Finally, a company with our best interests at heart is finally fighting the machine. By the machine, we mean the Red Cross.
Tired of the Red Cross making money by selling products that help people, and spending that money on further helping people, Johnson and Johnson is demanding all money made from those sales and then some.
The Red Cross is obviously distressed, and is crying to “the courts and Congress.” Of course, Johnson and Johnson has a product that will help.
Obviously this is a terrible PR move for J&J, but they have to draw the line somewhere.
They have a century-old agreement with the Red Cross regarding usage of the red cross symbol, stipulating that the Red Cross will use it to brand services, and J&J will use it to brand medical products.
Now, the Red Cross is beginning to sell medical products bearing the red cross symbol, with some of the profits going to private/public companies for manufacturing costs.
This is not an attempt to “steal back” the red cross symbol, just a check against what is (IMO) a pretty cut-and-dry case of the Red Cross infringing on J&J’s ability to make a profit.
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