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In this case, Microsoft does own the IP (it bought Bethesda after Bethesda bought id), so they definitely didn't legally steal it.
They just reproduced it in the most uninteresting way possible.
Technically they stole from themselves because they didn't transfer ownership from Bethesda to Microsoft. Those are still separate entities.