Some Blogging about the Red Cross Trademark Claims

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There's been some blogging on the recent stirring up by the Red Cross representatives not liking the idea of the sign being used to designate medical equipment in games. This one insists that the claims have been found legally dubious by a Canadian trademark lawyer. Here's an excerpt from one such entry:

The Canadian Red Cross, in their letter, takes the position that such adoption and use is unlawful (s. 11 provides the prohibition against "use"). However, being somewhat unfamiliar with video game law, I think that one of the more interesting issues now raised is whether the display of the Red Cross emblem inside a video game would even constitute adoption/use "in connection with a business".
Maybe Mr. Bennett knows of some case law that is on point. But in the absence of such case law, I could see some video game developers trying to argue that use of the Red Cross Emblem inside a video game is not use of the mark in connection with a business; and that such use is therefore not prohibited by the Act.

Read more at Boing Boing and delve into the links to further entries.