Recent content by tstek

Actually, that's the thing, Notch didn't offer to change the name completely, or at least that's not what he said on the blog (I don't know if what he actually does aligns with what he said). Had he decided to change the name completely (as in, the word "scrolls" would be in no way a part of...

Yeah, I was thinking about saying something about that too, but I didn't want to double post just for that. I mean, I was gunna go from the minecraft branded nautical instruments, cash registers, and fire-extinguishers angle, but defibrillators are equally silly... And I agree entirely, I...

I only meant if they failed to get the trademark, to illustrate the point that a pending trademark offers no legal protection. In reality, doing what I said there would be a terrible idea. Not to mention how small the chance is that you would be able to trademark it just before they did (and I...

Actually, there are tons of trademarks on single words, for example a t-shirt company owns the rights for the word "Scrolls" with respect to "On-line retail store services featuring clothing." (and I checked this time, it says registrant, not applicant, so they do own the trademark). For a...

Huh, good point, I didn't notice that. When (if) Mojang's trademark goes through it would work retroactively back to the point where they applied, so in that case you're right no one else can currently use it (for the uses Mojang specified) but there's nothing to actually stop someone from...

There is no way Mojang's trademarking of the word "scrolls" could cause Bethesda to owe them money. Bethesda already owns a trademark on "The Elder Scrolls" so that is fairly used. And anyway, you can't really sue someone over using something before you trademarked it AND before you came came...

I doubt anyone has bothered to look at it, but it's right there on the trademark website: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4007:3n44um.3.9

EDIT: double post

Right, now repeat that search, and this time, click the last link. http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4007:3n44um.6.8 That's Zenimax's trademark for "The Elder Scrolls" as a typed drawing (or, you know, just the words, regardless of font etc.), from 1995, for use in "computer...

Actually, I think he was on the right track, but didn't take if far enough. The message the first game gives you directly is "a man chooses, a slave obeys", however this is not the message of the game, it is a message a character in the game tried to tell you. The message of both games is "even...