It would appear that Bethesda - developer of numerous popular titles, including the "Elder Scrolls" series of games - is suing Mojang for use of the word "Scrolls" in one of their upcoming projects.
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.
Wait... what just happened here? some person is suing Mojang for the title of a game in dev? If so i give them and some :SSSS::SSSS:
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You know what would also be epic? A brain! First you put it in your head, then you use it!
Most people spawn with one but I guess you didn't because of a bug.
So they are being sued for usuing the word scrolls?
Now is there anyone else here who thinks that this makes any sence.
You cant own a Person.
You cant own a word.
They should pull the stick out of their ass and get over it.
So if i just make a game with the word, Scrolls in it ill get sued by Bethesda? Bethesda Does not own the word Scrolls. That would be like saying that a new tv show with the name dragon in it was sued by the creators of Dragon Ball Z for having the word dragon in it. And i would not be confused at all.
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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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.
Broloxer: Kick them in the schnitzel
Now is there anyone else here who thinks that this makes any sence.
You cant own a Person.
You cant own a word.
They should pull the stick out of their ass and get over it.
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OH HERP DERP HEY WHY U TAKE OUR NAEM OF ELDER SCROOLES???? DERP.
Seriously.
Bethesda's LAWYERS initiated this, not the developers themselves. Before you hate on the company, hate on the lawyers who started the mess.
Anyway, I doubt they'll win. You can't own a single word thats been used in games and movies since before the Elder Scrolls series existed.