Luckily I posted the article (link below to the article no longer works) about the lawsuit, so I found it. Looks like they still produced the ball and released it nearly 3 months after settling and kept it on the market for 11 months. I think it ran its course and Storm pulled it for the newest next greatest ball ever. I do not think it was canned due to the lawsuit. The Crux series was probably canned due to the lawsuit as mention in the posts above though.

link for the thread
http://www.ballreviews.com/storm/alpha-crux-and-phaze-announced-t309988.0.html

Quote from: tkkshop on December 23, 2015, 12:43:18 PM

https://rpx-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lits/734/44011/utdce-94843.pdf?Signature=2WiqWRlW0YC0tb3VHmdIRGQY3MI%3D&Expires=1450897709&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI2UWKALIEYBVOKDA

Storm and Mo* settled, allowing Storm to continue making the Crux core, but MoRich/Brunswick reached a settlement with Storm. I think this is Storm, shaking their tail at Brusnwick with the whole "Alpha" deal. Let us not forget that this should be stronger than the Crux. Maybe nudging one of the Guru's off the hook perch? We'll see. A 70 day early leak though? That's insane.

Sounds like Storm learned the hard way its not easy to out Mo Mr. Pinel without stepping on his R&D.  Credit for following through on releasing the ball to market though.

At this time, that is true.  But it wouldn't surprise me to see some stronger coverstocks on this core, or a version of it in future releases. Maybe as the replacement for the Sure Lock.  They have run stronger covers in the past with earlier version RAD cores

To answer the original poster ....... my understanding is Mo Pinel sued Storm for patent infringement for the core design.  A settlement was reached where Storm could continue producing the core, with a percentage of sales going to Mo Pinel.


It's all in the numbers .... it makes no sense to continue making NEW balls where there is less profit margin.  It is more cost effective to make a new core and tell Mo to pound sand.