[mtogo]

> It's entirely reasonable to think that the average consumer would be confused at the titles

Yeah, like people get coca-cola and pepsi-cola confused all the time. Nobody is going to get the TES series confused with Scrolls. Nobody. TES has been around since forever and every game is marketed by it's subtitle (see: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, even the first one (Arena) was marketed by it's subtitle).

I agree that "scrolls" is a rather generic name that shouldn't receive a trademark, but for "scrolls" to be infringing on TES is just ridiculous. Does "elder" belong to bethesda, too?

[starwed]

To play devil's advocate, cola is an actual thing those drinks are/were made of, so that's not quite the same.[1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nut

[mtogo]

Didn't know that, thanks for the link.

[dalore]

Show me an RPG game without scrolls.

[starwed]

Do you not understand how logical argumentation works? It is possible to address a particular supporting point without disagreeing with the conclusion.

The scrolls issue is completely orthogonal to whether coca-cola v. pepsi-cola actually bolsters OP's point.

[shaggyfrog]

Final Fantasy I, IV, VI; Dragon (Quest) Warrior I, II, III, IV and VIII; Final Fantasy Legend I and II.

Ones I've played, off the top of my head ;)