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They kind of have to, protecting your trademark is part of your obligations. They seem to have a good case for it too, it s not like their claim is unsubstantia
by zerostar07 15y ago
They kind of have to, protecting your trademark is part of your obligations. They seem to have a good case for it too, it s not like their claim is unsubstantiated.
- masklinn 15y ago> They kind of have to, protecting your trademark is part of your obligations. Their trademark is "The Elder Scrolls". Not "Scrolls". Yet they're refusing that Mojang use the word "scrolls" at all, whether as the game's sole name or as any subset of the game's name.
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- zerostar07 15y agoThe court will decide if they are confusable. I bet I couldn't name my game "Angry windows" either
- metachris 15y agoThere is no shortage on other "Angry X" games in the Android market, for instance. https://market.android.com/search?q=angry&so=1&c=apps https://market.android.com/search?q=angry&so=1&c=app...
- zerostar07 15y agoi bet if they were as successful as angry birds, rovio would (rightly) have asked them to change their name
- mentat 15y agoThe Scrolls game hasn't been release. You can't argue that it's been "successful" and that's why they're being sued.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>I bet I couldn't name my game "Angry windows" either // If your game is a clone of Angry Birds then no. If your game is not marketed in a way that confuses people to thinking that it comes from the originators of Angry Birds then yes.
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- pyre 15y agoNext up: "Apple sues makers of 'Pod People' video game for trademark infringement. Apple legal says, 'We sorta have to or people will get confused.'"
- latch 15y agoTrademarks tend to be tied to a specific type of business. A better analogy would be if Apple sues an mp3 product named "Pod: The Music Player".
- officemonkey 15y agoOr Infogear's iPhone trademark, which Apple aggressively violated.
- delinka 15y agoMore like "we sorta have to or the next guy with a name that actually will cause confusion will point to this case we avoided and say 'look! They lost the protection on their mark because they didn't go after these other people!' and he might win" Much like Apple Records suing Apple, Inc. Sure they lost, but they pretty much had to make the attempt or risk losing in a later case because of not suing earlier.
- sharpneli 15y agoAfter that Square Enix sues someone for making game called "Fantasy" Actually I'll make a short list of some words which are latter part of two word name, do not use these or you may get sued! Tournament, Agenda, Commander, Conquer, Creed, Company, Bowl, Protocol, Edge, Carnage, Zone, Fortress, Hazard, Effect, War, Wars, Blade, Nights, Sight, Agent, Ruler, Boy, Cell, Asylum, Reloaded, World. In essence Bethseda is doing exactly the same what any owner of names/words I mentioned would do if they would sue anyone for using the words. Bonus points for recognizing the games where they came from. P.S Remember that Scrolls in "The Elder Scrolls" is not like Warcraft in "World of Warcraft" but it's more like Tournament in Unreal Tournament, word which by itself does not invoke the brand at all.
- Zimahl 15y ago