Ubuntu Logo Similarity Contest — The Space Station

I have seen quite a few logos that look very similar or almost identical to the ubuntu logo. Let’s make a contest out of this and see who finds the most similar graphic.

This is the logo we all know:

Original Ubuntu Logo

The well-known logo of the Microsoft Alumni Network:

Logo of Microsoft Alumni Network

My current favorite (just discovered): The logo of Pool Invest:

These are my candidates. Can you find others? (Logos of ubuntu derivates do not count!)

(Please note: The logos linked in this blogpost are trademarks of their respective owners. I am neither responsible for, nor affiliated with any of them. I am just linking them so you can have a good laugh. I am also not responsible for any of the content the linked websites contain. I am not implying that somebody copied or stole someone else’s property.)

13 comments

Dec 15, 2008 2:48:00 PM

no tags

Comment by Steve — Dec 15, 2008 3:36:00 PM | #- re

OK, the MSA one is at least somewhat different. Strange why the dark blue figures hand is not the same as the other figures, but that’s just a small stylistic thing.

However, Pool Invest is an exact one-one copy with a slightly different palette. Even the relationship of the colours as they step around the circle are the same! I know nothing about that company, so who used the logo first, and who copied who, I don’t know. I’d be surprised if Ubuntu ripped off another company, or allowed another company to use such a similar logo. They (Ubuntu/Canonical/MS) have always seemed very particular about trademark and preventing misuse. If so then that company (or more likely the designer) should be ashamed of themselves.

Comment by glandium — Dec 15, 2008 3:53:00 PM | #- re

July, 16th 2005 July, 29th 2005 (nice colors) As of February 2008, the colors were the same as then.