Can this method be adopted to solve software patent disputes?
Hey, Bethesda Let’s settle this
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#22I have no clue who Bethesda is, but if they took him up on the offer it would be great PR in the eyes of gaming(?) consumers. It would show they're cool and don't take themselves too seriously. They'd certainly win cool points from me. Do it, Bethesda.
Right. But, Bethesda already have a stellar reputation in the gaming community, their "The Elder Scrolls" series is many many orders of magnitude more well known than Mojang's upcoming game "Scrolls". The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most anticipated games this year. Mojang and Notch have far far more to gain from this than Bethesda do.
it goes without saying that a 17 year old series is more well known than a new game. on the other hand, i have never referred to "The Elder Scrolls" as just "Scrolls". i've called it "Morrowind" or "Oblivion" and i'll probably refer to the new game as just "Skyrim". if i saw a game that was just called "Scrolls" i would not confuse it with Bethesda's games.
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#23I thought Bethesda was a city in Maryland. Talk about name confusion!
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#24I don't know anyone who plays The Elder Scrolls but I could see their fanbase calling it "Scrolls" for short. If not for trademark, they could just be trying to protect SERPs: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=scrolls&tbs=... (query: scrolls) http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=scrolls+game&... (query: scrolls game) You can clearly see that "scrolls" pulls up mostly pages about The Elder Scrolls. (You ha…
No one in TES's fanbase calls it "scrolls", we call it TES ("The Elder Scrolls"), because that's what Bethesda calls it, over and over and over again. Or we mention the particular games by name and leave out the series title: Daggerfall, Arena, Skyrim, etc.
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#26I love this idea, and in a society that prided itself on honor, Bethesda would take him up on it. Unfortunately the law does not promote honorable behavior.
Remember, in Game of Thrones, that Bronn only became Tyrion's champion for the money, not any sense of honor. What if Bethesda finds it easier to hire 3 top Quake 3 players for 1k each to fight Notch and friends? They might find it easier than going through the lawsuit.
What a wonderful precedent. The future of law: gamers
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#27Bethesda's parent company owns Quake 3, so it's an away game for Notch.
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#28This is not without precedent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_airlines#.22Just_Plan...
Southwest Airlines was sued by Stevens Aviation over their use of the phrase "Just Plane Smart" in their advertisements. Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest, offered to settle the dispute by arm-wrestling the CEO of Stevens. He lost the match, but got rights to the phrase anyways, and both companies got a lot of good publicity out of the match.
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#29Seems like a brilliant move on Notch's part.
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#30If only all legal battles could be solved with an old-fashion duel. Even better, lets make the lawyers fight to the death. Solves both the legal side and serves as a nice control of the lawyer population... More seriously, I really hope that the legal system can start setting a practical standard for intelectual property debates. From patents to trademarks or even how we handle trade secrets, it's like the informatio…
After listening to TAL's "When Patents Attack" episode in the car this morning, I'm inclined to agree with your proposal.