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First of all, just want to point out, Bethesda is the name of the company. It's not a woman. :/
Secondly, Bethesda themselves did not initiate this suit. It was the lawyers.

As people have stated, this isn't going to work. It's an odd suit, and I suppose I can understand "concern" for mixing up names (aside from the other four words) but really I would only believe that if The Elder Scrolls was named Scrolls in the first place.

Don't hate on Bethesda, don't hate on Notch, just wait to see where this goes.

Right, because I when I hear the word "scrolls," I think "Elder Scrolls."
Complete sarcasm, by the way.

I wanted to buy Skyrim when it comes out, but I'm not if Bethesda isn't going to let Mojang use an English word.

Seeing as Elder Scrolls uses no scrolls & the game will not be a rip-off, it's a frivolous lawsuit. Imagine if one FPS developer sued every other company that tried to put "war" in their title. Plus no one has mistaken Starcraft or Minecraft for Warcraft. Still, the fact that Paris Hilton legally owns the rights to the phrase "that's hawt" scares me.

Wow...get a life

So dumb.

Well that was a stupid move Bethesda. Once those who play your games as well as Minecraft find out about this, say bye bye to half of your cash intake. All just over one little word.

Wilber, don't be a faggot.

I'm thinking this is bad move for bethesda considering how many people they're going to upset with this, and we should show them, if this continues then I won't buy Skyrim or any of their other games, I might even send them a letter.

@Wilberforce, no. Just no.

@Wilberforce

That won't accomplish a dern thing.

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SUE ME FOR THIS BETHESDA!!!!!!!!!! SUE ME FOR JUST PUTTING THESE WORDS IN THIS POST CMON SUE ME SUE ME NOW!

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I just contacted Bethesda on their website. All I put is "Scrolls. OH GOD DON'T SUE ME!"

Everyone should do this. Flame them. They deserve it. Start a war. A war that shows Notch how much we love his game!

EVERYONE! Go and email them at their website. Basicly try to DDos their website with the people! Flame them! Come on men and women! We can do this! FOR MINECRAFT!

lets not and say we did

i love you Bethesda i mean it but really i love these guys 2 so i mean dude that's not cool.

Sadly, you can trademark single words, and I'm sure over the years Bethesda has done so with all words they could associated with their biggest franchise.

Mojang has grossed approximately 56 million from their first game. Zenimax (the parent company of Bethesda) is worth billions. They bought ID software, the progenitor of the first-person shooter. Mojang is, sadly, still a speck of dust on the industry.

Mojang has two choices, change the name immediately, or get sued into ruin. It sucks, but it's lawyers versus lawyers at this point. Hopefully it doesn't go to court and Mojang concedes to the name-change.

On a personal level, I think this has to do with the 11.11.11 release date and Mojang's Microsoft deal beneath the surface. I guarantee that Zenimax's lawyers flipped out and tried to find a way to sue Mojang over the release date, but they couldn't, so they came up with this. For some reason they feel challenged, which is weird, and they're probably hoping that the lawsuit will put Mojang's Microsoft deal in jeopardy as well.

As much as I hate this, here's why Mojang won't win this battle: Bethesda's parent company is Zenimax Media. Here is their Board of Directors:

Robert A. Altman (check out his Wikipedia page......fraudulent douchebag)
Chairman & CEO

Ernest Del
President

Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Michael Dominguez
Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners Inc.

Leslie Moonves
President & CEO, CBS Corporation

Cal Ripken, Jr.
President & CEO, Ripken Baseball, Inc.

Harry E. Sloan
Chairman, Global Eagle Acquisition Corp.

Robert S. Trump
President, Trump Management, Inc.

So, Mojang, change the name while you still have money and a company. It's not right, but it's a foregone conclusion.

Quote from Wilberforce

I just contacted Bethesda on their website. All I put is "Scrolls. OH GOD DON'T SUE ME!"

Everyone should do this. Flame them. They deserve it. Start a war. A war that shows Notch how much we love his game!

EVERYONE! Go and email them at their website. Basicly try to DDos their website with the people! Flame them! Come on men and women! We can do this! FOR MINECRAFT!

I think they'd learn, but it's too extreme, would be troll-and-flame-war fodder and loads of **** would happen.

PS: Sorry for the swearing asterisk'd there.

I kinda saw it coming..

This is ridiculous. No one owns the word "Scrolls. Should kingdom hearts get sued for having "Oblivion" in it?

BETHESDA MUST DIE.