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ARTICLE · 16 MAY 2013

Issue 38 | Cell C

Cell C's trade mark applications for its new logo have been refused, although these aren't final refusals and further steps are possible.

South AfricaIntellectual Property
Hans Muhlaberg
Hans Muhlaberg

Hello... hello... can you hear me... hello... is that Cell C... yes hello (You have 1 minute of airtime remaining)... oh bugger... hello... listen that new logo you want to bring out, I think it's ridiculous, you really need to re-think that... hello... can you hear me... hello (Your airtime has expired).

If only that call had been made on a landline, Cell C might not have found itself in the pickle it finds itself in now. Forget the brouhaha over whether it's smart to shift your marketing focus from a woman with an arrestingly erotic voice to a South African comedian (yes well spotted, that is an example of an oxymoron!), the real fuss is over Cell C's decision to replace its logo, the ineffectual little spotted C, with something that looks remarkably like the copyright symbol.

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