Notch wants to settle Bethesda copyright name lawsuit controversy through a game of Quake 3

Oh wow. I kinda want Bethesda to agree. Hell this should be how all lawsuits are settled.

It basically an old world duel without real guns.

This is how they used to settle any kind of suit really jesse.

I like the idea. :)

They could sell pay-per-view rights and make millions!

So cool

I don't Bethesda are "fun" enough to accept :/. Brilliant idea though :P.

I hate Notch for being so cool. If Bethesda do accept, I think they probably have a larger pool of hardcore gamers than Notch does.

Would love to see this live :P

Well I hope Notch realizes that Bethesda now owns ID and such.

He doesn't stand a chance :p

I approve of this.

Hope notch looses.

NOTCH IS COOOOL

win or lose, this is a fun way to handle it

screw the law lets get some guns :D

would be awesome if they agree and someone records the match...

I love it's essentially Win-Win for both parties (because Bethesda is being stupid, and probably realize it.) And notch will get even more press about being awesome.

This could be the reason to which Notch and crew are in trouble. The inability to take the legal system seriously...

Contrary to the belief of his fans and the reddit hivemind, being an indie developer does not give them the ability to change or ignore the laws to what they think is right and just.

It also does not help that fans of minecraft/Notch have reportedly hacked and sent threats to both Bethesda and their lawyers. If I were Notch I would be using my fandom to address the community and tell everybody to cool it because those few people are harming the trademark case.

By the sheer fact that Notch has challenged Bethesda to a game instead of properly addressing the Bethesda and it's lawyers shows that they are not taking this seriously enough and/or know that they are in the wrong and are looking for a way out.

Unfortunately in the realms of a trademark dispute and the law if Bethesda agrees to the challenge then competitors can file a motion of nullification on the Bethesda trademark for Bethesda not defending their trademark using the full resources of the law. ie competitor can dispute that Bethesda is not defending its trademark and not fully prosecuting offenders of their trademark claim therefore the trademark claim is null and void.

Also if this legal dispute is finalised over a video game match then other defendants may try the same using this case in order to do so which will have far flung repercussions. ie defendant 1 proposed this to prosecutor 1 and prosecutor 1 agreed but lost to defendant 1 therefore I as defendant 2 have the right and ability to propose this to prosecutor 2.

What you should all remember is this. Bethesda owns a trademark and Notch'n'crew breached the trademark whether it be unwittingly or not. Being an indie developer does not make them different in the eyes of the law. International trademark law is very clear on these matters in order to prevent abuse of the system so if Bethesda is able to go ahead with the trademark lawsuit because Notch won't change the name then Bethesda very obviously has a very clear legal right to do so otherwise it would be thrown out by the courts. ie Bethesda has shown that "Scrolls" does infact come into conflict with one or more trademark claims.

People argue that the title "Scrolls" has nothing in similar to do with Bethesda's trademark claim but nobody has cited what the claim is exactly (outside legal documents that reddit shut'ins and 13yr old kids aren't allowed/able to view). Bethesda could have hundreds of trademark claims with nothing to do with their current game list. This is a strategy used in patents, a company will file a buttload of patents that do not relate to any of their products in manufacture but just out of sheer badness to prevent their competitors from using those innovations first to gain a market lead/share which is legal...

Part of me find this cool, the other part thinks it sounds kind of childish.

Valve might have actually accepted.

Bethesda might ask to switch to QuakeIV:) That would be a great chance for them to promote their new game:)
And will probbably easily agree to give away that ridiculous Scrolls TM