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Twins, triplets, quadruplets, ok we get it…humans can look alike. Fair enough! But to design logo design that look alike? Sounds more like logo plagiarism…doesn’t it? Now that is one thing no logo designer wants to get implicated in. We all are aware of the menace of logo theft and how designers and companies can get deprived or robbed of their ideas. When you hire logo designer, you expect to get an original and authentic work from him/her.
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Copying or Inspiration – Where is the thin line?
I still remember the time when renowned cosmetics company, Elizabeth Arden, blatantly copied the ‘believe’ logo for Britney Spears. What was even ironic was the fact that they ripped-off the logo design for a charity organization, Monodonation. No wonder they say, “All is fair in love and war”. Although the cosmetic firm persuaded it was just a coincidence, most people were not ready to accept that. Rigidly following logo design trends is one reason for this menace in the industry. The crux of this conversation is that it is tricky to draw the line between what is considered plagiarism, inspiration or a coincidence. |
October 15th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
i sat down and coined the name advantis for my company last january . after 1 month of interviewing stakeholders i thought i had the proper name only to be edged out . As a small team we sat and developed a logo for an ISP the other day only for it to be the AT&T logo. Very annoying
October 16th, 2010 at 7:39 am
i think these:
-Yatra and Pepsi
-VOLVO and QuickTime
-Woolsworth and Apple
are concidences, but most of the others are out of doubt a copy
October 17th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Which one was first, the left one or right one?
October 18th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Some are real real look-a-likes indeed… but some don’t even not look like each other (Nike – Li-Ning, Woolworth – apple (which is by the way the new Countdown logo for if are living in NZ – dunno about anywhere else…), volvo – Quicktime) Not even with after 20 beers… Interesting though is the David ‘Logo-Guru’ Airey one…
October 18th, 2010 at 6:59 am
I really appreciate the hard work of logoblog. Keep it up.
I would like you to review our logo and suggest if redesign is required or not.
Thank You
October 18th, 2010 at 8:16 am
@ reb
I totally agree.
October 18th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Yep, most of these are intentional copies. Asian companies often copy products wtih similar logos.
October 18th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
A great collection. I guess there’s only so much imagination to go ’round.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
IMHO, most of these have nothing to do with the rip-offs… I would say 4-5 are in more or less way could be called copy-cats, while the rest are nothing but coincidence….
October 19th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
A few are intentional, a few are coincidental, two are by the same company (Coomon Guild & Commonwealth Games), all have been used in similar posts before.
*yawn*
October 19th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
How about this one…Compare with Blackburn Market and Barrow
October 19th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
On more to “Dosh Dosh” and “David Airey” group: Joomla Clube Logo – http://joomlaclube.com.br/
October 20th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Some of these are too different. There are only so many things you can do with the letter M, or a circle.
Does every apple-themed logo also make you think they stole it from Apple? You know its just a noun, right?
October 20th, 2010 at 1:05 am
I think Gooje is the most obvious as a copying..
October 20th, 2010 at 1:33 am
Most seem unintentional.
I just think it’s funny that just today, my Graphic Design teacher was showing us David Airey’s logo as an example of the design process, and I couldn’t help but think about how unoriginal it looks.
October 20th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Does anybody remember when NBC spent mega bucks to come up with a new logo design and it turned out that Nebraska ETV had the same design and had only paid $100 for it…http://www.tommcmahon.net/2005/02/the_new_nbc_log.html
So, yes, I think it’s often accidental.
October 20th, 2010 at 7:35 am
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October 23rd, 2010 at 7:03 am
Remember that Apple stole both their name and symbol from Apple corps, the Beatles-owned record company. But of course they were sued and have had to pay a substantial amount.
October 24th, 2010 at 5:48 am
Some are blatant plagiarism and the rest tell me you need glasses. Im sure all asians look alike as well.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Goojje is supposed to be a rip off of Google’s logo
Brandon
October 24th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Only few of them are for me intentional replicas/copies.
For example the
city of melbourne/Merchant logix
are an accident and although similar not aiming to mislead consumers.
Whereas the
Toyota/ Jincheng Logo
are an absolute impertenence!!!! It makes me angry to look at them because to me they are nothing but imposture
October 25th, 2010 at 4:13 am
Starbucks/Boulders – COPY
Harrod’s/Holland’s – COPY
Melbourne/Merchant – COINCIDENCE
Common Guild/Commonwealth – COINCIDENCE
VSBT/APPLE – COPY
CP – COPY
Toyota/Jincheng – COPY
Freesat/Glasses – COINCIDENCE
Harbork/Fitucci – COPY
Nike/Linning – COPY
Bentley/Hyundai – COPY
Google/Goojje – VERY BAD COPY
BYD/BMW – COPY
Old Town/George Town – COPY
Yatra/Pepsi – COINCIDENCE
Volvo/Quicktime – COINCIDENCE
Woolsworth/Apple – COINCIDENCE
Blackburn/Barrow – COINCIDENCE?
Doshdosh/David Airey – COPY
Squarespace/Maxmost – STOCK logo or COPY
These are just my opinions.
October 25th, 2010 at 6:32 am
Woolworths (not ‘woolsworth’) is an Australian supermarket. I think Apple tried to sue them or something.
October 25th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I think most of these are copied but don’t know who copied who
October 26th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
When designer lost their creativity… then they use such practices.’
October 27th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Most of them are copies, but some are coincidences. I’m asking myself why the original company don’t sues those who copied.
October 27th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Two with most similarity are the Harbock/Fitucci and Google/Goojje. The others are different enough that I wouldn’t confuse the companies. Maybe people who have poor visual discrimination skills could be confused–just gotta do more than look at pictures–try reading, too!
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November 3rd, 2010 at 12:36 am
Volvo y Quicktime doesnt have nothing similar..
But Sqauresapce.com and Maxmost.com.. ayayaya..
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I really dont think you can say the Woolsworth and Apple logo are copies. Yes they use apples but both in a very different way and style. If i use an apple in a logo it does not mean I was copying Apple.
And what about the whole Apple computers and Apple records, who is copying who there?
November 4th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Goojje ? @.@
November 5th, 2010 at 9:47 am
The world has been in existence how many billions of years? To think anything is original after all this time can put you in an all-consuming creative block. Be inspired, but don’t be inspired to copy. It’s frustrating, because the creative process can be a long one only to be beaten at the finish line by a logo or trademark that’s “been there, done that.”
November 8th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Those logo have enough difference (not including the “Believe” logos) so that they shouldn’t have any issues. And, about GAP.. What a goofy move. Their logo looked good before. Not it looks like my little sister drew it..
November 10th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Some are most definitely copies but the unfortunate fact of the business is that you are not aware of every logo ever created out there and it is inevitable that a logo created in a vacuum might seem to be a copy but was achieved innocently!!
p.s. I like Apple and their products but they cannot own the apple image and prevent everyone else from using it as a logo form!!! An apple icon with a bite taken from the right is a different story
November 11th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Why no date posted on the year the design that was created?
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No use to compare like this
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Some are pure rips, and a lot are coincidences and some i find just standing too far from each other even to called it ‘inspired by’
December 19th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I think the woolworths logo is one of the best new logos I have seen for some time. The company goes by the slogan ‘The fresh food people’, so the apple peel in the shape of their previously similar logo is considerably effective, and fun! It is also quite dissimilar (compared to some of these examples) to the Apple it is suggested it copies.
July 9th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
I think a reallllly bad copy is The old Crystal Castle logo and the Chanel logo – Chanel always get copied, I know, my mum has a really important job for copyright in Chanel and i found out by looking it up for crystal castles – theyve changed though.