Well, that’s obviously separate. The issue at hand is whether you can trademark a single word in your trademark and, without using it anywhere on its own, keep

Well, that’s obviously separate. The issue at hand is whether you can trademark a single word in your trademark and, without using it anywhere on its own, keep it as a trademark (ignoring, for the moment, whether or not there can be confusion). It’s a bit off-topic, really, since there only seems to be a trademark for “The Elder Scrolls”, not “Scrolls”. This is all about the possibility of confusion.