Most blatant copyright infringement you’ve ever seen

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.ncs.go.ug/associations/uganda-volleyball-federation-uvf

KaneToad

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Pornhub apparently have a whole section devoted to the BBC.

It wasn't what I was expecting, and dont get me started on the ATM.

Not the withdrawal you were expecting?

K.Flyer

the_pen_turner wrote: »

I think I read somewhere that the swastika had a totally peaceful meaning before Hitler used it

It's quite prevalent in Hindu and Buddhist cultures where it's used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality.

the beer revolu

the_pen_turner wrote: »

I think I read somewhere that the swastika had a totally peaceful meaning before Hitler used it

It's an ancient symbol and crops up in different civilisations.
Pretty sure it's both Greek and Indian, for example.

Badly Drunk Boy

cml387 wrote: »

The worst thing Hitler did...blatant stealing of copyright:

banie01 wrote: »

In Hitler's defence, he did have Speer create a style Bible for his lot that included the tilted swastika, so it's totally different

Those poor laundry lads were ahead of their time, electric vans and all!
Which is good, cos gas powered would really have been in poor taste

Belfield Was A Gas.

Ash.J.Williams

Some Germans using chinese labour to rip all music instrument/amp manufacturers off

a rickenbacker is not for everyone but even so ..retails for at least €2300

https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_rb_414bk_classic_series.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_dWGBhDAARIsAMcYuJzVxSSi9FGXiVLHY8R1eD5tkHzE--prJUZqfprVT08wtmiAHHjF5ZIaAsDzEALw_wcB

Gibson thunderbird - €2100

https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_bt_70vs.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_dWGBhDAARIsAMcYuJwPjwO_hnAbEVozyxjXKKByI9jrbMuZ_eiUi1UEXmTcaqWRYOXu7JoaAmkrEALw_wcB

beringer and bugera make tube driven amps for 400 quid that look like the amp they are ripping off ! you can tell if it's marshal or mesa they are copying!

KungPao

This one is confusing, but hilarious.

zico10

KungPao

The J Stands for Jay wrote: »

I didn't see Noel coming up with anything like Tomorrow Never Knows.

Do you think Paul and John could write Little James?

Muahahaha

Aldis 'Hoops' are pretty identical to Hula Hoops, same packaging, same shape and same flavour The only thing they are missing is the 'Hula'

The J Stands for Jay

the_pen_turner wrote: »

I think I read somewhere that the swastika had a totally peaceful meaning before Hitler used it

Have a look in Vietnamese graveyeards and see what they have in the headstones.

Timberrrrrrrr

There's a certain poster in the Trump/Biden threads who quite often plagarises whole articles from sites. He changes/rewords small parts to make it look like his own work. When called out on this he will either totally ignore any posts mentioning it or disappear for a few days and come back as if nothing happened.

It's got to the point where you have to copy/paste parts of his rants into Google to see where he has stolen it from.

Bobblehats

Muahahaha wrote: »

Aldis 'Hoops' are pretty identical to Hula Hoops, same packaging, same shape and same flavour The only thing they are missing is the 'Hula'

Shoulda have just called em Hoopla, the way you’re goin on

SnazzyPig

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's an ancient symbol and crops up in different civilisations.
Pretty sure it's both Greek and Indian, for example.

Also -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Swastika_Society

dxhound2005

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

No, their logo is Trade Marked (copyright is for creative works, trade marks are what protect logos and brand identity). As an international organisation (they do have a World Service), there’s no way they don’t have the logo trademarked everywhere.

Here’s all the BBC trademarks in the EU:

https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#basic/1+1+1+1/100+100+100+100/Bbc

Logo incorporating three letters. But the one on the loaf wrapper is not a copy of that logo. Anyway the bakery is around since 1920, so they could claim to have the right to use the three letters.

Star Wnrs by Lepin

maudgonner

This physio centre in Castlebar was a bit cheeky with the name:

Sheep Shagger

The Aldi and Lidl stuff that has the same coloured packaging as the leading branded stuff....

completedit

I saw Lidl have like these little kinder bueno things and they're called 'duplos' I wonder is it meant to mean duplicate?

Need batteries?



The Chinese are famous for "Brand Extensions"

Many examples here....

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-brand-imitations-knock-offs-china/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

razorblunt

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Some of the beers in Aldi are good, they have a San Miguel rip off called San Paolo or something, and a Czech beer that looks just like Staropramen. And the Budweiser rip off called "Breyser" or something like that.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was them

Carrilo —> estrella damm
Their Corona is identical
Rossini —> Peroni

Gregor Samsa

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Logo incorporating three letters. But the one on the loaf wrapper is not a copy of that logo. Anyway the bakery is around since 1920, so they could claim to have the right to use the three letters.

Of course you can have a trademark with 3 letters. Where did you get that from? I mean, I provided a link showing the actual trademark registrations of the BBC logos. There’s nothing to argue against here. Sure loads of trademarks have no letters at all. What would be so special about 3 letters?

landofthetree

MyLove4Satan wrote: »

Oasis. They are The Beatles in all but name.

The yellow pack Beatles.

blade1

Two chippers come to mind that sail close to the wind.
McDonals in Buttevant and SuperMa's in Ballyfermot :pac:

WesternZulu

Strumms wrote: »

O’Neills sportswear nicking the 3 stripes design and template from Adidas....

Adidas vs O'Neills is actually an interesting story.

Adidas took O'Neill's to court over this decades ago but it couldn't be proven who used the three stripes first.

It was ruled that O'Neill's could use three stripes in Ireland but not for any of their products sold abroad. So if you buy a GAA jersey with three stripes from abroad it'll have two stripes instead when delivered. They make soccer and rugby jersey's for many teams outside of Ireland but you'll never see any of them with the three stripes.

Adidas aren't happy as you can imagine and have tried different things throughout the years to get one over O'Neills. They made a Cork jersey in the 1970s and set up a proxy Irish manufacturing operation in the 1990s just to make Kerry's jersey to get around the rules that GAA gear has to be made in Ireland.

Muahahaha

Supermacs Pat McDonagh won his legal case against McDonalds who were suiing for copyright infringement, specifically for the burger named 'Mighty Mac' and the name 'Supermacs'. Part of his defence in court on 'Supermac' was that it was his nickname as a child. This was, as Pat explained, due to him being so good at GAA football when he was a kid that all the other kids named him 'Supermac'.

The guy is some chancer, I dont believe that story for one second.

dxhound2005

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Of course you can have a trademark with 3 letters. Where did you get that from? I mean, I provided a link showing the actual trademark registrations of the BBC logos. There’s nothing to argue against here. Sure loads of trademarks have no letters at all. What would be so special about 3 letters?

The American Broacasting Company, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation both have logos with the letters ABC. Two different designs. So there should be nothing stopping Buckley's Bakery Cappawhite from using the logo they put on their products. It has the letters BBC, but is not the same design as that of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Gregor Samsa

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The American Broacasting Company, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation both have logos with the letters ABC. Two different designs. So there should be nothing stopping Buckley's Bakery Cappawhite from using the logo they put on their products. It has the letters BBC, but is not the same design as that of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

So you say twice that 3 letters can’t be trademarked, then proceed to mention two 3 letter trademarks. The point - as you seem to be beginning to see - is that the trademark isn’t the letters themselves, it’s the design of the logo. And that’s what we’re talking about here. Doesn’t matter how many letters you have in the logo, or if the exact same letters are in someone else’s logo.

And the “BBC” logo that the bread company is using is identical to the registered broadcaster BBC logo (scroll down to the example) here: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/W00918771 except that the bread company have put it into a clipart scroll.

And the fact that the bakery have been around since 1920 has nothing to do with it. They’d have to be using that exact logo (not just the 3 letters) before the British Broadcasting Corporation were.

I get the feeling that you might have missed the BBC logo in the OP’s photo. I mean, if you layer the two in Photoshop (the bread company and the one in the link above) they’re identical. They’ve used the BBC logo on their packaging, it’s as plain as day.

Church on Tuesday

Guys that make screen accurate movie props for retail surely have to be in some kind of contravention of copyright?

dxhound2005

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

So you say twice that 3 letters can’t be trademarked, then proceed to mention two 3 letter trademarks. The point - as you seem to be beginning to see - is that the trademark isn’t the letters themselves, it’s the design of the logo. And that’s what we’re talking about here. Doesn’t matter how many letters you have in the logo, or if the exact same letters are in someone else’s logo.

And the “BBC” logo that the bread company is using is identical to the registered broadcaster BBC logo (scroll down to the example) here: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/W00918771 except that the bread company have put it into a clipart scroll.

And the fact that the bakery have been around since 1920 has nothing to do with it. They’d have to be using that exact logo (not just the 3 letters) before the British Broadcasting Corporation were.

I get the feeling that you might have missed the BBC logo in the OP’s photo. I mean, if you layer the two in Photoshop (the bread company and the one in the link above) they’re identical. They’ve used the BBC logo on their packaging, it’s as plain as day.

The BBC have not kept to an exact logo. It looks like they are trying to freeze out everyone else by coming up with multiple designs.

https://www.logodesignlove.com/bbc-logo-design