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Notch Asks For Trial By Combat

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-all-trademark-claims-should-be-settled dept.

Vrallis writes "As reported recently, Mojang AB, the creators of Minecraft, have been sued by Bethesda over the name of their latest project, Scrolls, citing a trademark infringement with their Elder Scrolls games. In his latest blog post, Notch, the founder of Mojang, has challenged Bethesda to a trial by combat. Specifically, a frag match in Quake 3."

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  1. Win-win i guess? by Daetrin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If he actually gets them to agree to this then even if he loses it ought to generate enough publicity to make up for having to change the name.

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  2. Someone's been watching too much Game of Thrones by barlevg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I do remember reading that, according to some interpretations, Trial by Combat *may indeed* be legal under the US legal system...

  3. Re:Someone's been watching too much Game of Throne by uigrad_2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I do remember reading that, according to some interpretations, Trial by Combat *may indeed* be legal under the US legal system...

    And there is a history of trademark disputes being settled this way.

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  4. Re:He challenged Idthesda to an Idthesda game by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And why would I listen to a head on a stick that talks backwards and I pelted with about 500 rockets?

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