What are the trade mark categories of goods and services?
The Nice Classification System of Classes of Goods and Services
Thes categories are used for trade mark registration
Class 1
Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture,
horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics;
manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations;
chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning substances; adhesives
used in industry.
Includes chemicals for the making of products belonging to other classes. Does
not include fungicides, herbicides, insecticides or preparations for destroying
vermin, which are in class 5.
Class 2
Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against deterioration
of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder
form for painters, decorators, printers and artists.
Does not include paint boxes for children which are in class 16, or insulating
paints and varnishes, which are in class 17.
Class 3
Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing,
scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics,
hair lotions; dentifrices.
Includes deodorants for personal use. Does not include air deodorising preparations,
which are in class 5 or scented candles which are in class 4.
Class 4
Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; dust absorbing, wetting and binding
compositions; fuels (including motor spirit) and illuminants; candles, wicks.
Includes combustible fuels and scented candles.
Does not include fuel for nuclear reactors or electricity, which are both in
class 1.
Class 5
Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical
purposes; dietetic substances adapted for medical use, food for babies; plasters,
materials for dressings, material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants;
preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.
Includes food and beverages which are adapted for medical purposes. Does not
include supportive bandages which are in class 10.
Class 6
Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings
of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; non-electric cables and wires
of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes
of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores.
Includes mainly unwrought and partly wrought common metals as well as simple
products made from them; metallic windows and doors and metallic framed conservatories.
Class 7
Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine
coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural
implements; incubators for eggs.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly machines, machine tools, motors
and engines. Includes parts of engines and motors; some parts for vehicles (e.g.
exhausts for vehicles); vacuum cleaners. Does not include engines and motors
for land vehicles are in class 12 or specialist machines (e.g. weighing machines
are in class 9).
Class 8
Hand tools and implements (hand operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly hand operated implements used as
tools in the respective professions. Includes electric razors and hair cutters;
cutlery made of precious metal. Does not include surgical cutlery which is in
class 10 or hand held and electrically powered tools (e.g. electric drills are
in class 7).
Class 9
Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical,
weighing, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus
and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming,
accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity;apparatus for recording,
transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording
discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus;
cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers;
fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Includes computer hardware and firmware; computer software (including software
downloadable from the internet); compact discs; digital music (downloadable
from the internet); telecommunications apparatus; computer games equipment adapted
for use with TV receivers; mouse mats; mobile phone accessories; contact lenses,
spectacles and sunglasses; clothing for protection against accident, irradiation
or fire.
Does not include printed computer manuals which are in class 16, self-contained
computer games equipment which is in class 28, various electrical items (e.g.
electric screwdrivers are in class 7 and electric toothbrushes are in class
21).
Class 10
Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial
limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials.
Includes electro-medical or surgical apparatus; massage apparatus. Does not
include contact lenses, spectacles or sunglasses which are in class 9 or wheelchairs
which are in class 12.
Class 11
Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying,
ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes.
Includes air conditioning apparatus, electric kettles, gas and electric cookers,
vehicle lights.
Class 12
Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water.
Includes motors and engines for land vehicles and certain other parts and fittings
(e.g. vehicle body parts and transmissions). Does not include certain parts
or fittings for vehicles (e.g. exhausts and starters are in class 7, lights
and air conditioning units are in class 11) or children's toy bicycles which
are in class 28.
Class 13
Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
Does not include apparatus for use in playing paint ball combat games, which
are in class 28.
Class 14
Precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated therewith,
not included in other classes; jewellery; precious stones; horological and chronometric
instruments.
Includes clocks and watches, custom jewellery. Does not include certain precious
metal items (e.g. cutlery is in class 8, pens are in class 16).
Class 15
Musical instruments.
Includes stands and cases adapted for musical instruments.
Class 16
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials which are not included
in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationary;
adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes;
typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching
material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in
other classes); playing cards; printers' type; printing blocks.
Includes disposable nappies of paper for babies; printed publications.
