Founded 1997 | ||
Headquarters Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Parent organization The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Similar Young Women, Brigham Young University, The Joseph Smith Pa, LDS Business College, Brigham Young University–Idaho | ||
Intellectual Reserve, Inc (IRI) is a non-profit corporation based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Founded in 1997, it is wholly owned and operated by the Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It holds the church's intellectual property, including copyrights and trademarks.
IRI owns over 60 trademarks associated with the church.
Mormon as a trademark
In some countries, "Mormon" and some phrases including the term are registered trademarks owned by IRI.
In 2002, the LDS Church applied for a trademark in the United States on "Mormon" as applied to religious services; however, the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the application, stating that the term "Mormon" was too generic and is popularly understood as referring to a particular kind of church, similar to "Presbyterian" or "Methodist", rather than a service mark. The application was abandoned as of August 22, 2007.