Mojang Mojang Mojang AB ( "gadget") is a Swedish video game developer and publisher founded in May 2009 under the name Mojang Specifications by game programmer Markus Persson, best known for creating the popular independent game "Minecraft", a sandbox game. Mojang's company headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden. In September 2014, Microsoft acquired Mojang at a valuation of 2.5 billion USD. Following a paid trip and employment offer from Valve Corporation in early September 2010, Markus Persson founded Mojang alongside Jakob Porsér, with Carl Manneh later brought in as a CEO, as Persson desired to run a self-made independent studio for
Mojang On 18 October, Markus Persson announced that Mojang had won the interim injunction, but that Bethesda still had the option to file an appeal. In March 2012, Mojang and Bethesda reached a settlement, in which Mojang would not trademark "Scrolls", but Bethesda would not contest Mojang's naming of "Scrolls", so long as it would not be a direct competitor against "The Elder Scrolls". During this time, Persson jokingly asked if Bethesda was willing to play a game of "Quake 3" to settle the dispute. On 20 July 2012, Uniloc filed a lawsuit against Mojang, citing the "Minecraft - Pocket Edition"