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== The word "Scientology" ==

Disagreement over the origins of the word ''Scientology'' has been used by Free Zone groups to contest [[List of trademarks owned by the Church of Scientology and its affiliates|Scientology's trademarks]]. A German book entitled ''[[Scientologie, Wissenschaft von der Beschaffenheit und der Tauglichkeit des Wissens]]'' was published in 1934 by [[Anastasius Nordenholz]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scientologie.org/se_npre.htm |title=Scientology 1934, Nordenholz, Preface |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125142/http://www.scientologie.org/se_npre.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28 |website=scientologie.org |date=1999}}</ref> The groups have argued that because ''Scientologie'' was not written by [[L. Ron Hubbard]], the Church is unfairly monopolizing control over its practice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scientologie.org/gif/wipo-decision.pdf |title=Administrative Panel Decision : Religious Technology Center v. Freie Zone E. V (Free Zone Association, Germany) |date=June 23, 2000 |access-date=2005-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050819232335/http://www.scientologie.org/gif/wipo-decision.pdf |archive-date=2005-08-19 }}</ref> The trademark rights to the use of [[Dianetics]] and the [[E-meter]] (invented and created by [[Volney Mathison]]{{r|urban|pages=49–52}}) was allowed to lapse into the [[public domain]] in 1976 by Hubbard.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}