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About two years back I designed the logo of a simulation company during my studies, ten months later I saw a very similar design within the logo of a product I used much. With proper legal protection, your company can prevent others from using your logo or one that looks similar. The funny part is that you could probably take this further and play sort of a “logo telephone” game. It can be hard to create a good logo especially when you look at other companies in order to come up with new and creative ideas. It looks like a sixth grade baseball team logo This logo is Mickey Mahse, 100's of 6th grade baseball teams around the US are already using this. Thanks very much, Nicolas. Top 10 Similar Logos: Having a logo that is similar bordering on identical to another can be a branding nightmare.Because the entire point of a logo design is to set your company apart from the rest, it is highly important that they be entirely unique and completely representative of your company. I’ve already gotten T-shirts and hats made. The client sued me because they said the logo looked too much like the British Motorcycle Federation's logo (also bmf). For example, the Sun Microsystems and the Columbia Sportswear logos, or the Graphic Design Blog logo and the Peter GI logo. archive.org (the wayback machine logo) “Talent borrows, genius steals”, Sean brings up a great question. I’ll settle for that. Any info is greatly appreciated. I figured that after they moved from S.D. But such an argument can be made for similar marks as well. Found inside – Page 10438 The most sarcastic detractors pointed out that the logo looked like a primitive drawing, or worse, they accused it of being inspired by the 'peace and Love' sign of the beatnik generation. They feared that it might signal an invasion ... Worst case scenario, the logo and all it’s collateral is already rolled out before you realize something is wrong! ShutterS has an image search engine and I really can’t find the robot on the site. I agree, as a graphic design student, it is more and more difficult to produce original designs. the GOODWILL logo), sometimes it is. Found inside – Page 73In fact , their logo looks like from our backyards . a star cluster . Actually , the old logo , discontinued Most people only see six stars in the Pleiades several years back , looks more like the Pleiades . with their naked eye ... Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania gets a beautiful new logo. I designed the Ubuntu logo 5-6 years ago (I have no idea if it came before or after the Human Rights logo, as I have never laid eyes on it before). Some really are strangely alike, regardless of being on purpose or accident. There's a kind of sliding scale - the more similar the marks are, the less similar the goods/services have to be, and vice versa. Maybe it's a twig, maybe it's not there at all, maybe it's a dot. Duplication quite feasible without intention to steal a graphic design. I’ve run into this a couple of times, mostly after I’d designed a new logo for a client. Two people playing with a paperclip reach a very similar design? I’m not gonna give samples, no. Nice, looks like our logo is as unique as it gets! I just found it on twitter, very interesting indeed. http://www.deltafaucet.com If you find your logo looks remarkably like others out there, it is up to you to inform your client and let them know the risks, if any, of using it. Why live? Part of the game now I guess as things old become new again. ~ W. H. Davenport Adams (http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/). I’ve taken it down and am doing a complete redesign of my site, as I want to be original. Just tryin to have some good clean fun. Second, books and magazine articles and TV episodes often have remarkably similar features, but aren’t considered plagiarism. You need to step out of the forest so you can see it. We have just updated our baldchemist brand. Coming from Phoenix, AZ, where every logo has a sun in it, I probably saw more similar designs there than anywhere I have lived and designed. When I was born (1988) everything was pretty much visually established, and it’s really difficult not to execute what I have been looking at during my whole life. http://www.rockpaperink.com/content/column.php?id=88, the duo “sinarmas and airbus” are not that similar compared to the duo “airbus and hotspring” And your client should not want that either. It will be interesting to see how logos continue to evolve with every new merger, split or acquisition. Cheers. Moreover, there are a lot of logos as seen above that look similar yet they are accepted and no brand seems to be suffering because of it. I've run into this a couple of times, mostly after I'd designed a new logo for a client.
Also very similar: Caparol and Mywalit http://www.sproud.nl/blog/2011/6/13/gestreepte-olifantjes.html. The company with the original logo doesn’t want their product or service confused with your client’s product or service. It is common for Japanese names to have long literal meanings. It's not, as Sean suggests, an easy way out at all. I mean, in spite of their apparent similarity, some pairs actually consisted of very distinct logos. Recently I was accused of stealing someone’s logo. I have all my pen sketches and so on, but the logo I designed looks very, very similar to one that already exists. and their farm team, the Binghamton Whalers: http://images.wikia.com/ahl/images/9/99/7vepky59p91ew432gsp2xqyyf.gif, And the greatest sports logo in history (truly on par with Glaser’s I♥NY): Both red/white, Impact font with no embellishment. Damn David, you still putting my logo on blast, huh?
