International Trademark Classification
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The International Trademark Classification (ITC) is a standardised system for classifying goods and services for trademark registration purposes. It is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation and is based on the Nice Agreement.
The ITC is a hierarchical classification system that groups goods and services into different classes and subclasses. Each class represents a distinct category of goods or services, and each subclass provides further specificity within that category. The classification helps ensure consistency and uniformity in the registration and examination of trademarks across different jurisdictions. Currently, the ITC consists of 45 classes. Classes 1 to 34 are dedicated to goods, while classes 35 to 45 cover services.
Class 1 Chemicals: Chemicals used in industry, science, and photography; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs.
Class 2 Paints: Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and deterioration of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers, and artists.
Class 3 Cosmetics: Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing, scouring, and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices.
Class 4 Fuels and Lubricants: Industrial oils and greases; fuels (including motor spirit) and illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting.
Class 5 Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical, veterinary, and sanitary preparations; 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.
Class 6 Metals: 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; ores.
Class 7 Machinery: Machines, machine tools, and their parts; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements; incubators for eggs.
Class 8 Hand Tools: Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.
Class 9 Electrical and Scientific Apparatus: Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, 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; compact discs, DVDs, and other digital recording media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment, computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Class 10 Medical Instruments: Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials.
Class 11 Appliances: Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes.
Class 12 Vehicles: Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water.
Class 13 Firearms: Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
Class 14 Jewellery: Precious metals and their alloys; goods in precious metals or coated therewith; jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments.
Class 15 Musical Instruments: Musical instruments.
Class 16 Paper Goods and Printed Matter: Paper, cardboard, and goods made from these materials; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paintbrushes; 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.
Class 17 Rubber Goods: 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 manufacture; packing, stopping, and insulating materials; flexible pipes, tubes, and hoses, not of metal.
Class 18 Leather Goods: Leather and imitations of leather; animal skins, hides; trunks and traveling bags; umbrellas, parasols, and walking sticks; whips, harness, and saddlery.
Class 19 Building Materials: Building materials (non-metallic); non-metallic rigid pipes for building; asphalt, pitch, and bitumen; non-metallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal.
Class 20 Furniture: 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.
Class 21 Housewares and Glass: Household or kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes (except paintbrushes); brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; steelwool; unworked or semi-worked glass (except glass used in building); glassware, porcelain, and earthenware not included in other classes.
Class 22 Ropes and Textile Goods: Ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks, and bags (not included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.
Class 23 Yarns and Threads: Yarns and threads for textile use.
Class 24 Fabrics: Textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes; bed and table covers.
Class 25 Clothing: Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Class 26 Fancy Goods: Lace and embroidery, ribbons, and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.
Class 27 Floor Coverings: Carpets, rugs, mats, and matting; linoleum and other materials for covering existing floors; wall hangings (non-textile).
Class 28 Toys and Sporting Goods: Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
Class 29 Meats and Processed Foods: Meat, fish, poultry, and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried, and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs; milk and milk products; edible oils and fats.
Class 30 Staple Foods: Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry, and confectionery; edible ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice.
Class 31 Natural Agricultural Products: Agricultural, horticultural, and forestry products and grains not included in other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural plants, and flowers; foodstuffs for animals, malt.
Class 32 Beers and Beverages: Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
Class 33 Alcoholic Beverages: Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Class 34 Smokers' Articles: Tobacco, smokers' articles, matches.
Class 35 Advertising and Business: Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
Class 36 Insurance and Financial: Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Class 37 Building and Construction: Building construction; repair; installation services.
Class 38 Telecommunications: Telecommunications services.
Class 39 Transportation and Storage: Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
Class 40 Treatment of Materials: Treatment of materials; custom manufacturing services.
Class 41 Education and Entertainment: Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
Class 42 Scientific and Technological: Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software.
Class 43 Food Services: Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
Class 44 Medical and Beauty Services: Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human beings or animals; agriculture, horticulture, and forestry services.
Class 45 Legal and Security Services: Legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals.
When filing a trademark application, the applicant must specify the class or classes of goods or services to which the trademark pertains. This classification helps trademark offices and professionals conduct searches, examine applications, and ensure that trademarks are properly categorised and protected. It is important to note that the ITC is regularly updated to accommodate changes in technology, industry practices, and emerging goods and services.
