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.
Im not seeing mojang sue dictionarys for having the word mine, or craft
Im not seeing windows sue people who make windows!
it simply stupid and retarded sue monjang for using the word scrolls it like sue bethesda
Because there is a Beth in its name and that can confuse people
-hi, BETHesda
-WTF?
Cmon guys! Nither me, you, a retarded, my dog, my fish, a tree in my garden. NO ONE
Can be so stupid to sue someone for using a word (and worst of all they dont own tat word,
No one can own a word)
Im going to create a ugly game, name it "THE" and sue them fot using The
Scroll Of THE Elders
THIS NONSENSE !!!!!
And a last thing: fallout will never be better than Halo
even if notch wanted to sue WarCraft, he couldnt, Warcraft is older than minecraft :/ i think bethesda gonna have to give an apology or 3million people wont buy skyrim.
But thanks
we can't create a game named "Scrolls".
so, we can't create a game named "Elders" either.
hence, we can't create a game named "Oblivion" either.
then what comes next?
we can't create games named "The"?
or we can't include colons in the game naming?
this is ridiculous. guess they're spiteful of the competition.
What a nice name you have there... it would be a SssssSsSssShame if something happen with it
What a nice name you have there... it would be a SssssSsSssShame if something happen with it
You can't own a single word.
STOP RAGING AND GET OVER THE NAME SCROLLS, ITS JUST A NAME jesus christ
I'm hoping that if they do plan to take this seriously we can all send comments of what we think about it or why they're doing this on such a stupid thing, and maybe we can pressure them out of sueing Mojang. I would suggest not being too rude though, we don't want to infuriate them.