Johnson & Johnson v. the American Nat. Red Cross

OPINION AND ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

Section 706 of the federal criminal code, 18 U.S.C. § 706, provides:

Whoever wears or displays the sign of the Red Cross or any insignia colored in imitation thereof for the fraudulent purpose of inducing the belief that he is a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross; or

Whoever, whether a corporation, association or person, other than the American National Red Cross and its duly authorized employees and agents and the sanitary and hospital authorities of the armed forces of the United States, uses the emblem of the Greek red…