Bethesda Granted Rights to Fallout MMO

[Holkeye]

Press release:

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/01/09/press-release-fallout-mmo-rights-restored-to-bethesda-softworks-in-interplay-litigation/

[Zodiac]

Isn't that just saying that Bethesda sued Interplay? I heard about that a while back, but I heard Bethesda only granted them to use the NAME fallout, not any of the characters or anything like that... which was what Interplay was going for. I didn't read your whole article... but it seemed to be saying that the rights went back to Bethesda and they plan on doing nothing with them. Then again I have a headache and don't really want to read right now XD Though I would play the hell out of a FalloutMMO. 

P.S. On the subject of Bethesda MMOs... Here's a mod for Skyrim making it multiplayer online: http://www.curse.com/mods/skyrim/skyrim-online

[Sophist]

Damn, I was excited for Interplay's Fallout Online.

[Kokowam]

Whoa, this happened right where I live. I guess I should have known considering the company's called "Bethesda"...

[Irock]

You didn't know Bethesda Softworks was based in Bethesda?

[Kokowam]

Well, I thought there was another place called "Bethesda" in the United States.

And it's actually in Rockville now, zzz

[IAMFORTE]

I wonder if bethesda will manage to mess it up :| Then again Bethesdas lawyers are rather voracious, they got all up in notches face for that name "scrolls"

[Roph]

[Holkeye]

Nope. Bethesda won. Interplay sat on the license for too long, and Bethesda basically challenged them for ineptness.

[tSwitch]

I wonder if bethesda will manage to mess it up :| Then again Bethesdas lawyers are rather voracious, they got all up in notches face for that name "scrolls"

Trademark law is silly.  If you don't challenge things that could possibly infringe upon trademark, you actually risk losing it.

That being said, lawyers are also silly.