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American Red Cross Sued For Using a Red Cross
Swampash sends us a story that even this community may find hard to believe. Johnson & Johnson, the health-products giant that uses a red cross as its trademark, is suing the American Red Cross, demanding the charity halt its use of the red cross symbol on products it sells to the public. It seems J&J began using the trademark in 1887, 6 years after the Red Cross was formed, but 13 years before the charitable organization was chartered by Congress. Lately the ARC has begun licensing the symbol to third parties to use on fund-raising products such as home emergency kits.
In other news, Radio Shack plans to sue all companies that put a circle-R after their name. "Their trademark symbol is exploiting our trademark symbol" said aggrieved lawyers for the retailer.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
As long as that "X" isn't a red one...
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
If JC came back, the last thing he'd want to look at is a fucking cross.
I'm awake! The answer is BONK!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
JC would be informed that he can sue the both of them for violating His trademark. Adding some coloring isn't good enough.
Intellectual Property is a monopolistic, selfish, and defective concept. It is "tyranny over the mind of man"
To the American Red Plus Sign. See? Not a cross.
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Signed,
Dr. Jonathan Cody
Yukon Pine Bark, LLC