January 31, 2006

Knock off


Separated at birth?

Dave at Zopa points to what looks a blatant copycat of their website.
So the old saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…so I guess we should be flattered?

Take a look and see what you think.

....Do your own design work next time guys!

Dave's being quite polite about it I think! In the old days this might have given rise to all sorts of IP or trademark actions, and maybe it still will. I just hope a bit of old fashioned naming-and-shaming does the trick.

Posted by Johnnie Moore at 14:00 in Branding
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Couldn't they at least have tried to change it a little? I don't think polite will work, go for the throat!

Jack Yan says

Boy, that is blatant. I’ve left a bit of legal advice for them.

Thanks for the support Johnnie - we'll see if polite gets anywhere (My mum would be proud!)...and then we might take some of Jack's advice on a harder line...

Some people have no shame do they?

If you think the pictures above are bad - you should compare our homepage with their homepage! It's even more blatant!

Dave: Good point, I've revised the pic to show that

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