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Rosetta Stone Sues Google


Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 - 2:37pm

Rosetta Stone, a Virginia-based company that builds language-education software, sued Google (GOOG) today for allegedly enabling infringement on its trademark. The software company alleges that last month, Google changed its Adwords policy to allow advertisers to buy ads next to trademarked keywords without first securing the permission of the trademark owner. The lawsuit seeks an injunction barring Google from selling any Rosetta Stone keywords to advertisers.

  • Chris Thompson is a writer living in Brooklyn.

Eric Schmidt in the Hot Seat


Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:29am

Google (GOOG) has been working overtime to dispel the notion that it's a monopoly. And with good reason; its power and ubiquity have led the Justice Department's antitrust lawyers to scrutinize its every move in search of signs that the company is abusing its marketplace position.

  • Chris Thompson is a writer living in Brooklyn.

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