• chaogomu@kbin.social
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      You would think that, but no. It’s specifically the Red Cross organization. Which is an international organization.

      It can also be used by militaries and such for Geneva Convention complaint medical use, such as search and rescue operations or medical centers and such.

      That’s it. Those are the only legally allowed uses. And even Geneva Convention complaint medical use is often run by the international organization.

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      Nope. There’s a reason they go after video games that use the red cross symbol for health packs, that dilutes the meaning of what the red cross stands for.

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      That’s what we had thought too. Also the fact that it was a really generic looking red plus sign. How can someone trademark a symbol used by everyone? I guess if it wasn’t red, it would have been fine. There was a lot of scoffing going on in clinic.