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.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/use-pod-in-your-trademark-get-sued-has-apple-gone-too-far/3482
1. No one calls The Elder Scrolls series "Scrolls", they call them by their subtext I.E Oblivion, Skyrim, E.T.C
2. The games are completely different anyways. No one will get confused over a card/ video indie game and a big budget fantasy RPG title.
And what flame starters? Really your the only one starting a flame war if anything because people like you post in forums where there opinions are obviously outnumbered and their post is more or less here only to incure retaliation from people like me.
I'm sorry, but could you just see what Bethesda is just trying to be money grabbing, publicity hogging douchebags. And don't think I'm beating up on them because of some previous hate, I loved Bethesda and their games but this is inexcusable. Things like this have happened before where one company I like unfairly squares off with another like and after that, it takes years of apologies to even make me THINK of giving my trust back to them.
Are you kidding? The Elder Scrolls is huge. Bigger than Minecraft huge. It's been around for years, well over a decade, and most the of the Elder Scrolls have won Game of the Year awards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks