Activist collective Modest Proposals uses dark humor and parody to highlight the environmental impacts of the LNG industry, creating a fictional company called Repaer to critique it.
The response from LNG companies TotalEnergies and Equinor included threats of legal action against Modest Proposals for using their logos in a parody that criticizes their practices.
Our intervention explained that the website was a work of activism and emphasized the importance of using trademark law to protect free speech, not silence criticism.
This situation reflects a pattern in which companies attempt to suppress activism using legal threats, showing the vital role organizations like EFF play in defending activist efforts.
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