Again. A company can surely try to sue others for using a word, but that won't get companies anywhere.
Because you can NOT. OWN. A. WORD.
I don't know where you got your nonsense about the ability to own an actual word, but stop ridiculing yourself.
You can own business terms and titles, but you surely can't prevent other companies from using a part of that for their own - unless you'd have all those variations registered as well. Look if you want to be ignorant to this, have it your way. I'm not going to attempt educating someone who doesn't even want common sense.
FFS.
No, you don't "own the word". I even stated that in my last post. You do however own all rights to the commercial use of the word and similar words on and in creative works and commercial products.
Again. A company can surely try to sue others for using a word, but that won't get companies anywhere.
Yes it does. If you start a chain of things, or a company, you want the rights to that name and similar names to be protected. So you can't start a "Banana Corp" that makes "bPhones". It will get shot. to. pieces. You will be given a letter pretty much identical to the one Mojang has received. However, unlike Mojang, you will LOSE the case and be forced to rename, settle and pay monies.
unless you'd have all those variations registered as well
No! This is exactly WHY you get a trademark registered. To help prevent other people using similar names and logos to your own. I'm guessing that Zinimax is mainly using a dilution argument.
Also an important line here: "The law in most jurisdictions also allows the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorized use of the mark in relation to products or services which are identical or "colourfully" similar to the "registered" products or services, and in certain cases, prevent use in relation to entirely dissimilar products or services"
Great examples here, where McDonalds has successfully gotten various named companies/businesses/items renamed :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_legal_cases#Trademark_and_copyright. It is also worth noting the ones that FAILED, and why. This will be what happens with the current situation, however it is important that Zinimax DO this, as it is part of trademark law that they defend their trademark.
this is bulls**t if i want to write a book it has the word scrolls in it well all i have to say is f*** you bethesda and your weird sounding name that no one can pronounce
Big game companies try to keep the up-and-coming companies down by finding any way they can to topple them over, so they eliminate competition before it begins. It's a standard business technique, really. It happens all over, too, not just the video game world. In the music industry, independent record companies only control about 11% of the overall nation-wide music sales, but almost 80-90% of the most famous musicians were originally contracted to an independent company, and got jacked by a major company as soon as they got the slightest bit noticed.
Bethesda also has a tendency to sue people for just about anything they can... They even sued the company that was making the Table-Top D-20 version of Fallout. Albeit they didn't ask for permission, and this situation isn't even the SLIGHTEST bit comparable to that one, as that was a blatant copyright and trademark infringement, but THIS... If I'm not mistaken, trademarks don't protect EVERY SINGLE WORD in your trademark title.
I never really had much respect for Bethesda, anyway. Their games are dull, and poorly made. If it weren't for Elder Scrolls, they'd be a dead company by now.
Come on! This is preventing the Adventure Update! I agree with Notch though, this has to be an automated response, or they have no idea about the amount of internet backdraft will comeout of this. Go Notch!
The people know the diffrence between ELDER and Scroll so we will not mix it up. Let us use it for it may help you and get people thinging... "Hmm ill try elder scrolls after this (put name of scrolls project here)" So your sales and revune will increase while we get a share too.
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I would laugh if a 'weapon' eats its own 'wielder'.
Surely he isn't the first person to ever come up with the word 'Scrolls' and sure as hell does not own the word.
He can go to hell the greedy fool.
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No, you don't "own the word". I even stated that in my last post. You do however own all rights to the commercial use of the word and similar words on and in creative works and commercial products.
Yes it does. If you start a chain of things, or a company, you want the rights to that name and similar names to be protected. So you can't start a "Banana Corp" that makes "bPhones". It will get shot. to. pieces. You will be given a letter pretty much identical to the one Mojang has received. However, unlike Mojang, you will LOSE the case and be forced to rename, settle and pay monies.
No! This is exactly WHY you get a trademark registered. To help prevent other people using similar names and logos to your own. I'm guessing that Zinimax is mainly using a dilution argument.
Also an important line here:
"The law in most jurisdictions also allows the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorized use of the mark in relation to products or services which are identical or "colourfully" similar to the "registered" products or services, and in certain cases, prevent use in relation to entirely dissimilar products or services"
Great examples here, where McDonalds has successfully gotten various named companies/businesses/items renamed :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_legal_cases#Trademark_and_copyright. It is also worth noting the ones that FAILED, and why. This will be what happens with the current situation, however it is important that Zinimax DO this, as it is part of trademark law that they defend their trademark.
Greed is a danger to us all.....
Bethesda also has a tendency to sue people for just about anything they can... They even sued the company that was making the Table-Top D-20 version of Fallout. Albeit they didn't ask for permission, and this situation isn't even the SLIGHTEST bit comparable to that one, as that was a blatant copyright and trademark infringement, but THIS... If I'm not mistaken, trademarks don't protect EVERY SINGLE WORD in your trademark title.
I never really had much respect for Bethesda, anyway. Their games are dull, and poorly made. If it weren't for Elder Scrolls, they'd be a dead company by now.