Posted on 02/22/2022 7:58:39 AM PST by MNDude
A little-known British company has appeared to threaten Donald Trump with legal action after his foundling social media platform, Truth Social, launched with a logo that was almost identical to an existing design.
The Truth Social app became available on Sunday night for Apple users and was almost immediately ridiculed for a logo that was not too dissimilar to that of a small British start-up called Trailar.
Both logos use block-style shapes that form the letter “T” – making Truth Social a target of dozens of comments and comparisons with the logo for the British firm, which sells solar panel technology.
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I’m sure the same crowd went nuts when Facebook stole the logo from another company for their new meta or whatever they’re called
If the logo needs to be changed now is the time to do it. Most folks have no clue what it looks like.
https://images.app.goo.gl/LNQTG1SxHHpq8EVh7
The “T” seems to be based off a letter in the Masonic alphabet. I don’t think you can put a trademark on that.
It’s a ‘T’. Easy enough to change, but yeesh!
Small company looking to get a cheesy payout.
The logo absolutely went through tons of lawyers and likely got US approval as a trademark itself.
International business law may be an issue but easily resolved, hardly at a state where the company can claim undue harm or a benefit to trumps platform.
Has barely released yet and shown no profits to report. The British company should have waited until this thing really took off. Once again i suspect ideology was more the issue, they missed out on a rela payout if they just would have waited.
You would think that someone would have at least done a reverse-lookup image search first...
because most haven’t even been able to register to use it
You couldn’t pay for the kind of publicity the biased media is giving to this app. They don’t even realize it because they are blinded by ideology.
I think if they didn’t file for a trademark in US, they can pound sand.
Not ready for prime time.
why is this reported by Yahoo Sports
One is a T
The other is a T. (T period)
That’s like saying T is the same as Tz
That Masonic alphabet would be difficult to recite during a roadside sobriety test.
Oh please, it’s a letter.
yawn
FAKE headline: they logos are not identical.
(But maybe one of them is racist, and homophobic? LOL)
Both companies will both benefit from this little disagreement.
Neither was known about until a few days ago.
The two companies are in two totally different industries. That means the odds that a trademark violation claim would succeed are very remote. And Truth Social could easily just buy the British company.
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