Does not include adhesives for industrial purposes which are in class 1; downloadable
electronic publications which are in class 9 or providing electronic publications
which are not downloadable, which are in class 41. Does not include wallpaper
which is in class 27.
Class 17
Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials
and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacturing;
packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of metal.
Includes semi-finished plastics materials for use in further manufacture. Does
not include unprocessed plastics in the form of liquids, chips, granules, etc.,
which are in class 1.
Class 18
Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made from these materials and not
included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and travelling bags;
umbrellas, parasols and walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery.
Includes handbags, rucksacks, purses, clothing for animals.
Does not include leather clothing which is in class 9 (for protection against
injury) or in class 25 (ordinary apparel), nor certain specialist leather articles
(e.g. cheque book covers are in class 16).
Class 19
Building materials (non-metallic); non-metallic rigid papers for building; asphalt,
pitch and bitumen; non-metallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal.
Includes non-metallic framed conservatories, doors and windows.
Class 20
Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of
wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber,
mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials or of plastics.
Includes both metallic and non-metallic furniture including garden furniture,
pillows and cushions.
Does not include duvets or covers for pillows, cushions or duvets which are
in class 24, furniture adapted for medical use, which is in class 10, or furniture
adapted for laboratory use, which is in class 9.
Class 21
Household or kitchen utensils and containers (not of precious metal or coated
therewith); combs and sponges; brushes (except paint brushes); brush-making
materials; articles for cleaning purposes; steel wool; unworked or semi-worked
glass (except glass used in building); glassware, porcelain and earthenware
not included in other classes.
Includes both electric and non-electric tooth brushes. Does not include electric
kitchen appliances (e.g. food processors are in class 7 and electric kettles
are in class 11) or kitchen and table cutlery which is in class 8.
Class 22
Ropes, strings, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not
included in other classes; padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber
and plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.
Includes bags and sacks for transporting bulk materials.
Class 23
Yarns and threads, for textile use
Class 24
Textile and textile goods, not included in other classes; bed and table covers.
Includes textile piece goods, bed and table covers.
Does not include paper table linen (which is in class 16) or electric blankets
(not for medical use) which are in class 11.
Class 25
Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Does not include clothing for the prevention of accident or injury which is
class 9, surgeon's clothing which is in class 10 or clothing for animals which
is in class 18.
Class 26
Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles;
artificial flowers.
Includes dressmakers' articles, badges for wear (other than precious metal badges).
Class 27
Carpets, rugs, mats and matting, linoleum and other materials for covering existing
floors; wall hangings (non-textile).
Includes wallpaper. Does not include mouse mats which are in class 9, mats specifically
shaped/adapted for vehicles which are in class 12 or travellers' rugs which
are in class 24.
Class 28
Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other
classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
Includes hand-held computer games equipment which is self-contained (not adapted
for use with TV receivers). Does not include computer games equipment adapted
for use with TV receivers or software for electronic games which are in class
9.
Class 29
Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, dried and cooked fruits
and vegetables; jellies, jams, fruit sauces; eggs, milk and milk products; edible
oils and fats.
Includes prepared meals and snacks whose main ingredients are proper to this
class (e.g. soups and potato crisps). Does not include sandwiches which are
in class 30 or foodstuffs for animals which are in class 31.
Class 30
Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and
preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey;
yeast, baking-powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice.
Includes prepared meals and snacks whose main ingredients are proper to the
class (e.g. pizzas, pies and pasta dishes). Does not include foodstuffs for
animals which are in class 31.
Class 31
Agricultural, horticultural and forestry products and grains not included in
other classes; live animals; fresh fruit and vegetables; seeds, natural plants
and flowers; foodstuffs for animals; malt.
Includes all food and beverages for animals.
Class 32
Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic drinks; fruit drinks
and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
Includes shandy, de-alcoholised drinks, non-alcoholic beers and wines. Does
not include tea, coffee or chocolate-based beverages, which are in class 30.
Class 33
Alcoholic Beverages (except beers).
Includes wines, spirits and liqueurs; alcopops.
Does not include beers, which are in class 32.
Class 34
Tobacco; smoker's articles; matches and lighters.
SERVICES
Class 35
Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly services rendered by persons or
organisations principally with the object of:
(1) help in the working or management of a commercial undertaking,
(2) help in the management of the business affairs or commercial functions of
an industrial or commercial enterprise,
(3) services rendered by advertising establishments primarily undertaking communications
to the public, declarations of announcements by all means of diffusion and concerning
all kinds of goods or services.
Includes the organisation, operation and supervision of loyalty and incentive
schemes; internet advertising services, production of radio and television advertisements,
accountancy, auctioneering, trade fairs, opinion polling, data processing, providing
business information, certain specific services provided by retailers.
Does not include computer programming, which is in class 42 or raising finance
for business, which is in class 36.
Class 36
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Includes building society services, banking (including home banking), stockbroking,
financial services via the internet, issuing tokens of value in relation to
bonus and loyalty schemes, provision of financial information.
Does not include accountancy, which is in class 35, lottery services, which
are in class 41 or surveying and conveyancing services, which are in class 42.
Class 37
Building construction; repair; installation services.
Includes installation, maintenance and repair of computer hardware; painting
and decorating.
Does not include installation, maintenance and repair of computer software,
which is in class 42.
Class 38
Telecommunications.
Includes all telecommunication services, (e.g. e-mail services and those provided
for the internet); providing user access to the internet (service providers);
operating search engines.
Does not include creating, maintaining or hosting web sites, which are in class
42.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly services allowing at least one
person to communicate with another by sensory means. Such services include those
which:
(1) allow a person to talk to another,
(2) transmit messages from one person to another, and
(3) place a person in oral or visual communication with another (radio and television).
Class 39
Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
Includes distribution of electricity; travel information.
Does not include travel insurance which is in class 36, or booking holiday accommodation,
which is in class 43.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly services rendered in transporting
people or goods from one place to another (by rail, road, water, air or pipeline)
and services necessarily connected with such transport, as well as services
relating to the storing of goods in a warehouse or other building for their
preservation or guarding.
Class 40
Treatment of materials.
Includes the development, duplicating and printing of photographs; generation
of electricity.
Explanatory Note: This class includes mainly services not included in other
classes, rendered by the mechanical or chemical processing or transformation
of objects or inorganic or organic substances.
Class 41
Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
Includes electronic games services provided by the internet; the provision of
on-line electronic publications and digital music (not downloadable) from the
internet.
Does not include downloadable on-line electronic publications or digital music
which are in class 9 or educational materials in printed form, which are in
class 16.
Class 42
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto;
industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer
hardware and software; legal services.
Includes installation, maintenance and repair of computer software; computer
consultancy services; the following internet related services are also proper
to this class: design, drawing and commissioned writing for the compilation
of websites; creating, maintaining and hosting the web sites of others; compilation,
creation and maintenance of a register of domain names; leasing of access time
to a computer database (on a dedicated line and not via the internet - access
by internet service providers in general is in class 38).
Does not include providing access to the internet or portal services, which
are in class 38.
Class 43
Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
Includes restaurant, bar and catering services; provision of holiday accommodation;
booking and reservation services for restaurants and holiday accommodation.
Does not include provision of permanent accommodation which is in class 36 or
arranging travel by tourist agencies, which is in class 39.
Class 44
Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human beings
or animals; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services.
Includes dentistry services, medical analysis for the diagnosis and treatment
of persons (such as x-ray examinations and taking blood samples), pharmacy advice,
garden design services.
Does not include scientific research for medical purposes (such as research
into cures for terminal diseases, which is in class 42), ambulance transportation,
which is in class 39, health clubs for physical exercise, which are in class
41, or retirement homes, which are in class 43.
Class 45
Security services for the protection of property and individuals; a limited
range of personal services not covered in other service classes, including dating
services, funeral services, undertaking services, fire-fighting services, detective
agency services.
Does not include beauty care services for human beings or animals, which are
in class 44, or educational services, which are in class 41
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