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<b><i>Online Exclusive:</i></b> Google Opts to Make a Deal in AdWords Spat with Rosetta Stone

By Jan Wolfe
November 02, 2012

Google Inc. has given up the fight in a closely-watched case accusing the company of infringing trademarks and facilitating the sale of counterfeit goods.

The Arlington, VA-based language software company Rosetta Stone Inc. agreed on Oct. 31 to drop claims that its trademarks were infringed by Google's system for generating online ads based on Internet searches. While the terms of the settlement are confidential, the companies said in a joint statement that they will now “work together to help law enforcement officials around the world go after counterfeiters at the source.” (See the press release from Rosetta Stone here.)

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