Found inside – Page 132As you begin to explore what you want your logo and font to look like, think about all the places they will go. ... sticker, bass drum at a show where you might be opening for another act . . . your logo/font should be seen everywhere. When I found out sometime that my works look similiar with someone works. Interesting… I do wonder how many of the above where directly taken from the above source and how many were genuine ‘wow we did the same thing’ moments?! Creating something which stands out becomes very challenging. or are those logos not infringing each other? Okay, totally kidding about the second part but this is a little weird. Yes. "In the clients defense"? Do you think any of these companies will change their logos because of what is shown here? Sean, I’ve had an issue with one client where the idea I arrived at had been trademarked by London Council. I just mean we shouldn’t burden ourselves with researching every logo ever made just so that the ma and pa store logo doesn’t look the same like the shoe company in China… I hope that makes sense). You know the thing I love about Logo Design Love is that it is filled with so many resources. Belfast City and South Hams Food and Drink. I’m impressed GameStop and SmashBurger aren’t on here. "Parallel thinking" or shameless cribbing? I agree that this might be seen as an unfortunate coincidence, but in the client's defense, it is a designer's responsibility to do that research. A logo does not sell the company directly nor rarely does it describe a business. There are a lot of logos out there that are the result of mergers, splits, partnerships, acquisitions, etc. (CNN) — Burger King's identity is getting a whopper of a refresh, with its first new logo in more than 20 years. Do you know about Taoism, or Yin and Yang? The list of logo similarity goes on and on. Do you personally know this client or know the amount of research that was done to create their logo? In a nutshell, what a logo means is more important than what it looks like. I never imagined that I would get to see so many logos in one place, and I certainly never expected to see so articles analyzing them. to verify this when this is happening? Nice post.. Found an Ubuntu impostor :)… http://www.matthodder.com/2009/03/31/ubuntu-lookalike/. I guess it makes sense since they are both in the same city and when Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans, they realized that they needed to adapt their logo to the culture of the city. Found inside – Page 38... with if too many fonts are in one text block , logo looked together before placing the type and rules only . ... enclos- tration overwhelm another . logo and clicking places the drawing ing what looks like tiny lines of type . I just received another email suggesting this one for Carbonfund.org, to be compared with the Obama logo. Typographic logos are tricky things: They can communicate trust or chaos, make you look smart or clueless, and come across as expensive or cheap. Another one is GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and The Pork Council (the other white meat). ‘Adapt, adopt, improve’ seems a fair rule by which designers can operate fairly. I typically only research their main competitors. In short, Korean flag has no relation to Pepsi logo; just coincidence. Found inside – Page 10What is important, no matter what your logo looks like, is to be consistent in its usage—so consumers don't become confused. The one exception is that sometimes because of space limitations, you have to drop the tag line from a logo. In legal papers that were filed, Walmart claimed that the Yeezy logo will create "confusion" and a "false suggestion of a connection" between the two brands. What if the similar logos are from the same designer? No copying from either of us, just a very similar idea. Peter C., at least you caught the Blackberry similarity before you finished (or had you?). I added a few of your suggested similar logos to the end of the post. Needless to say, since the motivational book came first, we were accused of plagiarism and lost the show, not to mention embarrassing the people involved in it. That logo looks similar to an image on the movie's poster. The blank area in the center may seem to have been added in to make the word 'blind' easier to read, but in fact, it is acting as the pupil of an eye, with the rest . pseudoroom design and Cyberathlete Professional League. It’s just like music today…..it’s all been done….songs today will always be inspired by something in the past….samples are on everything these days…it’s all about how you put your spin on the concept that’s already been done a thousands times and make it your own design. I’m thinking about a similar-styled symbol for myself, only with the ascender on the opposite side, to form a “d.”. The logotype is almost identic. So in this example, food products and alcohol may be sufficiently similar for there to be a problem, particularly if the marks in question (i.e. http://www.gillesdesplanches.com/. I think that many of the similarities are there because some ideas are universal, and if one takes a path on finding the best solution for a logo design, it’s not impossible that another person will come to the same solution, if the project is similar.
