red cross

Red Cross Lawsuit Settled

June 19, 2008 16:10

In an earlier post discussing the protection of the Red Crystal in Canada, we noted that the American arm of the Red Cross movement had been sued by Johnson & Johnson over its licensing of the iconic red cross emblem to for-profit companies for use on commercial products. In a pair of court...

Two Annual Reports: ICRC, UNHCR

June 10, 2008 17:27

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have both recently issued their annual reports. These publications provide information about the organizations' activities during the past year, accomplishments, and programme expenditures. They...

New Issues of AJDTS, AWR, GILJ, IMR, ICRC Review, JRS

May 30, 2008 16:09

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, no. 2008-1 [full-text] - This issue focuses on psychosocial support programs. AWR Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 1 (2008) [contents] - Mix of articles on migrants/asylum seekers in Europe. Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (Winter...

Red cross trade-mark dispute

Mala Joshi
August 10, 2007 12:18

Health-care company Johnson and Johnson has sued the American Red Cross in a Manhattan Federal Court over the right to the "red cross" mark on ancillary products such as humidifiers, medical examination gloves, nail clippers, combs and toothbrushes.The parties entered into a co-existence agreement...