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Google or Guess? Smelling Trademark Infringement

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True Story

Last evening, I entered a South Bay mall to pick up some items. From a distance, I saw the “G” logo. Being a Google employee, I immediately associated it with the Google logo.

My first reaction: “Hmm, didn’t know we have a Google store in this mall, I should check it out!”

As I moved closer to the store, I started realizing it was actually the clothing retailer, Guess!

I always associated Guess brand with its old “question mark” logo.

Below is the “G” logo at the Google Store in Mountain View, which looks eerily similar to the logo used by Guess.

The incident reminded me of McDonald’s lawsuits left and right against anything remotely related to Golden Arches (essentially, the letter “M”).

I’m no attorney, but it looks like someone’s infringing on someone’s trademark!

Do you agree with me?

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Aman Kataria

Product Manager | Investor | Airbnb Superhost

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