21 Similar Logo Designs – Copy or Coincidence

by admin on 01. Mar, 2010 in logo design

Plagiarism has become a widespread problem. People often plagiarize stuff that is easily and readily available. Be it the education field or the corporate world, the curse of plagiarism is prevalent. The same nuisance is existent the logo design industry. You will witness hundreds of logo designs that either resemble other logos or are a downright copy. But I wonder the reason behind it…is it done intentionally or it’s a coincidence? Irrespective of how you come up with a logo design, you have to make sure it does not inadvertently fall into the parameters of logo theft.

The risks of plagiarism in logo designs:

Logo plagiarism is an ever increasing nuisance for logo designers, especially with the advent of the internet. With a simple click or just a little search on Google, anyone in the world can copy your corporate logos. In fact, Google itself has not been spared of this unethical practice. Google has recently warned a Chinese search engine to change its logo design as it is a clear copy of world famous Google logo.

1. Google and Goojje:

Original VS Inspired logo design:

There is a vast difference in creating an original logo design and a logo design inspired from another. Originality is something that many logo designers claim but getting inspired from a logo design, making slight modifications to it and then claiming it to be new and unique is not called “originality”.

However, many designers have been defending themselves saying “creative minds think alike” and I think they are not completely wrong. What happens is that a logo designer observes so many logos in his life. Intentionally or unconsciously, he follows those logo design ideas when designing for a client.
Therefore, you take a look at some of the most identical logo designs below and decide which of these seems to be a “copy or coincidence?”