Jay Falconer is the author of the 2016 novel of the same name. The dispute arose after ZeniMax Media, which owns the video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, applied to register ‘Redfall’ as a trademark in September last year. While we're hoping to see more of The Elder Scrolls 6 at E3 2019, it may be a while yet before we know the game's official title.A sci-fi author has settled a trademark dispute with the owner of “The Elder Scrolls” video game series.
It's not yet clear which of these options the two parties will agree upon, however Falconer has been adamant that the dispute is not a "cash-grab", so it's likely option three is off the table. ZeniMax pays a one-off sum for Falconer to withdraw his opposition.ZeniMax withdraws the application but enters into a license agreement (paying a fee) to Falconer.Both parties agree to enter into a coexistence agreement, which allows them both to use the Redfall name (ZeniMax would have to pay out to Falconer).
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Redfall trademark application documents state that ZeniMax has requested the dates to be pushed back a month as the “parties are engaged in settlement discussions”.Īccording to GamesRadar's research, those settlement discussions are likely being used to avoid a long trademark dispute, which would prevent us hearing any more information about The Elder Scrolls 6's official title until 2021.Īccording to GamesRadar, settlement discussions could mean one of three things: However, as spotted by our sister site GamesRadar, an agreement may be in the works.
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