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As much as thats annoying, it does make a lot of sense. If you can assert that everything which bears that logo is going to be medically related (and not just s
by octo_t 13y ago
As much as thats annoying, it does make a lot of sense. If you can assert that everything which bears that logo is going to be medically related (and not just something random), especially in wars and the like, means you can be more certain of someones intentions.
- ricardobeat 13y agoEspecially presence/touch-activated explosive devices.
- marshray 13y agoWars observe trademarks? I thought the Red Cross was established by international treaty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention
- dllthomas 13y agoNo, but if there is a red cross on white on a sign, it's good to know it's not just advertising from back before the region became a warzone.
- mzs 13y agoHow long before? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Knights_Templar_Cross.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Knights_T...
- vidarh 13y agoBoth the cross of the Knights Templar, and the similar Maltese cross used by the Knights Hospitalier are quite distinct from the straight cross the Red Cross uses. I very much doubt anyone anywhere where variations like that are likely to be seen would confuse them.
- lmm 13y agoAnd that makes it impossible for it to be protected as a trademark?
- marshray 13y agoI didn't say that.
- anonymous 13y agoIt makes sense, but the red cross is way too generic a symbol. And it makes perfect sense for a health pick up - it's a +, meaning it adds and it's red for health. And I don't see how anyone would mistake a health pickup in a game for a Red Cross™ worker.
- bluedino 13y agoWe have a product/website that used a blue cross in the logo. Blue Cross Blue Shield started hounding us about it, so we changed the logo to a green cross.