Rosetta Stone rocks Google with trademark lawsuit - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

Rage9 · 07-10-2009, 03:32 PM

Yeah, remember all that hoopla about google letting people bid on trademarked words? Woops!

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Rosetta Stone, maker of language-learning software, is joining a growing crowd of companies suing Google for letting third-parties buy permission to use other people's trademarks on AdWords.
Rosetta filed the lawsuit today in US District Court in Virginia, where the company is headquartered. The complaint fingers Google's recent change to its AdWords trademark policy that lets advertisers buy the right to trademarks in text ads even if they don't have approval from the actual trademark owner to use them.

The complaint alleges that the practice aids third parties in "hijacking" consumers and interferes with Rosetta's sales and business...

Rosetta Stone rocks Google with trademark lawsuit ? The Register

Netphase · 07-10-2009, 05:45 PM

Google should remove them from the search index.

kimboslice · 07-10-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Netphase

Google should remove them from the search index.

That's playing hardball right there.....

Russ86 · 07-11-2009, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Netphase

Google should remove them from the search index.

Yeah, they really should. These fucking people are pretty arrogant trying to sue a company that controls like 60% of the search volume on the planet.

acemenace · 07-11-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Netphase

Google should remove them from the search index.

And Suspend/Slap their Adwords shit while at it too.

illmill · 07-12-2009, 07:20 PM

Fuck Google! They don't make the laws. Although, I bet Google wins this case with it's deep pockets.

teampl4y4 · 07-14-2009, 06:16 PM

Fuck Google, Fuck Walmart, etc.. just don't fuck WITH them.

JeremyMorgan · 07-17-2009, 12:09 PM

I can see both sides of this issue. However, if the money eventually gets to Rosetta Stone anyway, what do they care?

And yeah, dropping them from the index would be pretty ballsy. And legally there would be nothing RS could do about it.

newbyr · 07-31-2009, 10:53 AM

I tried adwords with Rosetta Stone about a year ago, but ad got pulled. What happened since then????

guerilla · 07-31-2009, 06:27 PM

Trademarks are ridiculous anyway. The notion of a rosetta stone certainly predates the internet.

Rosetta Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

lemons884 · 07-31-2009, 06:30 PM

rosetta stone about to get super google slap. almost a google falcon punch.

AdExhibitJason · 08-01-2009, 01:02 AM

I don't understand how google can be held liable for "trademark infringement". They run a proprietary software that people use to search for stuff. If an individual wants to pay google for a term that is trademarked to market something of their own or even the product. Why would google not be allowed to do it. I know this might not make sense.

How about this. Since google is owned by google and information you take from google to form a case is the property of google. The information you gather would be insubissable in court.

Dimaseo · 08-01-2009, 04:00 AM

Would love to see a slap :-/

Jokestar · 08-06-2009, 11:17 PM

Google won't slap RS. On the other hand, trying to sue Big G? Who the hell do they think they are?

ttime · 08-11-2009, 02:38 PM

Dont Bite the Hand that Feeds you

Squarez · 10-18-2009, 12:21 PM

Funny thing is I used to sell Rosetta Stone on the side lol.

jordanj77 · 10-19-2009, 11:43 PM

What I don't get is how anyone actually learns a language with Rosetta Stone... I've tried it and it seems pretty retarded. You just start learning random ass words and then one day you'll be able to speak it?

Netphase · 10-20-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jordanj77

What I don't get is how anyone actually learns a language with Rosetta Stone... I've tried it and it seems pretty retarded. You just start learning random ass words and then one day you'll be able to speak it?

It works for me. It starts with simple words like man, woman, girl, boy, car, colors and builds sentences from there. I think figuring out the words and sentences from pictures works great compared to just reading translated words.

jordanj77 · 10-20-2009, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Netphase

It works for me. It starts with simple words like man, woman, girl, boy, car, colors and builds sentences from there. I think figuring out the words and sentences from pictures works great compared to just reading translated words.

Have you achieved any level of fluency or strong conversational ability in a language just by using Rosetta?

Maybe I'll give it another shot..

How do you learn to conjugate verbs or speak in different tenses?

nerd4words · 10-21-2009, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jordanj77

How do you learn to conjugate verbs or speak in different tenses?

not all languages have conjugate-able verbs and/or different tenses. ^_^ thus a small portion of why learning mandarin is actually easier for me than learning spanish was. rosetta is a good program, though I couldn't tell you if it's hundreds of dollars good, ahem.

vashie · 10-21-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by illmill

Fuck Google! They don't make the laws. Although, I bet Google wins this case with it's deep pockets.

Didn't you hear? FTC has to do what Google says or they will drop them from the search results.

mguindon10 · 10-22-2009, 05:04 PM

I own the copyright and trademark of the letter "K" so in this thread alone, you bitches owe me $3000.

wickedteasa · 10-23-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by teampl4y4

Fuck Google, Fuck Walmart, etc.. just don't fuck WITH them.

ditto

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JeremyMorgan SEO Master Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wilsonville, OR Posts: 33 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I can see both sides of this issue. However, if the money eventually gets to Rosetta Stone anyway, what do they care? And yeah, dropping them from the index would be pretty ballsy. And legally there would be nothing RS could do about it. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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AdExhibitJason Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,402 iTrader: 2 / 75%	I don't understand how google can be held liable for "trademark infringement". They run a proprietary software that people use to search for stuff. If an individual wants to pay google for a term that is trademarked to market something of their own or even the product. Why would google not be allowed to do it. I know this might not make sense. How about this. Since google is owned by google and information you take from google to form a case is the property of google. The information you gather would be insubissable in court. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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jordanj77 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 / 0%	What I don't get is how anyone actually learns a language with Rosetta Stone... I've tried it and it seems pretty retarded. You just start learning random ass words and then one day you'll be able to speak it? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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mguindon10 F Balls!!! Join Date: May 2009 Location: MI Posts: 40 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I own the copyright and trademark of the letter "K" so in this thread alone, you bitches owe me $3000. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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