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• Rosetta Stone Files Keyword Advertising Suit

  Arlington-based language-learning software developer Rosetta Stone has filed a trademark infringement suit against Google in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Rosetta Stone said in the lawsuit that when other…

• Court Examines Attorney's Fees Award in Cybersquatting Case

  In Flexible Benefits Council v. Feltman, 2009 WL 1351653 (E.D.Va. 2009), the Court granted Plaintiff's request for an award of statutory damages, attorney's fees, and costs based on Defendants' misconduct under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(the Lanham…

• Rocket Docket Refuses to Adopt “Compelled Self-publication” as Sufficient to Satisfy Publication Element of Defamation Claim

  In Wynn v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 2009 WL 1255464 (E.D. Va. 2009), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was faced with a case in which a Wachovia Bank employee (who…

• Online Tool Can Assist Attorneys in Determining Reach of Federal Subpoenas

  Fed. R. Civ. 45(b)(2) provides that a federal subpoena "may be served at any place: (A) within the district of the issuing court; (B) outside that district but within 100 miles of the place specified…

• Costs of “Metadata Extraction” and Electronic Processing of Documents Not Awardable Taxable Expenses

  In Fells v. Virginia Dep’t of Trans., 2009 WL 866178 (E.D. Va. 2009), Plaintiff Frankie Fells, Sr., sued his former employer, defendant Virginia Department of Transportation, claiming unlawful discrimination against him on the basis of…