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ha Bethesda should win cause skrim is out and they have 5 games with that name and the copywright notch wanted to put on it was ridiculous he practically wanted to own the word in every way even for movies and tv shows and Bethesdas copywright was a couple words only about games

Quote from Barnaby007

ha Bethesda should win cause skrim is out and they have 5 games with that name and the copywright notch wanted to put on it was ridiculous he practically wanted to own the word in every way even for movies and tv shows and Bethesdas copywright was a couple words only about games

You're an idiot dude.
Notch wasn't trying to copyright any sort of word, Bethesda was pressing charges- they were the ones trying to 'copyright it'. Oh, and this is old news.

Notch won the case.

A lawsuit based on the word "Scroll(s)", eh? I honestly think that Mojang should and will win this lawsuit. First of all, unless they coined the term, they don't own it. And I'm fairly certain that they never coined it in the first place.

Second of all, they really aren't affected by this. You could search for the fifth game by searching with the word "Skyrim", not "Scrolls", so they probably wouldn't be affected that much.

A lot of people here have obviously not read much into this lawsuit. How about reading this article and the linked articles in it and learning about the case before picking sides. Zenimax is simply trying to cover their own arses. I'm sure you would too when you have millions of dollars in revenue at stake over a trademark. Don't blindly jump to conclusions people, that's when **** gets out of hand.

Everybody just call TES V just Skyrim or TES IV Oblivion etc. I don't see the problem.

:facepalm: Dammit how stupid can Bethturda be? Their game is ELDER SCROLLS,and Mojing's is SCROLLS. SEE THE DIFFRENCE?

I ain't buying this crap from another money hungry, "grab all the cash" company fat cows like Bethesda. Nope, I would gladly suggest Torrenting Skyrim before any suggestion of buying the game.

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A lot of people here have obviously not read much into this lawsuit. How about reading this article and the linked articles in it and learning about the case before picking sides. Zenimax is simply trying to cover their own arses. I'm sure you would too when you have millions of dollars in revenue at stake over a trademark. Don't blindly jump to conclusions people, that's when **** gets out of hand.

A Quote from Notch's Blog;

"I feel the need to clarify a couple of things:

We realized we should apply for the trademark "Minecraft" to protect our brand. When doing so, we also sent in an application for "Scrolls". When Bethesda contacted us, we offered both to change the name to "Scrolls: " and to give up the trademark.

They refused on both counts.

Whatever reason they have for suing us, it’s not a fear of using having a trademark on the word "Scrolls", as we’ve offered to give that up."

Cover their own arses my @$$. Most people here have a right to draw the conclusion they have, this is simply a matter of two companies attacking each other, over virtual rights to a fallacious idea that you can own the word Scrolls.

And FYI to the article writer at Kotaku, when you apply for a Trademark you pretty much want to size up the article to EVERY facet of the word, why would you not want to own the rights to a potential commercial on tv for your game? and how is it that Zenimax even has the capacity to loose their copyright over Elder Scrolls?

IMHO
the two have different titles, One, Mojang should apply strictly for a copyright specifically one word titles for their game Scrolls, and then any sub title thereafter for Scrolls 2 and the like, then Bethesda should refile for a Copyright over the term Elder, Scrolls, and any combination of the two in any title, BUT not if the title ONLY contains the word scrolls, or is lacking Elder in the title.

Quote from PorsweereeRof

да, наверно так и есть

I totally agree... I think..

Well-thought out.

U GUYS!!!!
MY BRO WORKS AT BETHESDA!!!
DO U HAVE ANY IDEA HOW SELFISH UR BIENG?!?!
U GUYS R HOPING THAT MOJANG WINS AND BETHESDA LOSES?! PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS!!!
WE ALL CARE ABOUT MOJANG AND MOST OF US ALSO CARE ABOUT BETHESDA!!!
I WILL DIE IF BETHESDA LOSES BUT IF MOJANG LOSES ITLL HURT ME BUT LIERALLY I WILL DIE IF BETHESDA LOSES!!
CUZ MY BROS WORK SUPPORTS OUR FAMILY!!crappy.... CRAPPY?!?!?!?!?!?!?
U CALL SKYRIM CRAPPY?!??!?!?!?!?!??!

all of this is very true
but i think bethesda will win just becuz they have the MONEY to do so
im not even sure if this is offensive but
bethesda is a 1st class company
but mojang, sure its well known but in the end its not exactly BIG
in the end its a huge company against a smaller company
bethesda has:
mojang:

Quote from Cal_Short

Thats really sad.

They're obviously jealous of notch's success and how the game has turned out, they dont want another game doing the same slowly pushing them further and further down the creators leader board.

If they loose it'll be good, Mojang deserves to win. Game store and Game station dont sue each other so why should scrolls be sued by elder scrolls? it's just ludicrous and I really will be devastated if mojang takes a defeat.

Yeah, Bethesda, the huge game devloper with millions in sales is jealous of Notch. They are suing because it will cause confusion, nothing more. There is no jealousy, Mojang does not "deserve" to win.

Just because they used 1 word doesnt mean you have to go to court.

Quote from Sacheverell

Notch has confirmed that the lawsuit between Mojang - developer of Minecraft and Scrolls - will be going to court with Bethesda, regarding the name of their Scrolls title. Up until recently, the idea of a court battle was just that - an idea. Now, with the official proceedings getting underway, the case is officially out of the "maybe" stage.

The original debate started when developer Mojang decided to make the working title of their new CCG-like game "Scrolls", which prompted software publisher Bethesda Softworks to respond, citing potential confusion between Mojang's Scrolls and their own Elder Scrolls franchise.

Some time into the proceedings, Notch offered to settle the dispute with a friendly game of Quake 3, a challenge which was not answered. The proposed solution was intended to ease any potential PR incidents, and provide an amicable solution to the dispute. The challenge went unanswered, and legal proceedings continued unabated.

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Come-on Bethesda, you make great games, don't make an ass out of yourself.

Well put, Bethesda is one of my favorite companies when it comes to video gaming but this is kind of ridiculous.

I don't see why it would even be a violation using only the word, "Scrolls."
That's somewhat ignorant, in my opinion.
That's like taking a word out of the dictionary and keeping it to yourself, if anyone else says it, you arrest them.

I don't think Bethesda will really get anything out of this, Mojang probably will get that extra boost in noticability.

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Just because they used 1 word doesnt mean you have to go to court.

I know. Not sure why Coke won't let me sell my cola with cat urine.