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With Clearwire building a 4G network and planning to slap its new logo (left) on its phones, Sony Ericsson thinks that logo is too similar to its own (right) and is suing. Both are essentially a green-and-white swirl. They're not that similar, but maybe they are as a centimeter-sized dot on top of your cell phone. Engadget has the court filing (PDF file), if you're curious. Sony Ericsson says Clearwire decided on the new logo in October 2009 and Sony dutifully contacted the company in January 2010 to protest the swirly similarities.
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