Names and brands that are too similar?

Pawnless Endgame · 16 Feb 2019 at 22:00

I saw something on the BBC just now about "Flybmi" (airliner) going into administration. I spot spelling errors on the Beeb all the time so I thought they meant Flybe as I've never heard of Flybmi before. So Flybe and Flybmi are both airline operators.

If you go to Trademarkia, you can see numerous lawsuits from big organisations because of copycat companies. Sometimes they'll blatantly rip the organisation's font e.g. the Disney font or they'll make a derivative name e.g. Parrots of the Caribbean.

Microsoft copycats - https://www.trademarkia.com/opposition/bully-microsoft?fn=microsoft
Apple copycats - https://www.trademarkia.com/opposition/bully-apple-inc?fn=Apple+Inc.++
Google copycats - https://www.trademarkia.com/opposition/bully-google?fn=google

And lots more. Just use the search box on there. So do you think that these following examples are too similar?

Sheryl Crow and Cheryl Cole - pop singers
Bryan Adams and Ryan Adams - pop singers
Snorkack and Snorlax - one's from Harry Potter, the other from Pokémon, fictional creatures
Ryannair and Lion Air - another airline example
YourView and YouView - TV streaming services
Hungry Horse and Hungry House - pubs/takeaway
Home and HomePod - voice activated speakers
Doctor Strangelove and Doctor Strange - films (might just be coincidence, unfortunate)

The last 3 might also just be unfortunate, but I always misread one for the other:

Thomson and TUI - travel operators
Gov't and Gove - political
Donald Trump and Donald Tusk - presidents

dowie · 16 Feb 2019 at 22:04

Pawnless Endgame said:
Thomson and TUI - travel operators

That's the same company just rebranded.

Tee Hee Johnson · 16 Feb 2019 at 23:59

Lopéz · 17 Feb 2019 at 00:15

Thomson is TUI :confused:

flipface · 17 Feb 2019 at 00:27

Can you haz Cheezburger also?

loltim · 17 Feb 2019 at 06:04

u wot m8

Efour · 17 Feb 2019 at 06:39

Lol your examples are terrible but the company name copyrights are interesting.

Dirk Diggler · 17 Feb 2019 at 08:29

Pawnless Endgame and Pointless Wordgame

LeeUK · 17 Feb 2019 at 09:05

I've heard of BMI airline before. They had other brands like BMI Baby and just BMI in the past.

Mr Badger · 17 Feb 2019 at 09:15

Must resist urge to set up Prawnless Endgame user account and post in this thread...

413x · 17 Feb 2019 at 09:17

String said:
Pawnless Endgame and Pointless Wordgame

LewisRaz · 17 Feb 2019 at 09:56

Mr Badger said:
Must resist urge to set up Prawnless Endgame user account and post in this thread...

Should have done it. You will never get this moment again.

Lopéz · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:28

Pawnless Endgame said:
So do you think that these following examples are too similar?

Sheryl Crow and Cheryl Cole - pop singers
Bryan Adams and Ryan Adams - pop singers

These are my favourites.
How dare these singers have similar names? I can just imagine little Cheryl Tweedy being told by her parents "Howay lass, ye cannat marry that Ashley lad because there's already a singer called Sheryl Cole, and that would be canny similar, like"

This was a spoof thread, right?

Pawnless Endgame · 18 Feb 2019 at 06:51

Lopéz said:
These are my favourites.
How dare these singers have similar names? I can just imagine little Cheryl Tweedy being told by her parents "Howay lass, ye cannat marry that Ashley lad because there's already a singer called Sheryl Cole, and that would be canny similar, like"

This was a spoof thread, right?

The Trademarkia bit was semi-serious but the rest was just GD banter which we all love

Mr Badger said:
Must resist urge to set up Prawnless Endgame user account and post in this thread...

Go ahead

Dirk Diggler · 18 Feb 2019 at 06:59

Pawnless Endgame said:
...GD banter which we all love...

[FnG]magnolia · 18 Feb 2019 at 07:26

IIRC the OP is legally blind or semi-blind so you're all terrible people for taking the mick of what is admittedly an utterly dreadful thread.

You monsters :mad:

touch · 18 Feb 2019 at 08:07

Pawnless Endgame said:
I saw something on the BBC just now about "Flybmi" (airliner) going into administration.

Airline and Airliner?

weringo · 18 Feb 2019 at 08:26

Serious reply...

When Walkers Stax came out a few years ago I genuinely mistook them for a box of pringles. I am surprised they were allowed to make something so similar.

MikeTheNative · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:30

weringo said:
Serious reply...

When Walkers Stax came out a few years ago I genuinely mistook them for a box of pringles. I am surprised they were allowed to make something so similar.

Wasn't the tube square not a round? I think that's how they got away with it.