New Google Favicon Deja Vu All Over Again?

theodp writes "Last June, Google rolled out a new favicon, the small branding icon that graces your URL bar when you visit Google. Which, as it turned out, bore a striking similarity to Garth Brooks' Circle-G logo. Well, Google went back to the drawing board and has come back with a new favicon, which it says was inspired by — not copied from, mind you — its users' submitted ideas. Some are also seeing inspiration elsewhere for the new favicon, which consists of white 'g' on a background of four color swatches. Take the AVG antivirus icon, for instance. Or everybody's favorite memory toy, Simon. Or — in perhaps the unkindest cut of all — the four-color Microsoft Windows logo, shown here with a superimposed white '7'. Anything else come to mind?" What comes to mind for me is just how obsessed many people are with the Google favicon.

Comments

Too many bad associations

[David Gerard]

Who can forget the image of the Google "g" atop the tower in the destruction of Isengard?

Re:Almost Identical to Printing Company in Austin

[frdmfghtr]

Almost a direct copy of an Austin-based printing company's logo: http://www.ginnysprinting.com/ [ginnysprinting.com]

And given that the printing company has been using it longer...how long do you thing it will take Google to send a C&D letter or threaten to sue for trademark infringement?