UPDATE NOTE
There seems to be some (understandable) confusion in regards to where the lawsuit is coming from. To clarify, "Bethesda Softworks" (publisher and developer of game titles) and "Bethesda Game Studios" (Creators of games like Oblivion, Skyrim etc.) are not the same entity. BGS is an in-house game-making team led by Todd Howard which is one part of Bethesda Softworks, and has no direct connection to the lawsuit in progress by Bethesda Softworks. Unless further specified by the acronym "BGS", any references to Bethesda in the following article assume "Bethesda Softworks". Sorry about the confusion!
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Mojang has been in development of another project (which we went over in our last installment), which bears the working name "Scrolls". Bethesda has expressed concern that players could mix up this new game with their own "Elder Scrolls" series, although the two seem to share no noticeable similarities beyond the word "scrolls".
Notch said that their office received a 15-page cease-and-desist letter, claiming that Mojang would be sued for rights to the word, along with formal requests for legal fees. He went on to say that they are attempting to establish talks with Bethesda regarding the word, to find an amicable solution for both parties. At the time of this writing, there was no available response from Bethesda.
We will continue to update this article as information becomes available.
Notch said that their office received a 15-page cease-and-desist letter, claiming that Mojang would be sued for rights to the word, along with formal requests for legal fees. He went on to say that they are attempting to establish talks with Bethesda regarding the word, to find an amicable solution for both parties. At the time of this writing, there was no available response from Bethesda.
We will continue to update this article as information becomes available.
This just goes to show the extent of the stupidity in law. I knew politics was like a bunch of pre-adolescent children in a playground, but I thought better of the games industry.
I could sue every one who post after me!
I thought that to be lawyer it was necessary to be smart
Those dumbasses from bethesda proves the opositive (well at lest for bethesdalawyers)
Oh and be carefull bethesda, dont name nothing with the character i used, or i'll sue you
sue me....
Thats a very nice building you have there, it'd be asssssssshame if something happen to it
ITT: people who have no idea what copyrights are.
Why can't Bethesda call Mojang and be like "Hey, about that game you guys are working on called "Scrolls"?, Yea, well we think it might be confused with the game series we publish and develop called "Elder Scrolls"....
Oh Dang, Am I going to get sued?
ps. STOP SPAMMING SCROLLS!