A certain company that shall remain unnamed said that monstervintage was using their logo. pfft! Monstervintage was pretty much forced to remove it for awhile, but now its back!
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02-01-2005 11:16 AM #1
MonsterVintage logo is back!
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02-01-2005 12:15 PM #2
I don't know that I agree with you, looks like they stole more than one element from the nameless company.
In this case, MC should have just requested them to change the logo IMHO.There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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02-01-2005 12:24 PM #3
I knew i saw that symbole somewhere else! I agree Noel should have mede them change that symbole unless MC somehow will profit from that
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02-01-2005 12:27 PM #4
alot of it is a play on names and search engines.. sellers on e-bay use in the title " monster size banana plugs" or some such, its not monster brand, but they get all the search hits on monster banana's..... same deal here.. all companies arent innocent, they know people know MONster and it gets hits.. I'm not agreeing about any of the business practices either way.. But its also easy to figure out
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02-01-2005 12:29 PM #5
In order for them to have "stolen" it, they would have had to known it existed. The "MV" is similar to the "M" but even a child could tell that its different, IMO.Originally posted by jdhdiggs
I don't know that I agree with you, looks like they stole more than one element from the nameless company.
In this case, MC should have just requested them to change the logo IMHO.
(They did request that they stop using it, and MV complied for awhile until just recently. A certain person at the unnamed company accused them of using "slices" of their logo.)
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02-01-2005 12:37 PM #6
Monster has various logos for their various divisions. Monster Vintage might be a new brand of tube amps and TT's...
They are too similar to have a realistic chance of being created independently.
Monster HTPC also deserved the shot as well since it is the same market.
Snow Monsters, Monster.com, Monsters inc... Those were just dumb.There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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02-01-2005 12:43 PM #7
As an example, here is the MC logo:
There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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02-01-2005 12:59 PM #8
You've busted em! Those bastards stole it so they could sell more butterfly-collar shirts, it makes perfect sense. *Originally posted by jdhdiggs
They are too similar to have a realistic chance of being created independently.
*this post is all in good fun. ;)
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02-01-2005 01:00 PM #9
Heck, maybe the guy who designed it for them was inspired by MC. We'll never know...
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02-01-2005 01:19 PM #10
I guess the only difference with that logo and the fact that there have been lawsuits in the music industry over a set of (as little as ) 3 notes is that the industries that they are aimed at are different. I think anyone can see the M is virtually the same, and probably in some right it shouldn't be (based on the trademarking guidelines), but I think some latitude has to be given based on the industries being worlds apart.
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02-01-2005 01:26 PM #11
"They have the golden arches, we have the golden arcs."
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02-01-2005 01:30 PM #12
Coming to America.......lol
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02-01-2005 02:42 PM #13
I'm sorry but that's even a little to close for me. Now I think MV's trying to push their limits. It's going to bite him in the ass!!!
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02-01-2005 02:48 PM #14
Maybe its MV's way of flipping off MC. :DOriginally posted by Toxis
I'm sorry but that's even a little to close for me. Now I think MV's trying to push their limits. It's going to bite him in the ass!!!
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02-01-2005 03:39 PM #15
So, did Isuzu "steal" from MC too???:D
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02-01-2005 03:44 PM #16
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02-01-2005 04:02 PM #17
jd, the Isuzu mark above has been in use from 1974 to the present. Do you think Noel Lee ever saw it? These two marks are much more similar than the MV logo, these are even the same color. Do you think your previous statement about MV would hold true in this case of Isuzu compared to MC?
"They are too similar to have a realistic chance of being created independently."
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02-01-2005 04:14 PM #18
Yup, you got me...
Hmm, Something named monster blank has a very similar logo to another company named monster blank.
Yet we are led to believe that on wasn't influenced at all by the other and created similar logo layouts including the initials for the product in the same "font" at the beginning of the logo. The ones for the mens and womens sections? I doubt Noel would have even batted an eye lash if that set-up was used throughout.
Your justification for this being ok is that Isuzu has a singular piece of the logo in a circle and that is were monster stole it from? And that Isuzu should go after Monster? And no, open your eyes a bit more and push away from your hatred of all things MC. The Isuzu mark has two gross elements in common. The MV one has at least 5
Man, you're getting as paranoid as Noel Lee. Chill out and open your eyes... Not one person yet has agreed with your supposition that MC shouldn't have even gone after it after seeing the "evidence"
Am I still boycotting Monster cable? Yes
Do I think that their tactics are dirty and underhanded? Yes
Do I think they are justified in this case and monster HTPC? yes
Are you becoming a little obsessed? Oh yeah.... ;)Last edited by jdhdiggs; 02-01-2005 at 04:34 PM.
There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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02-01-2005 04:35 PM #19
That wasn't my point. My point is that just because two logos are similar doesn't necessarily mean they stole from each other.Originally posted by jdhdiggs
Yup, you got me, I'm the idiot..
If I'm the only one that doesn't think MC should have went after MV's logo, then so be it.
Its all good. :)
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02-01-2005 04:39 PM #20
Cool, No problem. I just didn't quite buy MV's story after looking at the evidence. I feel that their orignal "brilliant" idea was along the lines of what faster explained and they got smacked around a bit.
It's all good, sorry for a bit of a loss of temper. My bad...There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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02-01-2005 04:47 PM #21
Cheers. Its a pretty interesting topic. I can see both sides of the story.Originally posted by jdhdiggs
Cool, No problem. I just didn't quite buy MV's story after looking at the evidence. I feel that their orignal "brilliant" idea was along the lines of what faster explained and they got smacked around a bit.
It's all good, sorry for a bit of a loss of temper. My bad...
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