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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Scrolls defeats interim injunction in trademark case.

    The first, but surely not the last, judgement in the Scrolls vs. The Elder Scrolls trademark case has come down in favor of Mojang, denying ZeniMax's bid for an interim injunction that would've forbidden the Swedish indie from using the 'Scrolls' name.
    Oct 18, 2011 6:15am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Scrolls defeats interim injunction in trademark case.

    The first, but surely not the last, judgement in the Scrolls vs. The Elder Scrolls trademark case has come down in favor of Mojang, denying ZeniMax's bid for an interim injunction that would've forbidden the Swedish indie from using the 'Scrolls' name. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      the shack so needs a "Legal" tag to avoid this mess this thread will become. : watcherxpThis person is cool!
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        well you can just keep scrolling past it : yoonixThis person is cool!
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          Please make a check payable to Notch for $50. : mrazzino
          • I will pay in monopoly money. : one random winner
          • LOLOL~ : Zero Hoki
          • You may wish to pay small portions of it at non-regular intervals as long as you include promises of paym... : rickThis person is cool!
    • I would have sent the judge in this case a fat t-bone steak if he would have sent out surveymoney asking ... : daggotThis person is cool!
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      I don't know how the Swedish justice system works, but in the U.S., being denied an injunction is usually... : dfay
      • Sometimes there might be a good case against the defendant, but because of other hardship considerations ... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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        Isn't Notch kind of being the dick here? I can't say I know the whole story. : HalenThis person is cool!
        • Assuming you read this story today, what part of it gives you the impression that Notch is being a dick? ... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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          Personally, I'm in favor of Zenimax's position here, but I have an unnatural hatred towards notch and I'v... : one random winner
          • You're excused from the Jury : Chipwarrior
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          Notch is only a dick if you think Zenimax is the only company that can make a game with the word "Scrolls... : NexusOneThis person is cool!
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            However scrolls is not a word used in the titles of 90% of all fantasy games. : Creepin_Jeezus
            • No, but it's a generic word that does not automatically bring the Elder Scrolls to mind, which is the poi... : Lone SwordsmanThis person is cool!
        • Notch initially attempted to copyright "Scrolls" thats kinda the only thing he did wrong. If he had not o... : johnlocks
        • The whole story is a little messy, but IMHO Zenimax are being the bigger dicks here. However, the more im... : dfay
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      I would have more respect if Bethesda would have accepted Notches Quake III Challenge over going to Court... : saturn96This person is cool!
      • The Quake3 challenge was their best shot at winning :D : cygnusThis person is cool!
      • We should have settled this as men, not with fire... : phate81
    • I dunno, when you put those two screenshots right next to one another, it gets a liiiittle confuuuuusing.... : tw3kr