Comments on: “Yaroo” security company copies Yahoo! logo

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:12:54 +0000

Yahoo’s logo has a star with wings?

By: Stéfan

Stéfan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:53:44 +0000

I doubt Yahoo! will let them do this. Some time ago I created a small personal search engine that I named Yahourt! (= yogurt in French), using the Yahoo font. They sent me an email asking me to remove it or they would file a lawsuit. These guys are less funny than what their company name suggests.

By: helical

helical — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:20:59 +0000

Of course they parodied (if that’s the right term) Yahoo’s logo.
They know it, you know it.
But if they’re asked so in a TV interview, what are they supposed to say to all of Japan? “We ripped them off and we’re proud of it”?

Also, if you read it first as Yaruo rather than Yaroo as I did, then you’re spending way too much time on 2ch-related sites…

By: Haf

Haf — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:16:52 +0000

But it is a blatant copy, only one letter is different AND they arranged the letters in the exact same way.

Funny clip though. ^^

By: Bruce Smith

Bruce Smith — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:32:16 +0000

「YAHOOさんのロゴをちょっと参考にさせてもらいました。」

By: R.

R. — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:32:26 +0000

I don’t know the exact word for this. I wouldn’t say it’s blatant copy but something to look more “animated” (?) or parody, I don’t know.

By: Montsan

Montsan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:12:47 +0000

“A company spokesman flatly denies that their logo is an imitation of Yahoo’s…”

Bullshit.

By: jp

jp — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:04:18 +0000

Let’s not forget the logo for Manboo.co.jp, which as an Internet cafe chain encroaches on Yahoo’s turf considerably more than a security company does….