Initially used by J & J in 1876, the right to its use was awarded to the American Red Cross under a Congressional charter in 1900. The red cross has become virtually iconic, a universal symbol for ...

Use of the Red Cross symbol in such a military operation would appear to violate the Geneva Conventions that protect the relief organization's reputation for neutrality in conflicts.

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NEW YORK — A decision by Johnson & Johnson, the giant health-care conglomerate, to sue the American Red Cross last year for commercializing the Red Cross symbol may be turning into a bit of a ...

A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday.

Two graphic desigers in New York applaud the International Committee of the Red Cross’s decision to adopt a third symbol for use in armed conflicts meant to demonstrate the charity’s neutrality in a ...

A new Red Cross emblem was accepted at an international conference, paving the way for Israel to join the humanitarian movement after nearly six decades of exclusion. New Red Cross Symbol Prelude ...

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Johnson & Johnson, the New Brunswick, N.J., health-care giant, sued the American Red Cross, alleging that the organization improperly used the Red Cross symbol for ...

Protected symbol. The symbol with the red cross should never have appeared in video games to begin with. Although the symbol seems quite simple, it isn’t subject to public domain.

Red Cross staff in Ukraine in May. The organization wants to create a digital equivalent of its distinctive symbol to warn hackers off of attacking medical facilities.