Recent content by rdm

I see what you did there!

Nevertheless, these are separate trademarks: THE ELDER SCROLLS Pre-recorded CD's and DVD's featuring fantasy games THE ELDER SCROLLS Clothing, namely, T-shirts, shirts, sweatshirts, fleece pullovers; headwear, namely, hats. THE ELDER SCROLLS Computer and video game user instruction manuals...

It's relevant because Mojang has registered the trademark "Scrolls" as a trademark for all sorts of computer games. The trademark is not just about card games. If it had been just about card games, I think it would be no big deal. Notch did not have to register it so that it covered all...

No, I just never had anything here I wanted to post about before. Mostly I just watched Yahtzee videos, but even those haven't been very interesting for the past year or longer.

No, I am afraid not. "it" is a trademark. Zenimax is NOT suing about the game. Zenimax IS suing about the trademark. Do you understand how they are different? Do you understand why this difference is relevant? Meanwhile, to address a suggestion you made earlier: After...

If he really wanted that he should have filed a trademark that did not claim to be about all computer games. If his trademark had just been about card games and stuff explicitly related to card games, I doubt the lawsuit would ever have happened. Or, now that it has happened, it's up to him...

Let's consider each of these, in turn: - -Precedent of "Edge" trademark on single words This is at most a neutral issue for the issues that Zenimax needs to address. It alters how they need to express their case, but does not make it go away. If anything, it makes their case more...

Actually, apparently Bethesda is not suing because they think that people would confuse the two games. They are apparently suing about a different confusion. Meanwhile, I think Notch is screwing himself, by trying to trademark Scrolls. You know that Xerox was a trademark, and they lost...

Except, of course, it was not "Scrolls: The Power of Parchment" that Mojang offered to use. Notch did not even say that it would be only one subtitle. Meanwhile, we are not talking about Notch's game, we are talking about Mojang's trademark. (And, yes, I know that the trademark would be...

If you really believe Mojang offered one specific non-conflicting trademark, I think you should tell me what it is. Meanwhile, if you think this has anything to do with copyright law, I understand your confusion: Copyright is about protecting creative works. Songs, books, and computer...

Mojan offered to drop the trademark and replace it with a nearly identical trademark. Bethesda does not like the nearly identical trademark for pretty much the same reason that they did not like the original trademark. (Among other things they have already sold products which would...

No, I am not kidding you. From a basic search at http://tess2.uspto.gov: for scrolls (look for serial number 85323305): As it happens, you are right -- he does explicitly mention "card games". It's in there somewhere. Three times, even. But if you think that "card games" is all he is...

Mojang's trademark on scrolls covers a lot more than card games. So let's say that he releases Scrolls: Cards this year. Does that mean then that his trademark does not say what it says, and that he cannot release Scrolls: Arena, next year? And what does this mean for Bethesday, and their...