ROSETTA STONE LTD. v. GOOGLE, INC.

No. 10-2007.

676 F.3d 144 (2012)

ROSETTA STONE LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOOGLE, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. The UK Intellectual Property Law Society, Amicus Curiae, Eric Goldman; Public Citizen; Martin Schwimmer, Limited Intervenors. International Trademark Association; Blues Destiny Records, LLC; Carfax, Incorporated; Ford Motor Company; Harmon International Industries, Incorporated; the Media Institute; Viacom, Inc.; Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation; Business Software Alliance; Chanel, Incorporated; Coach, Incorporated; Government Employees Insurance Company; Harrah's Entertainment, Incorporated; Longchamp USA, Incorporated; National Football League; Oakley, Incorporated; Professional Golfers' Association of America, Incorporated; Rolls-Royce North America, Incorporated; S.A.S. Jean Cassegrain; Sunkist Growers, Incorporated; Swarovski North America, Ltd.; The Association for Competitive Technology; The Sunrider Corporation; Tivo, Incorporated; Tiffany & Company; Tumi, Incorporated; United Continental Holdings, Incorporated; 1-800 Contacts, Incorporated; ConvaTec, Incorporated; Guru Denim, Incorporated; Monster Cable Products, Incorporated; PetMed Express, Inc.; Volunteers of America, Amici Supporting Appellant, Public Citizen; Public Knowledge; Electronic Frontier Foundation; eBay Incorporated; Yahoo! Incorporated, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Clifford M. Sloan , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Margret Mary Caruso , Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mitchell S. Ettinger , Jennifer L. Spaziano , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Cheryl A. Galvin , Henry Lien , Austin D. Tarango , Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, California; Jonathan D. Frieden , Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, PC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee. Charles Lee Thomason , Spalding & Thomason, Bardstown, Kentucky, for The UK Intellectual Property Law Society, Amicus Curiae. David H. Bernstein , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York; Kurt E. Anderson , Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC, Red Bank, New Jersey; A. Justin Ourso, III , Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for International Trademark Association, Amicus Supporting Appellant. Marcia B. Paul , Kevan Choset , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, New York, Daniel P. Reing , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, D.C., for Blues Destiny Records, LLC, Carfax, Incorporated, Harmon International Industries, Incorporated, The Media Institute, and Viacom, Inc.; Mark S. Sparschu , Brooks Kushman PC, Southfield, Michigan, for Ford Motor Company, Amici Supporting Appellant. Randall K. Miller , Arnold & Porter, McLean, Virginia, Roberta L. Horton , Tricia A. Cross , Brent S. LaBarge , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, Business Software Alliance, Chanel, Incorporated, Coach, Incorporated, Government Employees Insurance Company, Harrah's Entertainment, Incorporated, Longchamp USA, Incorporated, National Football League, Oakley, Incorporated, Professional Golfers' Association of America, Incorporated, Rolls-Royce North America, Incorporated, S.A.S. Jean Cassegrain, Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, Swarovski North America, Ltd., The Association for Competitive Technology, The Sunrider Corporation, TiVo, Incorporated, Tiffany & Company, Tumi, Incorporated, and United Continental Holdings, Incorporated, Amici Supporting Appellant. Brad R. Newberg , Reed Smith LLP, Falls Church, Virginia, for 1-800 Contacts, Incorporated, ConvaTec, Incorporated, Guru Denim, Incorporated, Monster Cable Products, Incorporated, and PetMed Express, Inc., Amici Supporting Appellant. Thomas G. Southard , Karl Wm. Means , Alan B. Sternstein , Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA, Potomac, Maryland, for Volunteers of America, Amicus Supporting Appellant. Paul Alan Levy , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Public Citizen, Amicus Supporting Appellee. Harold Feld , John Bergmayer , Rashmi Rangnath , Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.; Corynne McSherry , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for Public Knowledge and Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amici Supporting Appellee. R. Bruce Rich , Jonathan Bloom , Mark J. Fiore , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, Michael Lyle , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, D.C., for Yahoo! Incorporated and eBay, Incorporated, Amici Supporting Appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge KEENAN and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.


OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Appellant Rosetta Stone Ltd. appeals from an order, see Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc., 730 F.Supp.2d 531 (E.D.Va. 2010), granting summary judgment against Rosetta Stone on its claims against Appellee Google Inc. for trademark infringement, see 15 U.S.C. § 1114(1)(a); contributory and vicarious trademark infringement; and trademark dilution, see 15 U.S.C...

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