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		rob74 on Nov 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the intern... What I immediately noticed was the similarity between this extension's logo/icon and the Microsoft logo (https://www.logodesignlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mi...) - four colored squares arranged like window panes. It even uses the same colors, albeit in a different order. IANAL, but that might get you into trouble with Microsoft...

thih9 on Nov 28, 2022 [–]

You could change the color of one of the notes in the logo to violet (also used by your app).

To offer another opinion, I didn’t think about the Microsoft’s logo at all.

I guess I see MS logo as a single object (used to be a flag) with a pattern, whereas this one as a collection of sticky notes.

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