{"id":14806,"date":"2011-10-18T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"mojang-gets-to-keep-scrolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/14806-mojang-gets-to-keep-scrolls","title":{"rendered":"Mojang gets to keep "Scrolls""},"content":{"rendered":"

“We won the interim injunction! We can keep using the name ‘Scrolls’. ZeniMax\/Bethesda can still appeal the ruling, but I’m very happy.”<\/p>\n

This was the message as Markus ‘Notch’ Persson took to Twitter<\/a> today (18 October 2011) to share the victory with the world.<\/p>\n

While ZeniMax may still appeal the decision, this is very good news for Mojang co-founder and Minecraft creator, Markus Persson, as it likely spells the end for the ongoing and soul-draining court battle.<\/p>\n

Other Mojang co-founder, Jakob Porser, also tweeted<\/a>, saying “I’m very happy that the courts saw it our way and that Scrolls will get to keep its name. Hurray!”<\/p>\n

The whole debacle started back in August 2011, when Zenimax sent a letter to Mojang over the use of the name “Scrolls” for their next game.<\/p>\n

Because, obviously, gamers are idiots and can’t tell the difference between a one-word title and something like “The Elder Scrolls XIV: The Deathlands of Herpderkistan”.<\/p>\n

The proceedings played out like an obese airline passenger demanding his toddler neighbour be kicked off the plane because it’s taking up his space – even after said toddler offered to give the space up.<\/p>\n

There has been no official comment from Bethesda yet, but in my opinion, I wouldn’t push the issue and just let this whole ordeal melt away into the annals of history.<\/p>\n

Scrolls, coming from Mojang with hopefully no more issues, will be launching next year; check out the teaser trailer below.<\/p>\n

\n<\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n

Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bethesda on Scrolls dispute: “Nobody here enjoys being forced into this”<\/a>
Mojang offers to drop “Scrolls” trademark, Bethesda sues anyway.<\/a>
Mojang solicitor undermines Bethesda’s trademark claim<\/a><\/p>\n

Mojang: “Scrolls will get to keep its name”<\/strong><\/a> << Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let's hope that Bethesda doesn't throw their toys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}