Notch and Bethesda to Duke it Out in Court

[News Portal]

Oh dear. It seems that Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s novel suggestion that he and Bethesda settle their legal dispute over the use of the “Scrolls” name via a few games of Quake III didn’t go down too well. In fact, it didn’t go down at all. Rather than win muchos gamer-points by accepting the cheery challenge, Bethesda have engaged corporate mode and now the ongoing battle is off to the courts.

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[Mekon]

Scrolls:


Elder Scrolls:


One of these things is not like the other.

[Nekosan]

I really can't imagine Bethesda winning this, I hope notch enjoys his Bethesda funded trip to court.

[Wyld]

It does seem rather silly.

[Bronze_D]

Scrolls:
[ [ [url=http://www.myfoodobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_1259.jpg] ][/url] ]

Elder Scrolls:
[ [url=http://shanebertou.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dead-sea-scroll-fragment.jpg] ][/url]

One of these things is not like the other.

Bethesda says it is...

i would be VERY delighted to find the excerpt or even the full transcript of how this court proceeding goes. i totally need to see how on earth Bethesda are going to try argue this case.

[flabcab]

Onde video I saw just suggested they change scrolls to "Rolled Up Parchments"...could work

[revengous]

so when notch loses theres going to be 10 million notch fan boys who will boycott skyrim

and miss out on so much pure awesome.

[Bronze_D]

doesn't matter...
unmodded skyrim? yeah right,

they said oblivion was gonna be awesome too... it was... AFTER you mod the hell out of it.

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

I am curious about how this is supposed to hold up in court. I've seen long threads about Skyrim with no mention of scrolls, either the Elder variety or the normal ones.

As far as I'm concerned Bethesda's games are Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, not The Elder Scrolls. Silly Bethesda.

[Mythor]

Still not sure why Bethesda/lawyers are pursuing this. There's not really any similarities between the two.

Still not sure why Mojang don't just change the name. It's a pretty uninspiring name anyway and if it's going to bring lawyers down on them, is it worth sticking to it? They've better things to do!

[popolopolous]

I think it's the precedent that it'll set. If Bethesda are acknowledged to have a legitimate claim that the borrowing of one word is trademark violation, then we'll get every other major developer suing for names - see that Rise of Nightmares ad to the side? The title is similar to Rise Of Nations... MICROSOFT LAWSUIT. Et cetera.

[Lance P King]

see that Rise of Nightmares ad to the side? The title is similar to Rise Of Nations... MICROSOFT LAWSUIT. Et cetera.

Even if someone just called something 'rise,' sheesh, this really is an odd one.

[Bicketybam]

Next we will have nursing homes suing Bethesda for using the term "Elder".

[Edward]

Crazy court case.

If it was a PC Game I may see where there coming from, just...

But its a card game.

[mindsnare]

so when notch loses theres going to be 10 million notch fan boys who will boycott skyrim... for a while

and miss out on so much pure awesome.

There I fixed it. Game boycotts never really last.