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Confusing things about that blog post: 1. Is the action being pursued by Bethesda Softworks directly or by its parent, Zenimax? (Guessing Zenimax) 2. Are they
by sehugg 15y ago
Confusing things about that blog post:
1. Is the action being pursued by Bethesda Softworks directly or by its parent, Zenimax? (Guessing Zenimax)
2. Are they 'suing' Mojang or is this just an aggressive ceast-and-desist action? (Judging from other updated news articles, I'd guess it's the latter.)
3. I appreciate that ZeniMax might be using a heavy touch here, and we hate lawsuits, and we like Minecraft, but does Notch's paraphrased claim "I don't like trademarks, but I let my lawyers do it anyway, and we almost had to enforce it but only once" really give the principled higher ground?
4. The trademark "Daggerfall" may have been cancelled in 2008, sounds like a perfect name for Notch's new game :)
- praptak 15y ago"does Notch's paraphrased claim "I don't like trademarks, but I let my lawyers do it anyway, and we almost had to enforce it but only once" really give the principled higher ground?" Yes. There is a difference between honest attempts to avoid customer confusion and bullying competition just to cause them trouble (or show the "we're serious about protecting our IP" theatre to investors.) Obviously, some cases may be borderline, but here it is evident who's on which side of the division.