Dunder Mifflin

Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. (DMI) is a fictional paper and office supplies wholesale company featured in the American television series The Office, based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations, respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets. Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold branded merchandise at its NBC Universal Store website. Its logo was prominently displayed in several locations in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set. Scranton has been associated internationally with Dunder Mifflin due to the show's international reach. In a 2008 St. Patrick's Day speech in the suburb of Dickson City, then-taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, referred to the city's fictional branch office. In the first episode of The Paper, which is written by The Office creators Greg Daniels and Korman, they explain that the fictional Dunder Mifflin company was ultimately purchased by Enervate, which sells paper products like janitorial paper, toilet paper, toilet protectors and local newspapers. The name is also at the center of a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by NBCUniversal against Jay Kennette Media Group; when NBC tried to obtain a trademark for the name in 2020, they were denied because Jay Kennette had already registered the trademark in 2017, and was selling merchandise well before NBC.