Legal Opinion
Johnson & Johnson v. American National Red Cross
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 2, 2008No. 07 Civ. 7061 (JSR)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
According to the First Amended Complaint (“Complaint”), Johnson & Johnson was making commercial use of the Red Cross Emblem — consisting of a Greek-style red cross on a white background — as early as 1879. Complaint ¶¶ 23-25. Three years later, Congress, at the instance of Clara Barton (the founder of the organization commonly known as the American Red Cross), ratified the First Geneva Convention, which provided for the Red Cross Emblem to be the sign of those serving the wounded in battlefield. Complaint ¶¶ 34-35. In 1900, Congress chartered the…
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