NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson, the health-products giant that uses a red cross as its trademark, sued the American Red Cross on Wednesday, demanding that the charity halt the use of the red cross symbol on products it sells to the public.
Johnson & Johnson said it has had exclusive rights to use the trademark on certain commercial products — including bandages and first-aid cream — for more than 100 years.
It contends that the Red Cross is supposed to use the symbol only in connection with nonprofit relief services.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, marked the breakdown of months of behind-the-scenes negotiations and prompted an angry response from the Red Cross.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...ss-Lawsuit.php....I'm sorry....did-did the people of the world encounter some kind of gas leak, or something?
Pretty soon, you'd be hearing about Cadbury suing over the colour
purple (rumour has it that they trademarked the colour).
In retrospect, though, I suppose this was payback for screwing Ratchet (from Transformers) out of using the symbol for his robot mode.
