Inspiration or Duplication?

Don’t have a lot of time to type much up here, but figured I would throw this out there for all 12 of you that check regularly.

A guy by the name of Mike Ivall created a nice logo and had it ripped off by a guy working for Tag Sports Graphics. Wouldn’t have been such a big deal if the logo wasn’t then picked up by a professional minor league hockey team.

For what it’s worth, I like the one on the right a little more – but inverting direction and changing a few elements does not an original brand make.