More dick moves by Bethesda

[King of Creation]

<strong>[ Company -> Update ]</strong>

<p>We reported a while ago that Bethesda was suing Minecraft creator Mojang because Mojang trademark "Scrolls" for their upcoming game Scrolls. Bethesda thought people would somehow confuse Scrolls with The Elder Scrolls. Makes sense, right?</p>
<p>Turns out that it's even worse than we thought. Mojang tried to appease Bethesda, but they were intent upon suing Notch and his crew no matter what. Notch had <a href="http://www.actiontrip.com/link.phtml?ht ... ponse">the following to say</a>:</p>
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<p><em>I just saw this:</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://kotaku.com/5846111/mojang-v-beth ... a></em></p>
<p><em>I feel the need to clarify a couple of things:</em></p>
<p><em>We realized we should apply for the trademark &ldquo;Minecraft&rdquo; to protect our brand. When doing so, we also sent in an application for &ldquo;Scrolls&rdquo;. When Bethesda contacted us, we offered both to change the name to &ldquo;Scrolls: <some subtitle>&rdquo; and to give up the trademark.</em></p>
<p><em>They refused on both counts.</em></p>
<p><em>Whatever reason they have for suing us, it&rsquo;s not a fear of us having a trademark on the word &ldquo;Scrolls&rdquo;, as we&rsquo;ve offered to give that up.</em></p>
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<p>Dear Bethesda: Spend less time with frivolous lawsuits and more time getting rid of Gamebryo. Sincerely: everyone in the world.</p>

[SenisterDenister]

They're going to bleed him dry then attempt a hostile takeover of Mojang. Calling it now.

[Cimmerian Nights]

Another overly aggressive stretch by Bethesda legal they are likely to lose.
Who're their lawyers? Dewey, Cheatum & Howe?

Scrolls is not a trade name, it's a noun. I thought they had some ground against Herve with the "Fallout Trilogy" deal (being that the third title was Tactics), but this is just dumb. Why not sue any title with Elder or "The" in the title too?

If Bethesda made RPGs half as good as they promoted them or pursued legal action...
Can you imagine if all this money wasted on legal fees for losing cases was spent on a halfway decent engine?

Fuck Bethesda and their McSoftware the corporate whores.
And the best part is, the guys there now had nothing whatsoever to do with making these valuable IPs like TES and Fallout.

[Tofu Man]

Mahjong

Never did learn to play it. The tiles are confusing and it never ends. Do hope it comes out on top in this particular, mind.

Dear Bethesda: Spend less time <strike>with frivolous lawsuits</strike> standing for all that's wrong with the industry and more time <strike>getting rid of Gamebryo</strike> going bankrupt. Sincerely: <strike>everyone in the world</strike> the undersigned.

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[gobbleykins]

Dear Bethesda: Spend less time with frivolous lawsuits and more time getting rid of Gamebryo. Sincerely: everyone in the world.</p>

from bethesda: yeah fuckin right

sincerely, bethesda.

[Stalagmite]

Bethesda are a bunch of fags. Anyone go onto their forums? The posters there seem like blind 12 year old fanboys. The moderators impose very heavy restrictions and don't even allow topics about the lawsuits. It's like, an all around mess from all around sides.