Rosetta Stone have originally been displayed within a temple, possibly at nearby Sais. It was probably moved during the early Christian or medieval period, and was eventually used as building material in the construction of Fort Julien near the town of Rashid (Rosetta) in the Nile Delta. It was rediscovered there in July 1799 by a French soldier named Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt. It was the first Ancient Egyptian bilingual text recovered in modern times, and it aroused widespread public interest with its potential to decipher this previously untranslated hieroglyphic language. Lithographic copies and plaster casts began circulating
Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc. found Rosetta Stone did not meet its burden for summary judgment. However, the question was whether Google had met "its" burden for summary judgment and given the evidence to support Rosetta Stone's claim, and that "Tiffany Inc. v. eBay, Inc." was decided after a trial and hence of limited application here, the Court overruled the district court's grant of summary judgment. The district court held that Rosetta Stone had failed to allege an implicit promise to pay, thus granting Google's motion to dismiss. The Court found this a misreading of the unjust enrichment standard, but upheld the motion to dismiss