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I found an article on the Mirror from 2015 (picture below). Their muzmatch logo and heart seem to have a similar font and heart placement when comparing to what Google gives for the current match logo. In present day, muzmatch seems to use a different font and a butterfly.

I'm not a trademark lawyer so I have no legal argument to make, but I dont think match is insane for wanting to have a court of law decide if this company has stolen their trademark.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/tinder-for-muslims-527...




According to "Logopedia", Match only started using that logo since 2015,[1] which does seem to be supported by their own press releases from 2014 using a different logo.[2] A news article[3] from 2011[4] shows that muzmatch had already been using the logo at the time.

So the stealing might have happened the other way.

1. https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Match.com?oldid=2485091#2003.E...

2. https://match.mediaroom.com/2014-03-20-Match-com-Hits-a-Home...

3. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/enterprise/...

4. https://web.archive.org/web/20131221012404/https://www.manch...


Wow! This is great information. Now I am embarrassed I didn't even think of it from this perspective.




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