logo rip advice
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- Fax_Benson0
- call them rather. emails are all too easy to ignoreProjectile
- please record call so we can chuckle along with the awkward situation.lambsy
- zarkonite0
Seeking legal advice would be a suitable course of action, and it sounds like the thieves were lucky enough to steal from a law firm.
Maybe call them and tell them they've stolen materials from a law firm?
I'd call up the law firm and explain the situation to them, see what they think should be done... it's their field of expertise. Would it hurt your wallet to go on the offensive on the thieves?
- mnmlst0
post it.
- Amicus0
I'd call the Law Firm as my first step. They are your clients, and as such you are letting them know that you are looking after their interests. I'd definitely rehearse what I wanted to say and then call your contact at the firm and talk to them personally about your concerns. Reiterate the fact that you had nothing to do with the plagiarism and ask if there is anything further you can do to help them in this matter.
The most likely thing is that they'll send a cease and desist order to the other company.
The most unlikely, and best for you is that they may want to update some materials and move a little further from Company B's stolen look and feel.
- Ambushstudio0
FAGDRAG!!!!!
- hellojeehae0
you should put it up on that blog.
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice…
- monospaced0
Simple. Call them out on it. Privately at first.
- If that doesn't work, get all QBN on their asses.monospaced
- Anyway, are they using the identity from a previous client? You said they took it from your portfolio.monospaced
- < good pointJuniorSenior
- SeriousFreelancing0
Depends.
I wouldn't "call them out on it", I'd professionally inquire. The fact that they found your work inspirational could be a good thing if you take the high road.... because of course you've never been inspired by other work, right?
You should post both logos to add credibility to your post.
- oh geez... sorry but that token "be flattered" response from everyone on qbn is such BS.inkpink
- Posting both logos here would be ANYTHING but professional. Calling them out professionally and privately is the answer.monospaced
- half the folks who advise this are the ones starting rip threads 6 months later.inkpink
- Flattering may get the designer more business. So it really depends on what your angle is. Calling them out will burn the bridge. Being professional may open a few doors.SeriousFreelancing
- dMullins0
Send them a link to this thread — http://www.qbn.com/topics/635826/
- dbloc0
The Being Awesome is way to high
- wrong threaddbloc
- or is it.dbloc
- It's the wrong thread.SeriousFreelancing
- vaxorcist0
I once worked for a nonprofit that had a HUGE threatened lawsuit on its hands because an insurance company thought our logo was too much like theirs.... most people would find them quite different.. i.e. one had stair steps but was round, the other had stair steps but was square, different colors,etc....
we caved and made a new logo... after a short phone call with board members.... some of whom were VERY experienced lawyers and bigwhigs in Chicago...
Logo oriented lawsuits really, really terrify boards of directors....
- Fax_Benson0
I sent them some examples of work I'd done for other clients. Portfolio pieces - one of which is now a major part of this company's identity. It was 18+ months ago, and I don't have much in the way of a record of what was sent and when.
- the introduce teh 2 clients in a friendly email.inkpink
- client A meet client B.
(enter link to logo)inkpink - client A is a law firm. client B isn't. Could work.Fax_Benson
- hahainkpink
- monospaced0
Seriously, before doing anything rash, call them.
- SeriousFreelancing0
I don't understand how it's unprofessional to show both logos on this thread. Feeling paranoid monospaced? QBN has to be the most unprofessional design forum known to man kind... Nobody thinks twice about the ranting, raving, trolling, micro-blogging that goes on here.
- what's the most professional?monospaced
- design forum...known to man, that ismonospaced
- man kind, specificallymonospaced
- I'm glad you appreciate my exaggerated comment enough to post here 3 times.SeriousFreelancing
- I just want the truth.monospaced
- he likes the 2A forumlambsy
- designforum.biz is most professionalPIZZA
- monospaced0
It's unprofessional because it's childish. Do you not agree that approaching the situation personally is the best course of action? Of course I wouldn't feel paranoid; I of course have no reason to be.
- monospaced0
It's like getting dumped in highschool and, instead of talking to the girl about why you're pissed off, writing mean things about her on the bathroom wall. In the end it's petty, especially when the high road can be taken. Keep your client's needs in mind.