Interestingly, the red cross logo is actually a trademark of Johnson & Johnson [1], not the Red Cross. It's also easily confused with the Swiss flag, and Swatc

Interestingly, the red cross logo is actually a trademark of Johnson & Johnson [1], not the Red Cross. It's also easily confused with the Swiss flag, and Swatch Watches (though granted they have inverted colours). Unless there is some context you wouldn't necessarily know which brand that was referring to. If you remove the colour (as is proposed on the page), it's just a plus sign and not recognisable at all. [1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1559971/Johnson-and-Johnson-sues-Red-Cross-over-logo.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1559971/Johnson-an...