Whyte Bikes Logo Rich Energy
Whyte bikes sought as part of the copyright infringement claim for the removal of the logo of the first defendant rich energy limited from the formula 1 race car and website of the rich energy.
Whyte bikes logo rich energy. The only difference is that the rich logo has two extra branches on the top. It seems rich energy has already faced scrutiny within the f1 world as there is little physical evidence of any product actually existing on shelves in the uk we ve certainly never. In may 2019 rich energy ltd. A judge this week deemed that the haas f1 team sponsor had indeed copied the stag logo from whyte bikes but the energy drinks company is not giving up.
Rich energy lost the case the judge declaring that rich energy had misled the court by claiming they did not previously know about whyte. Haas sponsor rich energy copied logo from whyte bikes court rules 2019 f1 season posted on. Whyte bikes recently celebrated the victory over rich energy the title sponsor of the haas f1 team after a copyright infringement of the bike company s stag logo. 14th may 2019 16 35 15th may 2019 6 38 written by keith collantine.
So yes the logos are almost identical my guess is that they both used the same template from some cheap make your own logo service and whyte took the effort to remove the extra. Earlier in the year we reported on a court case involving whyte bikes and rich energy a new energy drinks company that had apparently copied the british bike brand s logo the saga was made all. For those concerned here s a good view on the whyte bikes logo which is indeed terrifyingly similar to the rich energy logo. Issued 14th may 2019rich energy s un authorised use of whyte s logo is to end following a court battle and victory for the award winning british bicycle brand we only use the finest ingredients boasts t.
Last week the whyte bikes versus rich energy court case was decided in favour of the bicycle manufacturer triggering a hilarious scenario which would not be out of place in a monty python skit. Was involved in a court case with whyte bikes due to the stag male deer logo being used by rich energy bearing too close a resemblance to the logo used by the bicycle company. Judge clarke ultimately held that rich energy s logo amounted to an infringing copy of whyte bikes logo entitling whyte bikes to an injunction and damages or an account of profits.