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So last month it was the Tokyo Olympics emblem[1], two days ago it was Google's new logo[2], and today it's this. Is the world ever going to come to grips with

by fenomas 11y ago

So last month it was the Tokyo Olympics emblem[1], two days ago it was Google's new logo[2], and today it's this. Is the world ever going to come to grips with the fact that many tens of thousands of thousands of logos and trademarks are registered each year [3], and it's fairly inevitable that some of them will look alike? [1] https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=tokyo+olympics+theatre+de+liege https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=tokyo+olympics+thea... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176974 [3] Or a lot more, I'm just going from this: https://oami.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/AnnualReport/2013/content/en/trademarks.html https://oami.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/docume...

wyldfire 11y ago
> Is the world ever going to come to grips with the fact that many tens of thousands of thousands of logos and trademarks are registered each year [3], and it's fairly inevitable that some of them will look alike? "This logo was designed by Akisato Ueda for a Japanese drive-in called Azuma in 1975." So, not a big deal methinks. US Code calls for the standard to be confusingly similar and in the same industry.