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We call it "kleenex", no matter what the brand actually is. Kleenex has become generic. And yet, if I were to try to sell some off-brand tissues with the name "Kleenex", I'd get sued, and I would lose, and rightly so. The word has become generic, but that doesn't mean that the trademark is (or should be) no longer owned.

>>Animal+(OP)
'Kleenex' is not so universal though (I don't call tissue that). I think the red cross symbol pretty much is.

What other symbol would you use for medicine/medical? Just look at any first-aid box, and it has a red cross. Even nurse dress-up costumes.

Of course if I tried to start an NGO using the symbol, I would rightly be sued. But using it generically, in games for med-paks or whatever, etc, seems fine to me.