FORBIDDEN TRADE-MARK
FINES FOR USE OF “RED CROSS.” Presa Association. DUNEDIN, June 18. For Using without the authority of the Minister for Defence, the heraldic emblem of the “Red Cross,” for an ointment trade-mark. contrary to provisions of the Geneva Convention Act, Emilia Dutton was fined, court costs, and two guineas as solicitor’s fee. AVifsander Murdoch, manufacturing chemist, for using the words “Red Cross” in his advertisements concerning Dutton’s ointments, was fined 40s, and 49s costs.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9690, 19 June 1917, Page 6
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