< Back to previous page

Rosetta Stone launches legal action against Google

Published on 14 Jul 2009 under category: legal

A software firm is taking legal action against Google due to a trademark dispute.

Rosetta Stone is suing the search-engine giant after filing a suit last week, those involved in commercial litigation may be interested to hear.

The action relates allegations of Google selling the right to use the language education software firm's trademark to third-parties via the AdWords programme.

Michael Wu, general counsel for Rosetta Stone, explained the issue the company is unhappy about.

He said: "Google's search engine is helping third parties mislead consumers and misappropriate Rosetta Stone trademarks by using them as keyword triggers for paid advertisements and by using them within the text or title of paid advertisements."

In other news which may interest those involved with commercial litigation, earlier this week it was revealed that Power.com is suing Facebook over a data issue.

The legal action is being taken against the social networking website amid allegations that it should give its users the control of information they upload on the online portal.