I think the comparison with [2] is tenuous, but it does touch on some interesting history. The Mozilla browser logo used to be an actual Phoenix (https://www.lo

I think the comparison with [2] is tenuous, but it does touch on some interesting history. The Mozilla browser logo used to be an actual Phoenix (https://www.logaster.com/blog/firefox-logo/ https://www.logaster.com/blog/firefox-logo/) until they got done for trademark infringement. Though it was a company, not a state that sued them. If anything it's more like the Thunderbird logo, upside down. However if we're going to shout plagiarisim, the Phoenix logo is strikingly familiar to the (Rebel) Alliance Starbird which predates it by about 20 years. Given that it was chosen by popular vote, is that surprising? There's also Vauxhall Motors which has a griffin, but looks somewhat similar.