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.
This is why I love Mojang, that's not their mind-set.
Is it just me, or does the term "there are more lawyers than cockroaches" spring to anyone's mind?
No, there's a company that calls themselves Edge, they trademarked the word "Edge", and sue everybody that uses the word. They sued EA over Mirror's Edge and lost. They've also sued several other companies. Basically all Edge does is.. nothing of importance, just suing people.
sorry buddy but guess what. Bethesda is Bethesda. no matter how you look at it.... SCROLLS
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If somebody made a game called "Elder Scrolls" than Bethesda should sue them. But this game is "Scrolls" which is not the same.
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They didn't copyright the word scrolls. They copyrighted the title "Elder Scrolls"; both words together. So Bethesda is most likely going to lose this, just like Edge lost the court cases against other companies that used the word "edge" in their name.
Bethesda is going to lose popularity because of this, people look at "Elder Scrolls" and "Scrolls" and realize they aren't the same. And it doesn't put Minecraft or Mojang down because people don't think "Scrolls" was copied off "Elder Scrolls".