Based on actual events. The red cross DID sue Hasbro for using their trademarked cross…. and won! (anyone notice the first repaint of Armada Red Alert no longer has the crosses? yeah, that’s why). So no more red crosses on Ratchet or Red Alert.
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June 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am
lol
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
i hate copyrights
June 26th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
lol! too tru, too tru.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
yeah
July 8th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Ratchet… IN A COART HOUSE?! Wow… I always thoght he was kindof like a juje… Or a Libra…
July 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I just noticed… that I spell ALOT of words wrong… Ud think i have… Ummmmmmmmm… U know… that diseas that makes u think words r all scrabled up… and it starts w/ a “D” Id thell it 2 u… But id just spell it wrong… BUT watever…
July 11th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
You do spell words wrong. Most of the time. I wonder how much Ratchet owes IRC now.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:53 am
And Johnson & Johnson sued the Red Cross for putting the red cross on first aid kits.
August 16th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
That’s “dyslexia”, Stelle. Me thinks I has it too, sometimes ><
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Isn’t Ratchet a ambulence?(I spelt that wrong, I know it) Wouldn’t that make sense for the Red Cross? And promoting them?
September 5th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
at M’s Follower:
The Red Cross is a real stickler for preserving their trademarks because they are a near universally accepted relief organization that can even cross enemy lines often.
When a few of the Columbian hostages were rescued there was talk of charging the rescuers with war crimes if it was felt their disguise was deemed too Red Cross like.
So they probably didn’t want a walking WMD, though a medic WMD, risk giving the impression they supported it.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
That sucks..
poor Ratchet and Hasbro, lol
September 20th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Of course, now he’ll have the X-Men after him…
October 7th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I bet I know what Ratchet’s thinking ” CURSE YOU RED CROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
P.S.- Red Cross, it aint smart to make a giant 2 story robot w/guns and weapons mad. You may be GONORS.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
why would you trademark the Red Cross? it’s POINTLESS!
January 24th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Now I bet the Red Cross might sue Team Fortress 2, right? That is just pointless. -_-
January 29th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
To Kai
Oh, sure, Red Cross definately wouldn’t want to support the giant robot who protects humanity, that’d look real bad.
March 19th, 2009 at 4:33 am
Some comics were just waitin’ to happen…
April 28th, 2009 at 4:44 am
That’s so mean! Poor Ratchet X3
June 18th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
which ever came first should have won.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
now the animated ratchet has the life line symbol thingy stupid red cross
July 31st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Wait… Isn’t Ratchet like 5million years old? (Counting Stasis) So doesn’t the logo belong to him?
March 1st, 2010 at 6:13 pm
your right artimis humans are copy right they should get sewed! but wait thats positive sighn, plus sighn for math, original plus sighn for the medical kit- OH WHATS THE DIFFERENCE!?
June 17th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Nowadays, artists wanting to depict “medical” will use a green cross or something to get the point across. The red cross/crescent/crystal is a symbol protected by international law, not just copyright.
September 18th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
WTF???? Red Cross should be happy! oh man, I got a processor ache now…
October 18th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
@Stelle, though I’m fairly certain you won’t see this since your post was a few years back; you’re thinking of Dyslexia. One of my friends has it.
October 25th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
@Lewa1267
Oh sure that the Red Cross would sue VALVe (they’re one of the powerful Video Game companies, you know) for using the red cross on items for their games like Half Life 2 or TF2 (which equals Team Fortress 2, PERIOD!), or even Left4Dead
December 11th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Human-sized transformers or transformer-sized humans. Not again! D: lol
December 19th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
That is the stupidest lawsuit i have ever heard, HE’S A FREAKING AMBULANCE!