Well, they both have italics, white text, and are surrounded by a white outline. Oh, and they have the same blue oval as a background. It's truly amazing how these concepts can have so much in common, though the Ford logo is clearly the more defined classic of the two. That said, Carrier isn't that much younger than Ford Motor Company, as both companies were established in the early 1900s. Still, neither company adopted their current logos until decades after they were founded, making it unclear who would have copied who.