While trying to make a brand known and memorable copy from another brand it doesn’t make much sense. Sometimes the reason for using a logo with a similar design can be that the brands are in a similar industry.

So it might make sense that many sports teams and car brands have logos that share similar shapes and motifs, but sometimes when it goes beyond inspiration Many brands can be sued.

The world-famous Starbucks coffee company was sued with a coffee company in China for using both its logo and the Chinese meaning of the name without permission.

As a result of the cure in 2003, the Shanghai Xingbake company used the Chinese name Starbucks and imitated the design of their cafe. “unlawful competition” decided to get in. In addition, the company had to pay $62,000 to Starbucks and change its name and logo.

The search engine Goojje, which the Chinese made available by copying Google down to the logo, was not changed despite all the warnings from the giant company and became one of the most used search engines in China for about two years.

Formula 1 changed its logo in 2017. However, the logo was sued because it closely resembled the logo on a 3M product.

between two very similar logos. any difference The absence of the number 1 in the 3M Futuro logo.

Unfortunately, Airbnb’s new logo, which underwent a logo change in 2014, was exactly the same as Automation Anywhere, which released its logo the same year.

between two companies as a result of negotiations Automation Anywhere has moved to a new logo design that bears no resemblance to the Airbnb logo.

NBC introduced its new logo with the million-dollar design in 1976. Shortly after the promotion, an American TV station sued NBC for resembling ETV logos.

As a result of the lawsuit, NBC quickly moved to a different logo design and eventually to the classic peacock based chose the design.

When music streaming service Pandora introduced its logo in 2016, PayPal sued the company for resembling the logo and confusing users.

A settlement was reached as a result of the lawsuit and three months later. Pandora has shared its new logo.

This time the Chinese were imitated. Also by Apple.

The Chinese clothing brand Kon is featured on Apple’s App Store logo copyright infringement He turned to the court and claimed that he had done this.

Red Bull sued the logo of the soft drink brand ‘Zilli Öküz’, founded by a citizen named Salman Akşun, because it could be confused with their own logo.

The dispute that arose because of the logos of the two brands was taken to court when the parties failed to resolve it. Following the lawsuit between the two brands there is no visual and auditory resemblanceThe lawsuit was dismissed because it was determined there was no potential for consumer confusion.

The chosen logo in a logo competition organized by Kırklareli University in 2008 remained on the agenda for a long time due to its similarity to the logo of the Macau Special Administrative Region in China.

The logos of Beşiktaş and Mecidiyeköy Tayfunspor were exactly the same. However, as a result of the lawsuit filed by Beşiktaş, Tayfunspor has announced that it will no longer use this logo.

The logo, which was chosen as a result of the logo design competition of the Uşak Municipality with a prize of 8,000 TL, provoked quite a reaction when the logo resemblance of a candy brand of the famous tennis player Maria Sharapova was revealed.

Facebook was sued by a bank called Current over the logo of their cryptocurrency wallet Calibra.

After a while, the company changed its name to Calibra. Novi changed in. Then he closed Novi.

The logo of Sultangazispor attracts attention due to its resemblance to the logo of Osasuna, one of the Spanish football league teams.

When Facebook’s name was changed to Meta, the logo’s resemblance to a German-based health center ‘M-Sense’ brought the stolen claims.

In light of this similarity, the health company, from its social media accounts, witty messages and didn’t care much for the likeness of the logo.

The logo of Avea, which currently serves as Türk Telekom, was revamped in 2013 and closely resembled the Google Wallet logo.

Even though Menemenspor’s logo, which has been used by Fenerbahce in Izmir for years, has changed, the resemblance of each new logo to Fenerbahce’s logo has been widely criticized.

Of course, when designing something, it can be inspired by things that have been done before. However, exact copying and stealing labor damage the reputation and credibility of the brand, and as you can see in our content, it can also lead to lawsuits.