ADA = 99% ARA logo

#1

It seems to me that the ADA and ARA logo look 99% alike.
Just wanted to check if someone at Cardano knows about this possible copyright/trademark issue.
Is it already a known issue?

ADA logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardano_(platform)
ARA logo: https://arablocks.io/

#2

@cf_jonmoss @cf_tom.kelly @cf_maki.mukai

#3

@FlippyFlink @CosmosX thanks for the heads up guys - appreciated. Yes, we have seen this and looking into it.

#4

What a strange mystery @FlippyFlink, I just checked out their page and the Facebook, Twitter and Reddit pages - all 3 only came into existence in May of 2018. Github appears to have started in April 2018.

I tried doing a whois lookup on arablocks.io but the ICANN lookup does not cover .io websites.

Very curious.

#5

I spoke to the CEO of ARA blocks,Tony Mugavero, on blockchain-expo Europe last Thursday.
He said he did not know about the Cardano ADA logo, so I showed him.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymugavero/
https://blockchain-expo.com/europe/partners/ara-blocks/

#6

Created on 2018-05-08

http://whois.domaintools.com/arablocks.io

#7

If reaction defines possible infringement, I have had the same reaction and this is also been brought up on Reddit, Stocktwits by others who had the same response. Its too close. Like putting McDowells right next to McDonalds with slighly different trademark arcs