Hemphill and Moore Realty look a like ?
So if you know me you know that more times than not when I get to pick where we eat I like to pick Mexican food. I am not talking about Chi-Chi’s or Taco Bell. I eat at Mexican restaurants where the folks speak Spanish. I believe these are the best kinds. I’m sure they are all over the country. Here in Nashville we have plenty to choose from. Every town usually has 4-5 run by Hispanic families. Anyway on to the point. I find my self eating lunch at odd times like 3pm. Usually things are slow and half the staff is sitting down folding napkins and watching Univision. Which from what I can tell is the Hispanic channel of choice.
A month or more ago I was driving around and saw a Hemphill and Moore Realty Sign. At this time the sign was in black only. After seeing it for a week or more and noticing that it resembled the Univision logo. I called the company. I told them that there logo looked very close to that of the Univision logo. They said ok with no real interest and that was it. I few months later I noticed that there signs had changed to color and now look even more like the logo.
So what do you think. Is this a logo rip off or a honest mistake? To see other logo’s that look alike visit this site.
And just in case you are wondering it is not ok to take a symbol of of another logo and put it on yours. Even if you change the color up a little.
3 Responses to “Hemphill and Moore Realty look a like ?”
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Phil on February 16th, 2009
Hey! Like the new blog theme, however I don’t like how you can’t add comments from the main index page
That logo is a joke! I want to call that company and give them a piece of my mind! It reminds me of Pilot using that Java coffee logo, remember that? Hilarious. Anyway, lets have lunch soon.
Marianne Wilburn on April 14th, 2009
I would just like to clarify Hemphill & Moore Realty & Auction’s position regarding the unfortunate similarity between our logo and that of Univision. We are a small business that began operating in May, 2008. We did not intentionally “rip off” the Univision logo. We, in fact, had no knowledge of the Univision logo until it was brought to our attention approximately 1 month ago. I don’t know who you talked to at our company that “had no real interest” in the fact that our logo’s are so similar, because no one here has any recollection of talking to you. I do want you to know that we have changed our logo and are in the process of replacing signs, business cards and all other material that bears the old logo. Since this is a small company trying to maintain a business in such an uncertain economic climate, I think that it is a disservice to post something like this and try to make it seem like we blatently ripped off someone else’s logo. Again, this was never our intention.
Marianne Wilburn
Office Manager
Hemphill & Moore Realty & Auction
admin on April 15th, 2009
Marianne,
Thank you for responding to the post with the companies comments. I am glad to hear it was an honest mistake. This just goes to show that when starting a new business it is very important to work with a logo designer to help insure that your logo is a unique mark all your own.