The book’s coming along well, thanks Ray. In design, and particularly logo design, the pessimistic axiom that “everything has already been done” is becoming more and more true, and it is only the virtuous designer who can continue to stand out in a sea of sameness.” Is it okay to resemble another’s work simply because it’s good art, or is that taboo for graphic designers? Much like Nissan's recent logo redesign, it will probably have little effect on the buying public. http://www.blog.skdesignz.com/2016/06/when-company-logos-seem-to-have.htmlMore of the same kind. Not interested in specificity as much as logo design theory. What is your take on this? Of course I had never seen the other logo (both were lowercase san-serif red letters that touched), but regardless of the truth (they didn't like my partner who was my "bad-cop"), certain people are just litigious idiots. Remember that your logo will feature a variety of advertisements. I recently saw this on my friends Lincoln and had to take a picture in case it changed as well. The logo represents the family names of the founders; they are Yamauchi and Iwasaki. Haha. Sports teams are also notorious for doing this. But when I decide to get a new web address I will hassle you to update that current link ;) And yes, I’m still doing design work. I saw this logo the other day on a local San Diego hotel (Woodfin) and thought, wow that flame looks a lot like a logo design I was involved in during the 80’s. Our website uses cookies to enhance the site operation and understand traffic and website performance. We once had to face such issue. It’s amazing with all the unique designs that could come out of a designers head that there are logos that are this similar. The design touted by President Trump looks similar to the logo for the fictional "Starfleet Command" used in the popular science fiction TV and movie franchise. Got me thinking for sure, having seen the Big Fix logo above it reminded me of a similar thing i did for an internet phone company called Butlers but remember Boss (who make guitar effects pedals) have a similar one again like this. i must have seen 7-8 totally unrelated sites with a logo made like this, right down to nearly identical circle weights. The chemistry company Phenomenex’s logo is even more similar to the (Anton Stankowski) Stadt Bruhl logo! . Interesting article, the Wayback Machine and Google Blogoscoped surprised me quite a bit – they must surely be aware of the similarities. Always check the competition. We must stop everything regarding the logo for client-x! I've made many logos that I had no clue looked similar to other logos out there. that it's just another step bringing . That said, I’m not gonna hassle you to take down my logo, it’s not that big a deal. where a logo is a deliberate ‘knock-off’ or an update of an original, new logos are generated from a parent logo, or a combination of two or more logos are creatively put together. Found inside – Page 5Meeting consumer demands A European logo for organic farming Für Hersteller und Konsumenten von Produkten aus biologischer ... It can be presenBIOLOGISCHE LANDBOUW . ted either in colour or in black and white and looks similar the logos ... And to the comment above me, I checked both smashburger and gamestop and the logos on their sites look totally different. It could be the most trendy logos in the past few years as many designers keep creating (producing) these kind of logos. Found inside – Page 49Logo / Logotype / Symbol Logo, logotype and symbol are indicators that imaginarily define several messages related to ... The logo and its variations that are used in almost all printed materials, advertisements and similar visual tools ... get passed from one company to another because of the ever changing corporate landscape. I just didn't get it. I contracted with someone to make it. Fb Inc is altering its firm title to Meta Platforms Inc or Meta. 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”. Another example : Isringhausen imports and Nissan The main reason it took me a bit to realize the RSS Icon thing was because my head wasn’t in “blog” mode at the time I designed it. ;). They have some illustrative flair, but are still bold and simple. Okay, maybe not quite yet. Once or twice they've come back to me, worried that their logo looked like another logo floating around out there. They *are* the same logo, just with different text.
