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Bethesda To File Second Suit Against Mojang

November 17, 2011 in Blog comments 5

The following U.S. Department of Electronic Entertainment Situation Report has been declassified as per the Freedom of Information Act and is now available to the general public:

Good Afternoon Agents, as you should all be aware, Bethesda, the publisher of the Elder Scrolls series filed a lawsuit against Swedish developer Mojang over the latter’s use of the word ‘Scroll’ in their upcoming gameScrolls. Our intel team in Maryland recently conducted a sweep of Bethesda’s headquarters and discovered that they are currently considering a second suit based on an even more flagrant copyright violation by this foreign-based game developer.
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    Roxas Nov 18, 11
    And yet another screwup that Bethesda has to waste time to deal with.

    Get em' Bethesda!
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    Shinobi_razor Nov 18, 11
    ...this cant be for real.
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    Roxas Nov 19, 11
    Well, that could be. Either way, it's a waste of time for everyone.
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    Ded Valve Nov 19, 11
    So ever game that has scrolls in the name is now going to be pursued by Bethesda's lawyers?

    Then apparently the developer "infiltrated" bethesda because they named something notch?

    ...Bethesda needs to keep a leash on their money hungry lawyers before they make them look like more of a fool.
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      Shinobi_razor Nov 19, 11
      lol yea. so there was a "Dungeon Scroll" game in 2003, they should go after them. "Aztec Scroll" was released a couple years back.

      while theyre at it they also need to sue Ubisoft for 2004's "Shadowbane: Throne of Oblivion", some gamers might confuse that with Elder Scrolls 4. then theres also "Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion" from Acclaim.

      and if i was them, i would probably sick my lawyers on Atari for their D&D game "Daggerdale", as that sounds too close to Daggerfall and it might confuse someone.

      also, since they own the word "scroll", they need to sue the creators of the anime "Ninja Scroll" as well. oh and then of course, any game that features a pickaxe needs to be taken to court also. and while theyre at it, they might as well just go ahead and sue every game company that ever published an RPG game, because they obviously invented RPGs.

      so looks like theyve got their work cut out for them.

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