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Remember, this isn't just about Mojang naming their game 'Scrolls', this is about them doing that AND applying for a trademark on the name 'Scrolls' for video g
by Zimahl 15y ago
Remember, this isn't just about Mojang naming their game 'Scrolls', this is about them doing that AND applying for a trademark on the name 'Scrolls' for video games.
If this was just about the name of a game then it wouldn't be much of an issue, Bethesda could just cover their TM by licensing it to them for how little or much they wanted to. But Mojang wants their own TM (to subjugate others) and that's where the lawyers are getting huffy.
Frankly, I think he should just change the name of his game. Life is too short to deal with the headache and pay a bunch of lawyers to argue over this junk. 'Scrolls' doesn't seem like a great name anyways.
Disclaimer: I love Minecraft and play it regularly, but I'm not interested in card-type strategy games. Therefore I won't probably even try a demo of 'Scrolls' (or whatever it ends up being called).
- Zodiakos 15y ago>But Mojang wants their own TM (to subjugate others) I'm not sure that the parenthetical remark is really warranted, since there are many other reasons to want a trademark, nearly all of them more useful than 'subjugating others'. Such as to prevent someone making sure that someone doesn't make a game called 'Scrolls: The Elders' - Basically, to prevent someone riding on the coattails of your success by riding your product brand name or dragging your brand into the mud with an inferior but confusingly similarly named product. The name Scrolls is neither of those things, which is why Bethesda is in the wrong here - both ethically, and most likely legally. I guess we'll see.