I wonder how many other three-part flame images there are? I always thought the Airbnb logo was supposed to represent a paper airplane, or a very stylized A or heart. This Vancouver Hotel's logo looks EXACTLY like the Seattle Kraken's. Either this is some weird coincidence or the Seattle Kraken's logo designer took a business trip to a certain Vancouver hotel and happened to catch sight of its logo. Found insideHave A Logo And Website Another crucial aspect of starting your own yoga business is to have a memorable logo and website ... out to create a logo, look at some inspirational yoga logos to find out how your own logo should look like. I’m so tired of hearing people moan and complain about this, “It’s all been done.” Why even be a designer then? uhh, I'm going to go with...very very very likely. Visit Business Insider's homepage for . Now, this can be up to interpretation, but generally holds true. It takes a design you either haven’t seen before, or have very rarely seen in order to shine. I’m not a graphic designer, though I’m interested in it and actually attempted to host a contest to redesign Sherwin-Williams “Cover the Earth” logo over at http://newbreedofadvertisers.blogspot.com/2008/07/cover-earth-logo-contest.html. The newly unveiled logo for US Space Force appears to have boldly gone where Star Trek went before. The AirBnB logo is the most arguably egregious, but even then, when you work with a capital A, you're going to figure out how to make the crossbar or the suggestion of a cross bar. I hadn’t realized that I had basically used the arches from an RSS Icon as part of a logo I had created, as the logo was for a company that had nothing to do with blogging. When the team switched to the current symbol, I was shocked that the NBA let it do such a blatant knockoff of the Lakers iconic logo, with its identical italicized font and enlarged first letter. We’re surrounded by the same influences, the same shapes, forms, patterns. ps i noticed that bbc 6 music looks like the dr dre beats logo too. *shrug*, Here’s another one: Presumably a lot of money has been spent on coming up with the name, designing the logo and the general 'rebranding'. Ciao for now. How would you explain this? ! Burlington Coat Factory is another heart shaped B. many designer wants to make simplest design. Vanleest Yup, the Tesla logo truly does look like an IUD and, frankly, we're surprised we never saw the ambiguous imagery before. When something looks like a blatant copy (NBC and Nebraska ETV), that’s one thing, but many of these logos simply employ a similar design element or device but do not really look alike. They both seem to be blatant copies of one another. I’ve taken your suggestions on board and added three new comparisons to the original post: Beats by Dr. Dre and Anton Stankoswki’s 1971 Stadt Bruhl logo. Naps are nice too. I learned today that there is a similar logo with the same word and the same placed apostrophe. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can’t exist as a human being in isolation. http://www.droppin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/nohornets092707_fleurdebee_story.jpg, http://www.2ktours.com/cgi-bin/logos/nfl%20logos/Saints_logo.gif. Answer (1 of 5): I am a Korean living in Canada. Disaster averted. The amount of stress we lay on distinctiveness is only subjective. But keen observers pointed out the striking similarity between the new Raptors logo and the Brooklyn Nets logo - which is less than three years old after themselves rebranding following a move from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012. mountains if there’s a mountain range in the region. So upsetting when even designers can't get behind other designers. David, I have to agree with you and say that designers do sometimes come up with similar ideas. Update: I was quick once to accuse another designer of copying a logo I had done, only to realize that the element in question was really something very common. Here’s a blog post you might find useful: Logo trademarking tips: a legal perspective. It should appear like an impressive logo in all the media. SimpleBits and LogoMaid (LogoMaid link directs to a Flickr thread with a fascinating commentary). Found insideThat seems like a poor choice to me. The second mistake entrepreneurs make is in choosing the wrong logo. I've seen superfeminine businesses choose oddly masculinelooking logos. I've seen fun, laidback companies choose overly corporate ... Hiring a designer to create your logo from scratch can become pricey, quick! If another business in the same or related category is using a logo similar to yours, they are infringing on your trade mark rights. The only significant difference (besides the team colors) was the word “San Diego” instead of “Los Angeles.”. Love to know that a business promoting fine visual art does not incorporate the letter “a” or “A” as associative. I’ve always thought GNC (General Nutrition Centres) and GMC (the auto manufacturer) have very similar fonts for their respective logos. Another very interesting post and thank you once again for your endeavours to keep us informed. What about a graphic that represents the brand, rather than an illustrated letter? Similarly, say an investment company owns several companies. First, I’m guessing you (artists) visually consume even on a subconscious level. The airbnb logo is an "A"?!!!? See it here: I just ran into a similar issue, and I was wondering what you did to solve the issue, if you did anything at all? Just not freelancing as much anymore. How about Overstock.com and Opera.com Both the same red O. I’ve always been concerned about companies I’ve designed logos for trademarking their logos. Even at our most original moments, designers often fall back on the same logic. Another quality of a great logo design is that it is easily scalable. http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5gtfjeljv9kf52bdv9otg3fhf. Microsoft's Edge browser is freshening things up with a new look, and it's a swirling blue-and-green design that to many calls to mind another thing that's gone out of style: Tide pods.. A logo does not sell the company directly nor rarely does it describe a business. Needless to say, since the motivational book came first, we were accused of plagiarism and lost the show, not to mention embarrassing the people involved in it. i stumbled across this web page recently http://abduzeedo.com/creating-crazy-cool-logo/ containing a tutorial on “creating a crazy cool logo”. Is there a preferred way to search and cover your butt for originality before trademark?
