What is Religious Technology Center?
Religious Technology Center (RTC) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1982 to preserve, maintain and protect the Scientology religion. Religious Technology Center holds the ultimate ecclesiastical authority regarding the standard and pure application of L. Ron Hubbard s religious technologies. RTC is not part of the management structure of the Church and is not involved in its day-to-day affairs. It holds the Dianetics and Scientology trademarks and service marks, which Founder L. Ron Hubbard donated to RTC in 1982. Earlier, Mr. Hubbard himself oversaw the practice of the religion and registered as trade and service marks many of the religion s identifying words and symbols, such as “Dianetics” and “Scientology.” These registered marks provide a legal mechanism for seeing to the correct application of the Scientology technologies and to prevent anyone from practicing in a nonorthodox manner while claiming it is standard Dianetics or Scientology. Thus, while Church of Scientology Inte
