Thursday, August 09, 2007

Johnson & Johnson Fights for Video Gamers?


So the Canadian Red Cross recently said they were going to sue video game producers for using the red cross emblem.
Recently, David Pratt of the Canadian Red Cross sent a letter to a Vancouver law firm representing several game developers, requesting that the games industry cease usage of the emblem of the Red Cross in games. The familiar icon is of course used in an enormous number of video games, most of them first person shooters, to represent health packs or similar items.
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Now, Johnson & Johnson (think "Band-Aids") is suing the Red Cross for use of the red cross emblem.
J&J, one of the largest drug makers in the world has sued the Red Cross over its use of one of the most famous symbols in the world - the red cross.
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While neither article mentions it, I can't help but think that J&J is trying to correct an indignity.

What do you think?

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