One of those versions I saw on a billboard in my community a year later for a bank. As already pointed out in the comments these are particularly astonishing ripoffs because most are very well-known companies. Found inside – Page 280... particularly since, like colors and fonts, so many illustrations and photographs are available on the Web. ... an illustration of a woman typing, while the woman who appears in Fork 'n Spoon's logo looks like a pin-up model. This is similar to what you’re saying but instead of following off-shoots back to a parent company, you’d follow the way a logo has been influenced through mentor/apprentice relationships. Muzak just slenderized the original. The trend for logos is a tough one to depict and, like fashion, it is always changing. I know you didn’t rip off your idea for your logo so I think it’s only fair that you include it to reiterate the fact that logos/design ideas are sometimes unfortunately similar, but NOT ALL are rip offs. Visit Business Insider's homepage for . Thanks for the question, Bubs. Found inside – Page 46... network " look in animation and as well - complete with lens flare flying logos without a huge learning curve . ... You then save all similar animation for another of this as a LightWave scene , exit , client , you can save out all ... While good designers will rack their brains and try to think of design solutions that aren’t obvious, at the end of the day, it’s simply a numbers game.
Seems conservative clients go hand-in-hand with small budgets as well. Being an old print designer I never fully embraced website development. A well-designed fashion logo can impact your brand's perceived value. In my mind, a monkey is an animal, an object that can be visualized as a character design into great numbers of variations. Hi David, always appreciate your blog posts! It’s blogs like these that really help open my mind and prepare me for what is about to come. His goods and services are for clothes, whereas my goods and services would be for cosmetics. Kyle, it’s close, although that’s a particular issue where monograms are concerned. Are the businesses in competition with each other? http://web.mac.com/printpros/wholesalecellular/welcome.html, 1978-97 Jets Logo: I’ve found that most of the time my first ideas for a logo are a little cliche and have been done before. Some companies take things too far: Logo Garden ripoffs. Letter E in Dell, Enron, Ericsson – all rotated to same angle. Facebook has changed its name to Meta and revealed a new logo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Many joked that the logo looked like a pringle, or a frowning infinity symbol among other random things. At the time, social-media users poked fun at the symbol, comparing it to the logo for the dating app Tinder. Similar concepts are going to happen and, on occasion, similar execution. Found inside – Page 108In the following Skill Assessment , you will create a presentation used by the Marketing Department to promote the sale of logo products . Your completed presentation will look similar to the one shown in Figure 2.24 . to L.A., the Lakers would say “enough’s enough.” But I guess the legendary franchise with its full roster of Basketball Hall of Famers figured nobody would ever confuse the hapless Clippers with them. Fonts, icons, colors, etc. GCU professor by day, brand identity expert by night, she loves all things related to design. It's also a part of the South Korean flag. Disaster averted. I know I am not ready yet and I realize that sometimes I do get a little mad when someone is critical about my work, but I hope to get a good grasp of the whole “logo” industry and everything that comes along with it. Luckily, the logo had not been put into “action” in business cards or a website, but still the client had accepted our proposal and even paid us an upfront. I can see where you’re getting at with the subtle similarities in shape, but anything else it’s a stretch. Now I can say that it not only make me work harder, but wiser too. North White High School logo compared to the Minnesota Vikings logo You may remember back in 2013, McCutcheon High School changed its logo after they got a letter from the University of Texas. Two thoughts on this post. That one is obviously stolen, what's the chance that? the names/logos) are very close. You can notice that the designer very cleverly inserted the 'c' into the 'Q' to make it look like a seed, indicating the fashion brand's future growth. I work for a trademark services company where we clear device/figurative trademarks all the time. I have a very simple logo that contains 4 letters.
I think sometimes as designers we can be quick off the mark to think someone has copied us when in fact we are a product of the same creative energy. The rule of thumb is, similar logos are more acceptable the more distinct the industries are. I learned that back in 1999 a HIV POSITIVE campaign was started in Africa. Hey David… check this out, talk about doing a “double-take”: http://www.mutualmobile.com/ and http://www.squarespace.com/.
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