I have an assignment doing research on the Net, looking for products that abuse the real product's name, such as instead of Jack in the Box, it's "Jack Detox," or a logo that resembles the Jack Daniel's logo but isn't the real one.

How in the world would somebody go about finding such things?

Thanks for any help.

I’d start your assignment by pointing out that there are three types of logo/trademark infringement. Intentional, accidental and joke. We see the last one a lot in comedy TV shows, children’s comic books and the like where there is no intention to mislead. But the other two are different. Obviously, and this is your problem, you can’t go out and search for examples via Google or Yahoo or whatever. So instead, try looking at sites such as the International Standardisation Organization or the World Intellectual Property Organization, which may have a few pointers. Commercial sites such as Reuters carry examples of “wrong” logos and this may also give you a start. Another good bet though is to browse through your junk mail, purportedly coming from PayPal or from one of your banks or credit card companies and to pint to the lack of an “s” after “http” and such things. Clearly, I do not know who the assignment is for or at what level you’re writing it for, but I hope these remarks aren’t too facile. Good luck.

Catty There are 2 search engines you can try out (for this search) which are totally different to what you are used to the First is www.cooliris.com which installs a small plugin if you wish to try it out. and Don't do a thing until you've seen the Video on the Front Page
And Yes it does what it says and it is that fast!
And I grabbed www.searchme.com only the other week, and that works on a similar Principle
I have posted this topic On AP with more details
Again its Very fast Only thing you may have to do is update Flashplayer at www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer

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Thank you so much, Colin and Bedstor. I do appreciate that helpful information, Colin, and those helpful links, bedstor dear! You guys are great. Unfortunately, I didn't get the job, but I am going to keep all this for future reference.