PayPal sued Pandora on Friday, claiming that the struggling music streaming service ripped off its distinctive blue logo in the hopes of piggybacking on PayPal’s popularity.

PayPal claims Pandora’s new logo appropriated the key elements of PayPal’s logo, “including the minimalist look and feel, the blue color palette, and the counterless sans serif capital P.” Pandora’s ...

PayPal claims it tried to work the problem out with Pandora, but its letters were unheeded, so it is asking the court to force Pandora to stop using the logo and pay unspecified damages.

PayPal’s complaint reads in part: Pandora has interfered dramatically with PayPal users’ experience through the adoption of a new logo in October 2016, which not only resembles, but openly ...

By comparison, PayPal’s logo, active since 2014, also features a minimalist-looking “P” in a sans serif font and sporting a blue color palette.

Industry PayPal sues Pandora over logo similarities The music service is intentionally trying to take advantage of PayPal's popularity, allegedly By Rob Thubron May 23, 2017, 6:15 AM 22 comments ...

Back in October, the streaming service Pandora unveiled a brand-new logo: A big bright-blue P against a white background. And the paying-for-stuff-online giant PayPal is pissed off about it, since ...