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Vex
04-26-2006, 05:50 AM
Does this:
http://www.logoworks.com/cmsimages/recent-logos-4.jpg




Look a little like this:
http://www.jeelectronics.de/catalog/images/xball_logo.jpg


I can't find any info on "Diablo Networks". I happened across the design on a logo design website. I saw it and immediately thought of the Xball logo.

Anyway, I thought it was too similar to be coincidence.
Glickman
04-26-2006, 05:59 AM
am i wrong or did the diablo paintballs have that logo too?



either way i dont know if it would be infringement if they are in totally seperate fields of business
Vex
04-26-2006, 06:04 AM
Hmmm...

http://www.hillcrestpaintball.com/images/diablo_paintballs_logo.jpg
Amea
04-26-2006, 07:38 AM
It's a circle with horns. Not really much you can do with a company named "Diablo"... Heh. ;)
phantomhitman
04-26-2006, 08:51 AM
that is not copying. I actually like the diablo design better anyways. That would not hold up in court though, there are really different in design.
Hexis
04-26-2006, 09:10 AM
Similar to this:

http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/640-1.png

How many ways can you put horns on a ball, and make them look distinct?
Glickman
04-26-2006, 01:47 PM
Similar to this:

http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/640-1.png

How many ways can you put horns on a ball, and make them look distinct?

heh yep.

although i cant make the connection from "devil ball" to "freebsd" ;)
Hexis
04-26-2006, 02:13 PM
It's just Chuk's disembodied head, polished smooth. Or something.
buzzboy
04-26-2006, 05:12 PM
Arn't they by the same company anyways
Major Ho
04-26-2006, 05:16 PM
Way back when there was a thread about the Dye logo and how it looked a lot like the Direct TV logo
http://www.directv.com/images/common/nav/logo_leftnav.png
Automaggot68
04-26-2006, 05:18 PM
There's also a company that put out a TON of ads in the Gear Issue of Facefull, and in every ad they had these pictures



http://www.warpig.com/paintball/pictures/art/holms5.jpg

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/pictures/art/holms3.jpg

and a few others that look to eb from the same artist.


The above pictures have been on the Warpig Website for a few years now, and in the ads there is no credit given to the artist.
Pretty messed up.
deathstalker
04-26-2006, 08:57 PM
As for the Diablo logos, they are not so similar that one would confuse the two logos and companies. If they were in direct competition, legal action could be taken. However, this wouldn't stand up in court. And if you want to bring the "Diablo" name into it, I believe Blizzard/Vivendi/Universal might be interested. :) One of Vin Diesel's movies had to be renamed because they wanted to call it "Diablo".

I know the ads of which you speak, but I would have to see one before commenting. It's possible they purchased the rights to use it. I would be surprised if Bill hadn't noticed they were using artwork posted on his site.
Automaggot68
04-26-2006, 09:03 PM
I know the ads of which you speak, but I would have to see one before commenting. It's possible they purchased the rights to use it. I would be surprised if Bill hadn't noticed they were using artwork posted on his site.




To be perfectly honest with you, I DOUBT they did that.


/hybrid whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat