As I pointed out a couple of days ago, Quark is really proud of their new logo. They were so proud they sent out an email hailing their logo as the savior of their company. It supposedly represents their new direction. However, I'm thinking they should get a refund on their logo research fees.
But a spokesperson for SAC described the similarities between the two logos as "indeed uncanny", adding: "We are very proud of our logo which the design company first presented to us on 7 February 2001".
Quark's spokesman stressed that privately-held company Quark conducted: "Extensive checks to discover any similar existing logos", and added, "we evidently didn't find them all."
This may not be enough for the Scots.
"Our logo was intensively researched, and then trademarked and launched in 2002," the SAC spokesperson explained.
Compare for yourself:
There is an interesting discussion regarding this in the comments of this posting at Be A Design Group. Some of the comments point to other examples that look similar.
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