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.
Complete sarcasm, by the way.
That won't accomplish a dern thing.
SUE ME FOR THIS BETHESDA!!!!!!!!!! SUE ME FOR JUST PUTTING THESE WORDS IN THIS POST CMON SUE ME SUE ME NOW!
lets not and say we did
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.
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.
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.
Obligatory : Scrolls. There, I said it. Are you going to sue me now ? Even better, I should make a game called : Scrolls of the elders ! It will STILL probably be more stable with less bugs then skyrim will probably have
Edit - Seriously, If they actually do sue mojang, all minecraft fans should boycott Bethesda.