Greta Thunberg Patents ‘Fridays for Future’ And Her Own Name

Greta Thunberg on Wednesday said that she has registered her own name and her global protest movement, “Fridays For Future“.

These patents served as her trademarks in order to prevent them from “being used for commercial purposes without any consent.”

She also complained that there were some who were trying to impersonate her or falsely claimed that they represented her in order for them to communicate with high-profile people, politicians, media, artists, and a lot more. Also, she said that there had been instances of marketing, product selling and people who were collecting money “in my and the movement’s name.”

Greta Thunberg added that she was setting up a non-profit foundation to handle the financial side of Fridays for Future, including book royalties, donations, and prize money. She revealed that her foundation was “already registered and existing, but it is not yet up and running.“

She added that her foundation’s goal “will be to promote ecological, climatic and social sustainability as well as mental health.“

Read her full statement here:

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Impostors, trademarks, commercial interests, royalties and foundation… First: Unfortunately there are still people who are trying to impersonate me or falsely claim that they “represent” me in order to communicate with high profile people, politicians, media, artists etc. Please be aware that this is happening and be extremely suspicious if you are contacted by ”me” or someone saying they ”represent” me. I apologize to anyone who has been contacted – and even misled – by this kind of behavior. Second: My name and the #FridaysForFuture movement are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever. It happens for instance in marketing, selling of products and people collecting money in my and the movement’s name. That is why I’ve applied to register my name, Fridays For Future, Skolstrejk för klimatet etc as trademarks. This action is to protect the movement and its activities. It is also needed to enable my pro bono legal help to take necessary action against people or corporations etc who are trying to use me and the movement in purposes not in line with what the movement stands for. I assure you, I and the other school strikers have absolutely no interests in trademarks. But unfortunately it needs to be done. Fridays For Future is a global movement founded by me. It belongs to anyone taking part in it, above all the young people. It can – and must – not be used for individual or commercial purposes. And third: together with my family I’m setting up a foundation. It’s already registered and existing, but it not is not yet up and running. This is strictly nonprofit of course and there are no interests in philanthropy. It is just something that is needed for handling money (book royalties, donations, prize money etc) in a completely transparent way. For instance, taxes have to be paid before we can give them away to specified purposes and charities. This takes a lot of time and work, and when the foundation is fully up and running I will tell you more. The foundation’s aim will be to promote ecological, climatic and social sustainability as well as mental health. Love/ Greta

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