doubt that their generation 3 paddles perform normally though perhaps being predicated on a mechanical design. Even if they are predicated on a mechanical design is very unlikely that at the impact forces experienced this mechanical design truly functions. The extra power from these paddles is very likely just from mass distribution to the edges.
What does this mean for the future of paddles? For us it makes it feel a little bit safer moving forward with our next design and it reaffirms our previous decision that even doing business with the USAP might have been one of the poor decisions we made starting out as a business. At the time it was absolutely necessary but hopefully it will become decreasingly so to have certification especially for recreational paddles.
We doubt that the USAP will be able to survive this lawsuit if it is pursued seriously. We are not surprised that certain other paddles are not coming back to market as they we're blantent derivatives of our paddles. If they are brought back to the market we will take legal action against them. CoreTek Pickleball and patented the foam injected core months before the Oni, in fact we can imagine where they got the idea.
We now very much doubt that our paddles are under threat of removal. It's also unlikely the lawsuits will stop at the USAP but as the sports trusted influencers really don't talk about anything meaningful you won't hear that anywhere but here!
As for coefficient of restitution we still have no clue about the implementation which seems to have been selective and arbitrary and as of now the conditions for it have not been stated. CoreTek Pickleball is not going to let this clear attempt to stop development of new paddles which favors legacy companies and will be developing our next model.