The ITC is a hierarchical classification system that groups goods and services into different classes and subclasses. Each class represents a distinct category of goods or services, and each subclass provides further specificity within that category. The classification helps ensure consistency and uniformity in the registration and examination of trademarks across different jurisdictions. Currently, the ITC consists of 45 classes. Classes 1 to 34 are dedicated to goods, while classes 35 to 45 cover services.
Class 1 Chemicals: Chemicals used in industry, science, and photography; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs.
Class 2 Paints: Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and deterioration of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers, and artists.
Class 3 Cosmetics: Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing, scouring, and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices.
Class 4 Fuels and Lubricants: Industrial oils and greases; fuels (including motor spirit) and illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting.
Class 5 Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical, veterinary, and sanitary preparations; 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.
Class 6 Metals: 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; ores.
Class 7 Machinery: Machines, machine tools, and their parts; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements; incubators for eggs.
Class 8 Hand Tools: Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.
Class 9 Electrical and Scientific Apparatus: Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, 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; compact discs, DVDs, and other digital recording media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment, computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Class 10 Medical Instruments: Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials.
Class 11 Appliances: Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes.
Class 12 Vehicles: Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water.
Class 13 Firearms: Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
Class 14 Jewellery: Precious metals and their alloys; goods in precious metals or coated therewith; jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments.
Class 15 Musical Instruments: Musical instruments.
Class 16 Paper Goods and Printed Matter: Paper, cardboard, and goods made from these materials; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paintbrushes; 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.
Class 17 Rubber Goods: 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 manufacture; packing, stopping, and insulating materials; flexible pipes, tubes, and hoses, not of metal.
Class 18 Leather Goods: Leather and imitations of leather; animal skins, hides; trunks and traveling bags; umbrellas, parasols, and walking sticks; whips, harness, and saddlery.
Class 19 Building Materials: Building materials (non-metallic); non-metallic rigid pipes for building; asphalt, pitch, and bitumen; non-metallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal.
Class 20 Furniture: 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.
Class 21 Housewares and Glass: Household or kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes (except paintbrushes); brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; steelwool; unworked or semi-worked glass (except glass used in building); glassware, porcelain, and earthenware not included in other classes.
Class 22 Ropes and Textile Goods: Ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks, and bags (not included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.
Class 23 Yarns and Threads: Yarns and threads for textile use.
Class 24 Fabrics: Textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes; bed and table covers.
Class 25 Clothing: Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Class 26 Fancy Goods: Lace and embroidery, ribbons, and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.
Class 27 Floor Coverings: Carpets, rugs, mats, and matting; linoleum and other materials for covering existing floors; wall hangings (non-textile).
Class 28 Toys and Sporting Goods: Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
Class 29 Meats and Processed Foods: Meat, fish, poultry, and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried, and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs; milk and milk products; edible oils and fats.
Class 30 Staple Foods: Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry, and confectionery; edible ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice.
Class 31 Natural Agricultural Products: Agricultural, horticultural, and forestry products and grains not included in other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural plants, and flowers; foodstuffs for animals, malt.
Class 32 Beers and Beverages: Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
Class 33 Alcoholic Beverages: Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Class 34 Smokers' Articles: Tobacco, smokers' articles, matches.
Class 35 Advertising and Business: Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
Class 36 Insurance and Financial: Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Class 37 Building and Construction: Building construction; repair; installation services.
Class 38 Telecommunications: Telecommunications services.
Class 39 Transportation and Storage: Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
Class 40 Treatment of Materials: Treatment of materials; custom manufacturing services.
Class 41 Education and Entertainment: Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
Class 42 Scientific and Technological: Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software.
Class 43 Food Services: Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
Class 44 Medical and Beauty Services: Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human beings or animals; agriculture, horticulture, and forestry services.
Class 45 Legal and Security Services: Legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals.
When filing a trademark application, the applicant must specify the class or classes of goods or services to which the trademark pertains. This classification helps trademark offices and professionals conduct searches, examine applications, and ensure that trademarks are properly categorised and protected. It is important to note that the ITC is regularly updated to accommodate changes in technology, industry practices, and emerging goods and services.
