Next Bond film to be called "Skyfall". Will Bethesda sue?

[chaosyoshimage]

Man, I was hoping that this rumor wasn't going to turn out to be true. Personally, I think Skyfall is a terrible name for James Bond film. Say what you will about Quantum of Solace, that was a really cool title...

 

[Jazoni89]

The Bond films are based off the books by Ian Flemming (or at least they're supposed to be) and thus (I would assume) the titles are as well. Given this (possible) fact, if any legal action is taken it should be Ian Flemming suing Bethesda. Although why they're bringing out 007: Skyfall so close to Skyrim might be a point in Bethesda's favour. But no, no suing should occur, you can't sue for having a name close to the name of your product. There's no case.

Sorry about the ambiguity but I don't really know and at 12:40am I don't really have the strength to find out for myself.

That would be great, only Ian Flemming is dead, and has been dead for over fifty years.

Which means Zenimax will win!

 

[Sutter Cane]

The Bond films are based off the books by Ian Flemming (or at least they're supposed to be) and thus (I would assume) the titles are as well. Given this (possible) fact, if any legal action is taken it should be Ian Flemming suing Bethesda. Although why they're bringing out 007: Skyfall so close to Skyrim might be a point in Bethesda's favour. But no, no suing should occur, you can't sue for having a name close to the name of your product. There's no case.

Sorry about the ambiguity but I don't really know and at 12:40am I don't really have the strength to find out for myself.

Skyfall is an original title. From what I've understood, they've used up all the flemming titles other than "The hildebrand rarity" "property of a lady" and "007 in new york"

 

[Altorin]

I don't imagine they will be, but I think it would be hilarious if this started another Edge-a-thon, where everyone started just randomly naming their game scrolls until Bethesda's Legal department had a rage-heartattack.

 

[Sonicron]

Anyways, Bethesda's trademark covers videogames only, so they don't have a leg to stand on.

How right you are.

Oh, wait - isn't this the era of shitty movie tie-in games we live in...? Why, I think it is! *gasp*

 

[lacktheknack]

Anyways, Bethesda's trademark covers videogames only, so they don't have a leg to stand on.

How right you are.

Oh, wait - isn't this the era of shitty movie tie-in games we live in...? Why, I think it is! *gasp*

I don't remember where I saw it (and it's nigh impossible to find now due to the Mojang/Bethesda fight cluttering up Google), but Bethesda's trademark for "Elder Scrolls" covers fantasy role-playing video games. Period, no ifs ands or buts.

Don't be so paranoid.

 

[Sonicron]

Anyways, Bethesda's trademark covers videogames only, so they don't have a leg to stand on.

How right you are.

Oh, wait - isn't this the era of shitty movie tie-in games we live in...? Why, I think it is! *gasp*

I don't remember where I saw it (and it's nigh impossible to find now due to the Mojang/Bethesda fight cluttering up Google), but Bethesda's trademark for "Elder Scrolls" covers fantasy role-playing video games. Period, no ifs ands or buts.

Don't be so paranoid.

'Paranoia' would mean I'm afraid of something. Personally, I don't give a flaming poop about the slapstick theatre that is the daily work of American courts, and the legal shenanigans of Bethesda are no exception.
That said... damn. Here I was trying to be witty, and it fell flat on its face because I was missing some facts. Oh well. ^^°

 

[GoAwayVifs]

bunch of people who don't know about trademark law

Let's see. How many lawsuits would a person have to file if they copyrighted the letters a, b, and c?
(How many results I get off of google)
A = 25,270,000,000 Lawsuits
B = 16,060,000,000 Lawsuits
C = 20,060,000,000 Lawsuits
Put that together, and that's 61,390,000,000 Lawsuits. And that's a very, VERY, large underestimate, because that's just the amount of pages that have the letter A, B, or C on it in the internet. It'd be Uncountable if you were suing for every use of the letters, and again, this is limited to the internet. I'd make a guess as to how many suits there'd be, but I'd likely be off by several hundred million.

First off you can't copyright those. Copyright is art and the like. You'd trademark them.
Second off, you couldn't trademark them because they are previously existing. Third off, go google this shit so I can stop banging my head against the wall.

 

[D Moness]

I think Skynet should come active and sue Bethesida, cause the who "sky" thing they had first.

Best remark in this topic.

You almost would wish for it the way it is going on the world. Seems it is fashion again to sue people.

 

[Rubashov]

If MGM etc. were to name the Bond movie after the upcoming one "Daggerrim", it would be one of the best acts of trolling ever.

 

[Crazy]

The hate in some posts at Betheseda astound me, silly people.

 

[Dunkerloop]

bunch of people who don't know about trademark law

Let's see. How many lawsuits would a person have to file if they copyrighted the letters a, b, and c?
(How many results I get off of google)
A = 25,270,000,000 Lawsuits
B = 16,060,000,000 Lawsuits
C = 20,060,000,000 Lawsuits
Put that together, and that's 61,390,000,000 Lawsuits. And that's a very, VERY, large underestimate, because that's just the amount of pages that have the letter A, B, or C on it in the internet. It'd be Uncountable if you were suing for every use of the letters, and again, this is limited to the internet. I'd make a guess as to how many suits there'd be, but I'd likely be off by several hundred million.

First off you can't copyright those. Copyright is art and the like. You'd trademark them.
Second off, you couldn't trademark them because they are previously existing. Third off, go google this shit so I can stop banging my head against the wall.

I was joking around since who quoted me brought up copyrighting letters. I know you can't copyright single letters. Chill out for a second.