Let’s stick to the issues, this post was about potential use or copy or close inspiration of an existing registered logo:

1. I wouldn’t have done a post if I didn’t think the logo were close enough to the original pig visual.
2. Readers weighed in with their views, many agreeing, and some not.
3. Several graphic artists have emailed me privately to say they have analyzed the graphic against the original, doing an “overlay” (whatever than means and entails) and in their opinion, it looks like it’s copied… that is THEIR professional opinion, and simply that. But I do tend to put more credence in qualified, professional graphic artists, as that is what they DO FOR A LIVING.
4. The logo in question was sent in by my readers, as were the two previous cases (I am not a mad vigilante searching for logo offenders), and in all cases they were taken down after I, or the lawyers, contacted them, the last two logos within a couple of hours of the posts. And I DO NOT believe most of these cases had any malicious intent. Ignorance maybe, and thankfully, they saw fit to remove the logos from use as soon as they were informed. I wish those businesses well — the more pork products, the better.
5. This IP thing is not a new “focus” for me… if you have been reading this blog for a while, issues around photonapping, plagiarism, etc. have been written about for YEARS, and they DO RILE ME UP.
6. Folks need to realize that there are reasonable ways to conduct themselves in business, and not, and with the net, issues such as logos can rapidly be viewed for what they are…

END OF STORY

This is theft of intellectual property. If you don’t understand what intellectual property is (or property in general), perhaps some here should get an education on that subject before coming to the defense of the thief.

@Butsoy: um, first, what is your point? Second, you don’t see any similarity between the two? It’s really quite obvious. Look at the nose, look at the ears, look at the tail and its position. This is clearly copied from the source (I describe above how it was derived … and I’ll do it again now: the “designer” created an outline of the Zubuchon pig and then used a wide brush to trace that outline).

You talk about the Philippines not advancing. How can the Philippines advance with people stealing from each other? With the Crab Mentality of many of the people … according to them, it’s OK to steal from MM because he’s rich and he won’t notice/mind, right?

Theft is theft. To those who defend theft: you are the ones helping to hold back the Philippines. Please stop.

I think though that publicizing Manang Elsa’s Homemade Sisig in a negative connotation similar to a backstabbing type of attack is a bit unethical. Further research should have atleast been made or if it really has caused any damages to Zubuchon in anyway then the 2 parties should have discussed it first and see if they could compromise and settle.

*Note: not related to any party just an avid reader

If you google “red pig” here are another hundred-plus images of red pigs and its easy to see that there are lots of ways to draw a red pig and they don’t have to mirror each other.

*opens take-out bag*

“WTF?!! BAKIT SISIG ‘TO???!!!”