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One Logo, Three Companies

by ghc on 3/3/25, 6:54 PM with 54 comments

  • by soamv on 3/3/25, 8:08 PM

    This leaves me with more questions than answers, how did these three companies come up with the idea of using that logo? Did they just independently arrive at same design (seems unlikely)? And how did the trademark registration process go for the second and third companies that registered it?
  • by johng on 3/3/25, 9:26 PM

    I first heard the word Kereitsu in the movie Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. The movie involves large Japanese corporations and this word is used a lot. It's a great movie, well worth watching -- though I have no idea how accurate it is. It depicts large Japanese corporations vying for an American technology company.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107969/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8...

  • by camillomiller on 3/4/25, 1:21 AM

    It’s confusing to just say that Nikon or Kirin are Mitsubishi companies. It has to do with how keiretsu-style conglomerates operated.

    https://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon/about-nikon/nikon...

  • by tobr on 3/3/25, 9:43 PM

    Reminds me of Yamaha, pianos and motorcycles sharing name and logo.
  • by aqueueaqueue on 3/4/25, 12:53 AM

    Does Mitsubishi have the sort of political influence and lobbying that you might expect from a big company in Western countries?
  • by brnt on 3/4/25, 12:24 PM

    Is your airco unit by Mitsubishi Electric or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries? They are unrelated!