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.
just one thing that i have to say to you!
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!!
what matters is that BETHESDA has no rights to the word "Scrolls"
get it?
male cow= bull
excement = ****
EG male cow excement = bull ****
ARE YOU ****ING RETARDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having looked at both logo's i'm not exactly sure where bethesda is getting the products confused
seriously though. this is a humongous pile of ****. Bethesda, sure great games. but this is a little uncalled for... and will they sue me as well... I used "scrolls" in this post
u suck for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps do you own the word scrolls oh wheat i bet yll
sue me for posting that 2
Random Developer: "ahem. we are suing the everloven crap out of you because you titled a sieres afer our game "scrolls"
Bethesda: " hmph"
Random Developer: " we also have 10,000 indie developers backing us."
Bethesda: "Riiiggght."
Bethesda: "go pike off"
Random Developer puts Bethesda on hold
Bethesda:" AAAAAARRRGGGHH! stupid "it's a small world after all!!"
Random Devloper president: "Relese the lawyers from hell!"
Bethesda is sued.
they lose. horibly. All there work beacomes public domain.
GO INDIE
@minecrzyman bethesda didn't make Fallout: new vegas, but it did make Fallout 3. Also bethesda SOFTWORKS sued not bethesda GAMESTUDIOS.