Shanghai Baseball Team Accused of Plagiarizing Taiwan Ball Club Logo

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A new Chinese baseball league set to debut next year has revealed the five teams participating in its inaugural season. Baseball fans in Taiwan took issue with one of the teams' logos which seemed a little too familiar.

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00:00Take a look at these two baseball team logos and try to spot the difference.

00:05Quite similar, aren't they?

00:06Well, they're not from the same team.

00:08In fact, they're not even from the same country.

00:11One is the logo of the CTBC Brothers, one of Taiwan's oldest baseball clubs,

00:16and the other is from the Shanghai Brothers,

00:19a new baseball team set to play in China's new league, which will debut next year.

00:24When the Chinese Baseball League debuted its new teams,

00:27CTBC Brothers fans immediately noticed the similarities between the two logos and called foul.

00:34But there's also been speculation that CTBC had a stake in the Shanghai Brothers,

00:38meaning everything was above board.

00:41Taiwan's baseball commissioner says the league knew of the suspected plagiarism half a year ago,

00:46and it's asking CTBC for an explanation.

00:57The company that manages the CTBC Brothers responded,

01:06saying that neither the team nor the company knew about this.

01:09If there is any infringement, the company will take action.

01:12The company then said that it prioritizes its interests and fans in Taiwan.

01:18The CTBC Brothers are not the only ones dealing with potential plagiarism cases.

01:23People on the internet have pointed out that all five team logos introduced in the new Chinese league seem copied.

01:30For example, the Sun Sun Blue Sox logo is like the American Boston Red Sox ball club,

01:36while the Xiamin Dolphins logo bears similarities to the American football Miami Dolphins franchise.

01:41With collaboration claims now off the table,

01:45it seems the only two possibilities left are either plagiarism or sheer coincidence.

01:51Howard Zong and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.

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