RELIGIOUS
TECHNOLOGY
CENTER
HOLDER OF THE
DIANETICS
AND
SCIENTOLOGY
TRADEMARKS
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Some of the identifying symbols of Dianetics and Scientology. These symbols and other registered marks appear on Scientology religious materials to signify their authenticity. They are held and registered by Religious Technology Center in most nations around the globe, and provide a legal mechanism to ensure the spiritual technologies are orthodox and ministered according to Mr. Hubbard’s Scripture. These marks also provide the means to prevent anyone from engaging in some distorted use of Mr. Hubbard’s writings, thereby ensuring the purity of the religion for all eternity.
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Earlier, Mr. Hubbard personally supervised the practice of the religion, and he also registered as marks many of the religion’s identifying words and symbols, such as “Dianetics” and “Scientology.” These registered marks provided a legal mechanism for ensuring that the Scientology religious technologies were orthodox and ministered according to the scriptures. They also provide a legal mechanism to prevent anyone from practicing in a non-orthodox manner or engaging in some distorted use of Mr. Hubbard’s writings, while then claiming it is standard Dianetics or Scientology.
In 1982, Mr. Hubbard donated these marks to the Religious Technology Center (RTC), and entrusted it with the responsibility to protect the religion by enforcing orthodox application of his Scientology technologies, and to protect the public by ensuring that only authorized church organizations used the identifying religious marks.
Thus, while Church of Scientology International serves as the mother church and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and propagation of Scientology and the various churches of Scientology, Religious Technology Center serves as protector of the religion. While each Scientology organization and, indeed, every Scientologist is expected to enforce the standard application of scriptures, RTC is the final arbiter of orthodoxy.
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