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Toyota Logo Removed!
Written by Mike Rundle on October 19, 2006
As of yesterday the logo atop the website was removed. I don’t know if it’s down permanently or whether they’re removing it from their ad campaigns, but I’m really, really happy with the outcome. As I just mentioned at Business Logs I don’t have a legal team, I don’t have a fancy office, and I sure as hell don’t have (or want!) gigantic multi-national companies as clients, but I do have email, I do have my blog, and I do have 9rules, and I think the combination of those three is pretty darn powerful.
A big thanks to everybody for participating in the mashup contest, reading the entries, linking, digging, or just being on the sidelines and giving us support.
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October 19th, 2006 at 11:13 am
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October 19th, 2006 at 11:27 am
Hellz yeah! That is awesome. I am so glad to see that logo gone from their site! Viva la 9rules!
October 19th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Wehey!
Congratulations, Mike! It is a victory, and a quite impressive one given the fact you haven’t got a legal team and haven’t even started going this way.
All the best! The logo looks its best at the moment on your pages!
October 19th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Once again, blogs restore [some] power to the people. Good work Mike.
October 19th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Mike,
Good news, and I’m glad to hear it.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
darn powerful, i’m gonna agree!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Glad to hear it Mr. Rundle. So happy it worked out..
October 19th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Wow! Trememdous! Never underestimate the power of the net (And common sense).
October 19th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Yes, it is off the “page” but it isn’t off the Registration form…yet.
October 20th, 2006 at 5:55 am
Toyota is one of the largest Car companies in the world, IF the removal is done due to the big ballyhoo, then applause please.
October 20th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
The world of graphic design rests a little easier tonight.
Kudos on alerting the community and generating buzz. As a designer I couldn’t stomach the thought of stealing someone else’s idea. It’s just…wrong. With the pride inherent in creating a design of your own it would be like, I don’t know, someone else sleeping with your wife. It’s just wrong!
October 21st, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Have friends around in the blogosphere counts. Yeap!
October 21st, 2006 at 1:25 pm
[...] Pero, entonces ¿por qué ya no está en la página de Toyota Georgentown?
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October 23rd, 2006 at 6:05 am
I have this mental picture of someone at that design company getting a very unpleasant phone call from the people at Toyota and being ordered to take it down. I would so love to have been there to see that.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:42 am
I’m glad to see it removed. Rather interesting, too, considering how the person who wrote to you/9rules “couldn’t see the real similarity.”
October 28th, 2006 at 11:01 am
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- El Diablo en los Detalles y las 8000 - 9Rules logró que se borre el logo pero Toyota no reconoce nada - Buenos dÃÂas, Silicon Valley y una de las extensiones que pocos miran con atención pero que puede llegar a ser vital para tu privacidad en Google - Ogeid y algo que me está sorprendiendo… la cantidad de hardcore coders que están migrando a MAC (además de Linux) - EnterToTheMatrix y un accesorio de iPod de PRIMERA NECESIDAD - ALT1040 y algo que me da un poco d bronca… porque nunca pude viajar en uno 
- Andrés resumió la mesa más interesante de MKTG2.0 - eleZeta y mis FELICITACIONES porque Foto-Blogs.com.ar ganó el premio Mate.ar pyme 2006 - Blog de Viajes con la pelea para dejar de construir torres en Caballito.. y eso que no llegamos al extremo de Madrid - ALT1040 con los 5 mejores sitios de torrents - Pablo y su “basta de cables!” - Duopixel con datos y explicaciones acerca de como no-dormir… pero macho, con lo lindo que es un buen sueño 
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- DefMay publica uno de esos mails extraños y bizarros que te llegan cuando uno tiene un site… un dia tendrÃa que empezar a publicar algunos comentarios que la gente deja pensando que un blog es… la verdad ni idea que piensan a veces 
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October 29th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
man why didnt you sue them .. you know that toyota didnt use your logo, it was just that one toyota dealer ..
February 11th, 2008 at 2:51 am
I just randomly found your blog and guess what? Toyota has the logo back up.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Yeah, the logo is definitely back up. Guess they figured it’d been so long they could sneak it past you.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Thank you…here we go again! LOL
Would you believe we go through this every year? Every single year. I might write about it because this is ridiculous.