Bethesda v Notch/Mojang

niroe · 5 Aug 2011 at 16:55

Just read on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/99490084570660864

notch Markus Persson
Just got a letter from Bethesta's lawyers. They claim "Scrolls" infringes on their trademark and everyone will confuse it with Skyrim.

notch Markus Persson
Proof! It's a total of 15 pages! twitpic.com/61cckm

Who in their right minds is gonna confuse Scrolls with Skyrim. :rolleyes:

Almost free advertising for Skyrim though. Submit a lawsuit, everywhere on the net talks about it - bet its cheaper than paying for ads these days :rolleyes:

Dave**** · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:01

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

niroe · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:06

Davola said:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Yes its called The Elder Scrolls V. They don't own the word Scrolls just like they don't own the word THE!

Deific · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:09

What is he using the word scrolls for? A new game? Patch?

marc1024 · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:10

What was the very first game to have the word Scroll in its name? i think they should take legal action against Bethesda.

niroe · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:11

Deific said:
What is he using the word scrolls for? A new game? Patch?

New game, he announced it months ago http://www.scrolls.com/

P3N9U1N · 5 Aug 2011 at 17:11

Yeh, theres scrolls in 1.8 'adventure mode' apparently...

edit: or maybe that was it, a new game....

Paul_cz · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:11

This is why trademarks, patents, intellectual property in general, is an incredibly IDIOTIC concept. I cannot wait to see in 50 years humanity looking back and thinking "wow, we really were idiots, restricting ideas like that, huh?"

Frapple · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:13

Oooo massive amount of fanboys and girls on both sides!

gropingmantis · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:25

Frapple said:
Oooo massive amount of fanboys and girls on both sides!

http://i.imgur.com/ugCxT.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

Is anyone on Bethesda's side on this one?

Scougar · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:42

From as I see it, how is this anything at all like ES ? Crazy. Seem's like it's a tactical card game affectively, and not an fps/rpg.

Angst · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:42

Wait bethesda is submitting a lawsuit over somebody useing a word from the english language that they also have used?

niroe · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:43

Just searched the US trademark database, Mojang have the Scrolls trademark. Or have at least applied for it. What are Bethesda thinking?

http://tess2.uspto.gov/ if anyone fancies a search

orderoftheflame · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:46

From what I've heard it's from some lawyer on behalf of Bethesda, not actually directly from them.

It won't hold any water in court.

madindehead · 6 Aug 2011 at 00:22

This is just like Apple trying to trademark the phrase "app store".

No one is going to confuse "The Elder Scrolls" with "Scrolls".

Plus, most people will call The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim but the name Skyrim.

bhavv · 6 Aug 2011 at 00:42

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/bethesda-are-suing-us-heres-the-full-story

I didnt see this thread before making my own, please ignore my thread.

Shikarilol · 6 Aug 2011 at 01:48

I facedesked pretty hard when I read this. I hope Bethesda or the Lawyers who are trying to push this get laughed at in court.

Macky · 6 Aug 2011 at 02:49

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4007:395klf.2.7

Bwaaa · 6 Aug 2011 at 03:29

He should have called it iScrolls and got double points.

Substance · 6 Aug 2011 at 03:37

madindehead said:
This is just like Apple trying to trademark the phrase "app store".

No one is going to confuse "The Elder Scrolls" with "Scrolls".

Plus, most people will call The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim but the name Skyrim.

Apple succeeded though...

App store is an apple service mark (if you're interested a service mark is the equivalent of a trademark but instead of being for a company or a product it is for a service that company provides)