Rosetta Stone trademark infringement complaint against Google
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Rosetta Stone foreign language education company said on Thursday that it sued Google on trademark infringement case against the. Last July, Rosetta Stone in the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. District Court against Google for trademark infringement lawsuit against Google allows competitors and pirated software in the search advertising in the abuse of Rosetta's mark to mislead consumers, harm the
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cheap Rosetta Stone customers will be "Introduction" to the competitors or counterfeiters, and thus to obtain huge profits. Rosetta said that the ruling of the court was deeply disappointed. It said the ruling will allow Google to continue to mislead consumers, allowing counterfeiters to sell the abuse of its trademark counterfeiting.
Rosetta stone english said that some people use their Google AdWords advertising system for counterfeit software, but it did not take effective measures to stop it. Rosetta Stone said the company is considering an appeal against the sentence is being written to the court ruling. Google said in a statement, it expressed satisfaction with the court's ruling. It also pointed out that a competitor's trademark as a search keyword is legitimate, and this is a precedent. Google Senior Litigation Consultant Adam Barea said: "Google users can search on their own in competition with each other advertisers to choose, we believe that reasonable trademarks or trademarks as search keywords for text ads will not lead to consumer confusion . "Last month, the EU also said that the European Court of Justice to purchase the competitor's trademark as a keyword ads will not have a negative influence on the trademark owner. V. In the case of that piece of the prosecution is that Google luxury handbag maker Louis Vuitton. But the court also on Google's liability in such cases, raised new questions, saying the court needed to determine whether Google knowingly accepted the premise that advertising orders. If Google can prove that it was informed that the trademark misuse act quickly and take down the ads, it will be acquitted. Google said the company organized a special team to monitor the ads, if you find someone using fraudulent advertising or sales of fake and shoddy products, they will immediately take down these ads.
Rosetta Stone French stock on Thursday closed at $ 26.33 per share, down 16 cents. Google stock closed at $ 532 per share, up $ 2.81.