> Swampash sends us a story that even this community may find hard to
> believe. Johnson & Johnson, the health-products giant that uses a
> red cross as its trademark, is suing the American Red Cross,
> demanding the charity halt its use of the red cross symbol on
> products it sells to the public. It seems J&J began using the
> trademark in 1887, 6 years after the Red Cross was formed, but 13
> years before the charitable organization was chartered by Congress.
> Lately the ARC has begun licensing the symbol to third parties to
> use on fund-raising products such as home emergency kits.
So... how can either of them "License" it? I'm sure they've been
using it since before 1900. Is trademark eternal, unlike copyright?
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