Friday, August 5, 2011

Haters Gonna Hate

Looks like Notch and crew (creator of Minecraft) got themselves into a little hot water with their new game Scrolls. Bethesda lawyers sent them a letter saying "Scrolls" infringes on their trademark, and could be confused for their game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim." Notch tweeted about it here. Let's just hope that Bethesda's lawyers are just being lawyers and don't plan to actually pursue this obviously overreaching "infringement." Scrolls is a pretty broad word. Let's hope they don't decide they want to send letters to all of the platformers, since they're side-SCROLLing games, too.
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12 comments:

  1. Ting KubbyAugust 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    That sucks, hope it doesn't affect the release in any way.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Thanks for the information, I love your blog.
    Keep up the good work!
    +Follow

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  3. AdamAugust 6, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    I doubt they could win in court. The laws on scrolls are pretty clear on this

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  4. MekkorAugust 7, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    another reason why i love and hate laywers at the same time. Its fun to watch the bullshit they sometimes make but its insane that they are making money with that crap (mostly they do a good job but seriously, that is just stupid)

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  5. ShawAugust 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Pretty stupid

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  6. GeojourAugust 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    Petty, litigious, and jealousy. All wrapped up in a douchebag.

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  7. JustinAugust 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Scruuuuuuuuuuby! i know :)

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  8. DWeiAugust 7, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Ok, that's really pushing it. Since when did Bethesda become EA?

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  9. BloggerageAugust 7, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    nothing will happen, its just stupid xD

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  10. StigmataHandjobAugust 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    That's pretty damn ridiculous. I want to slap Bethesda now.

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  11. BobAugust 9, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    That's like the dumbest shit I've ever heard.
    Hope someone doesn't have "shit" patented. :/

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  12. Electric AddictAugust 9, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    ugh this is like apple saying using the word "phone" infringes

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