Comments on: When logos look alike

By: When Stupid Rules - Communicating Promise - Ruder Finn Israel

When Stupid Rules - Communicating Promise - Ruder Finn Israel — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:08:43 +0000

[...] unveils a name that sounds ridiculously similar to another Israeli company’s name, and the color scheme does as well, the company is forced to accept it because, well, they paid $50,000, and it would be [...]

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:20:31 +0000

Hi Angel, I believe a logo must be a registered trademark (i.e., showing the R inside a circle) before there’s grounds to sue. I think simply being ‘trademarked’ (i.e., showing ™) means the application is in process. Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Angel Dressesina

Angel Dressesina — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:55:22 +0000

Wow I never realised how difficult to come up with an original logo designs.

So if a logo is copyrighted or trademarked (not sure which is the right term) is it actually possiable to sue?

By: Rosenzweig70

Rosenzweig70 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:35:35 +0000

A personal favorite look alike pair: Sony Music and Cialis. Two dreadful logos made for each other!

http://www.seeklogo.com/images/C/Cialis-logo-C10F65AD90-seeklogo.com.gif

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/21/47/80477412/1_499186690l.jpg

By: Gabe Ruane

Gabe Ruane — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:17:24 +0000

I’ve run into this problem as well… and it inspired this resource site which I put together to help myself and others during the planning and early design stages. Check it out…:

http://www.identityarchives.com

Search by keywords; visual, conceptual, color, alignment, layout… whatever it is that you want to see (and avoid) in other existing logo designs.

By: Mark Dockeray

Mark Dockeray — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:35:29 +0000

http://bodytonicmusic.com/

this logo is just like the Dr Dre and big fix also……

popular!

By: Tim B

Tim B — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:35:53 +0000

Flick between http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/ and http://www.dateline.co.uk then visit http://designedindevon.co.uk/ then check out the others in this post and say to yourself “I will never play with the negative space inside a lower case d or b ever again”. We’ll all be better off for it.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:29 +0000

exactly, we will be working in similar ways, doing research and trying to communicate what the company wants to communicate, so you will be coming up with similar ideas of other companies that have the same ‘values’, and if it’s trying to use a letter, you will be coming up with ideas that exist already even if you are unaware of there existance. we’ll all come up with the more ‘obvious’ ideas for exactly that reason.

ps i noticed that bbc 6 music looks like the dr dre beats logo too

By: An Honest Man « Interstella

An Honest Man « Interstella — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:31:22 +0000

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By: Gitamba

Gitamba — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:15 +0000

I think one thing we have to remember is that. As designers we have all be taught the same “systems” when it comes to tackling design problems. Creativity will most certainly come into play as well as inspiration but at it’s foundation we are all attacking the problem with the same vision.