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American Red Cross Sued For Using a Red Cross

Posted by kdawson on from the hard-to-win-a-pissing-match-with-a-saint dept.

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.

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  1. Satan by Himring · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When asked to respond to J&J's lawsuit Satan replied, "dayum!"

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    "All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
  2. Re:I understand... by derrida · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I think I'll go with brand X"
    You can do that assuming that you are looking for internet services.
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    nemesis. Home of an experimental fe code.
  3. PP Troll? Not! RC protected by Geneva Convention. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The same convention that Bush and his cronies decided to ignore in Guantanamo and Abu Gharib.

    The PP has a huge kernel of truth.

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    IANAL but write like a drunk one.
  4. Obligatory Monty Python reference by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >> On the bright side, my fiance is a huge fan or organics and natural products

    > Myself and my fiance are both big fans of the Method products.

    Are there any... women here today...?

  5. Re:I understand... by Bassman59 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Myself and my fiance are both big fans of the Method products.

    Why couldn't you have just written, 'My fiance and I are big fans ...' rather than the twisted 'Myself and my fiance are both big fans ...' ???