Any other shop owners have their copyrighted logos they've made "borrowed", obviously run through Ai, and then used without permission for another business?
When I started my business with my partner, I spent over a week designing, digitalizing, and putting my heart and soul into my logo. A few months later, another home groomer a couple states away decided that they liked my logo and my company name, and I think they are kind of trying to use the momentum from my business (we've got lots of good reviews, we constantly post on social media, we've got a lot of followers, etc.) to garner interest in theirs. It's frustrating for me because I spent months picking out themes and colors (Japanese bath house is our theme - hence the Shiba, tub, and name) only to have them sloppified with someone else's dog thrown in (thank goodness they didn't run my mascot through Ai and try to take him too, i guess). I've known about this for some time now; I've just been trying to let it go because I'm 99% sure there's nothing I can do besides be frustrated about it - the only thing I've thought of is attempting to reach out and offering to make them a unique logo, but I also feel I shouldn't have to do that for free just to keep people who aren't creative from being lazy.
Just here to vent about it, not to ask for legal advice or to market anything or get business advice - I know there's nothing to be done. Anyone else go through similar? 🙃