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02 Nov 2014, 12:01 pm

Apparently, it is a violation of U.S. federal law to employ the Swiss Coat of Arms for business purposes (unless you were already doing it in 1948) and you can go to federal prison for it:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/708

The Coat of Arms can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_a ... d_(Pantone).svg


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02 Nov 2014, 12:21 pm

Every nation has a coat-of-arms (like every nation has a flag).

Is it against the law to use ANY foreign country's coat of arms on your business graphics. Or is the Swiss emblem singled out by the law for some reason?



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02 Nov 2014, 12:22 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Every nation has a coat-of-arms (like every country has a flag).

Is it against the law to use ANY foreign coat of arms on your business graphics. Or is the Swiss emblem singled out by law for some reason?


The Swiss emblem is singled out by law.


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02 Nov 2014, 12:35 pm

Basically its just a red shield with a white cross.

Don't know what the reason for the ban is.

Crosses per se are not banned as business trademarks.



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02 Nov 2014, 4:28 pm

I can think of a possible reason.

In 1940 such a cross would have denoted something medical like an ambulance. It not longer really that case, but this was the case back then. It was also the the sign of the Swiss red cross.

The current symbol is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Li ... _life2.svg

So old laws aren't enforce or are especially overhauled by other laws.



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02 Nov 2014, 4:33 pm

Alright mate, you sound English mate!

No bros mate. :lol:



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02 Nov 2014, 8:26 pm

0_equals_true wrote:
I can think of a possible reason.

In 1940 such a cross would have denoted something medical like an ambulance. It not longer really that case, but this was the case back then. It was also the the sign of the Swiss red cross.

The current symbol is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Li ... _life2.svg

So old laws aren't enforce or are especially overhauled by other laws.


The sign of the Red Cross is....a Red Cross.

Not a white cross on a red background.



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03 Nov 2014, 6:04 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
The sign of the Red Cross is....a Red Cross.

Not a white cross on a red background.


Yes but they are similar and they are both swiss in origin.



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03 Nov 2014, 7:14 pm

you often see a green cross on a white background or vice versa in a medical context.

I think its the layout more than the colours that are the issue per sae.

I suppose this law under certain circumstances could make sense. A company with a less than legitimate claim to practise as a medical authority, for example.


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04 Nov 2014, 5:37 pm

@thomas81 do you have a source for you sig?



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04 Nov 2014, 5:38 pm

thomas81 wrote:
you often see a green cross on a white background or vice versa in a medical context.

For pharmacies in Europe yes.

Green lights (non siren) is also a doctors car, non ambulance.



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04 Nov 2014, 7:23 pm

0_equals_true wrote:
Green lights (non siren) is also a doctors car, non ambulance.


Weird, here a green light, no siren means a volunteer firefighter in their personal vehicle is en route to a call.


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