The Wikimedia Foundation applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark Wikipedia® on 17 Septemba 2004. The mark was granted registration status on 10 Jenụwarị 2006. Trademark protection was accorded by Japan on 16 Disemba 2004 and in the European Union on 20 Jenụwarị 2005. Technically a service mark, the scope of the mark is for: ""Provision of information in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge via the Internet"". There are plans to license the usage of the Wikipedia trademark for some products, such as books or DVDs.