Nor have I found any other significant media or online discussion of the new logo, yet. Last week (roughly three months since the date of settlement), I noticed the Pandora logo on my iPhone app had suddenly changed, see below.Īfter some (very brief) searching, I could not find any announcement or mention of the new logo on Pandora’s website or blog, nor on Pandora’s Twitter feed. Nevertheless, since my post last year, I’ve kept an eye on the logo, as it’s relatively common for settlement agreements in trademark disputes to have extended “phase-out” periods, in which a party is given some time period (such as three months) to phase-out an infringing mark and switch to a rebranded mark. A spokesperson for PayPal commented only that “we have resolved this matter amicably.” Thus it appears the terms of the settlement were confidential.ĭespite such confidentiality, it has seemed, at least for the past few months, that Pandora was on the winning side of the dispute, as it continued using its blue “P” logo without any changes. There was some media coverage of the settlement, but no details of the settlement were discussed in the media nor in any comments from the parties.
Last November, the parties reached a written settlement agreement and stipulated to dismissal of the lawsuit. See a comparison below of PayPal’s blue “PP” design mark (left) with Pandora’s blue “P” design mark (right). Last year I posted about the trademark infringement complaint by PayPal against Pandora, based on Pandora’s rebranded “P” logo that was introduced in October 2016.