A logo related law suit waiting to happen

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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:smile:eutscher_Paket_Dienst_Logo.svg

How dare they, these guys from Dynamic Parcel Distribution (formerly known as Deutscher Paket Dienst)! :wink:

I was waiting at a traffic light the other day and suddenly this truck was driving by having the Unity logo on its side. My mind was somewhere else at that moment so it took me a few seconds to get it right. At first I really thought Iā€™d see the Unity logo on that truckā€™s side. :slight_smile:

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ha - good one

of course i have known this DPD logo forever, but you just switched a light on in my head - my brain never made this connection, but yes: they are damned similarā€¦:wink:

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Yeah, white cube with black outline. Such a rip off.
Sue em lololo
No really, if people wouldnā€™t sue about crap, our world would be much better

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Well back here in Europe sueing people over everything just tends to be a myth. Even if you sue the microwave company that didnt say it not ok to dry a cat in there, and win, youā€™d only get a small sum of money :stuck_out_tongue:

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In US you can sue over whatever you want, and most likely win :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes, and that is absolutely putrid. I have heard such ridiculous stories of ā€˜sewageā€™ where the person should not have won. :x

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the Winnebago case is my alltime favourite ā€¦ :smile:

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When it comes to trade marks, suing in defense of them isnā€™t just being litigious (companies donā€™t generally do it for the money), but because you HAVE to do that if you donā€™t want your trade mark to be invalidated at some point in the future.

But yeah, Iā€™ve seen those vans around Dublin too and had a similar thought. I imagine the classes covered by their trade mark are sufficiently different from Unity to not conflict, though. Itā€™s not too likely youā€™d confuse a postal service for a game engine! :lol:

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The Unity logo is both a cube and three vectors. It also has an interesting perspective. And the vectors have white outlines, in case the logo is on a dark background. DPD has a long way to go to catch up, folks. :smile:

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Its not like its a golden letter ā€œMā€ now, is it :wink:

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ā€œMunity3Dā€ā€¦ Hm. No, doesnā€™t work for me. Letā€™s stick with Unity for nowā€¦ :lol:

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This is the sort of logo you donā€™t mess with.

Ever played Pikmin? Iā€™ll bet MacDonalds use lawyers the same way.

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I wouldnā€™t doubt it. What an awesome analogy!

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Unless your name happens to be Cleo McDowell! :wink: