Interplay Calls Bethesda's Fallout Licensing Claims "Absurd"

The long-running legal feud between Bethesda and Interplay over the latter's Fallout Online MMO continues, as Interplay has issued a new court filing in response to Bethesda's last court filing in December.

In that filing, Bethesda claimed that Interplay only licensed the Fallout trademark to use in relation to a massively multiplayer online game, but they didn't have the right to use any other Fallout assets -- including characters, settings, or storylines. In their new court filing (via Gamastura), Interplay strongly rejects Bethesda's interpretation of the licensing deal.

"Bethesda's interpretation requires Interplay to develop and release an MMOG under the Fallout name, but unrelated to the Fallout brand," the response reads. "First, this is not only absurd, but is specifically prohibited [emphasis Interplay's] by the agreement because Interplay was only granted a 'license and right to use the Licensed Marks on and in connection with its FALLOUT-branded MMOG ...and for no other purpose.

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