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.
The title bears no resemblance to Elder Scrolls beyond the word "Scrolls".
We have Pheonix Wright. I've never heard of the elder scroll crud before so they must be stupid.
EVERYBODY SPAM SCROLLS!
I'll start!
Scrolls!!!!
sue me if you can
They release 'Scrolls IV: Armaggedon'
I'm just saying, in their sequels Scrolls could quite easily sound like the games in the Elder Scrolls series. (See 'Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion')
It's more of a 'this company will be releasing games with similar titles and trick people into buying them', which won't necessarily cost Bethesda that much (considering most people will just then go spend money on the correct game), but it does mean that using the title Mojang could trick people into buying games (completely unintention, I'm sure, but it could happen).
I'm just saying, everybody chill out.
this is minecraft..half these kids don't know how to work the stove.....I mean they're spamming the world scrolls thinking it will actually do something.
You're right, no body listens, lol.
I'll just sit and wait to reserve my copy of Scrolls V: Skyedge