Creating your logo yourself will protect against copyright claims, but it won't protect against trademark violations.
Apple sued Prepear because Prepear's logo looked too much like the Apple logo [1]. Prepear spent lots of money to defend themselves and finally made a small change to the logo to make Apple happy.
I think the lesson is to be prepared to change icons and logos swiftly when another legal entity sues for copyright or trademark violation.
Apple sued Prepear because Prepear's logo looked too much like the Apple logo [1]. Prepear spent lots of money to defend themselves and finally made a small change to the logo to make Apple happy.
I think the lesson is to be prepared to change icons and logos swiftly when another legal entity sues for copyright or trademark violation.
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/09/apple-and-prepear-reach-an-ag...