New FIRST logo

[sanddrag]

On the old one, the blue seems a bit too dark. On the new one, the red seems a slight bit too light. Adjusting the red to the old shade, I like the new logo.

[suneel112]

There isn't a realistic difference.

All I know is that I can't sell next year's robot without permission from Dean Kamen.
jk, you know i wouldn't do that!!

[miketwalker]

I like the new one. However, I do like the fancy ones they make occasionally much better (I've seen it used a few years ago... as well as Rob said with this year's kickoff.... I wish they would do something like that...) My guess for why they don't use the fancy one as the "Official" one is because it costs more money for the shadow and gradients when printing stuff out... plus doesn't go well into greyscale for printing in that form.

[Carol]

The SM stands for service mark. It is a type of trademark that indicates the source of the service and to distinguish it from the services of others. A service mark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The R means that the trademark is registered (with the US Patent and Trademark Office). It isn't necessary to register a trademark but it does give you more legal protection both in this country, and more importantly, overseas.