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The "Nice" classification system for Trade Mark registrations
looks very complicated - is there a summary?



Not to our knowledge - here is our summary.

Trade Marks Rules 2000
Classification of Goods and Services

Overview

Compositions (6); (1 Industrial, 2 Decoratory, 3 Cosmetic, 4
Greases, 5 Biological, 6 Metallic)
Devices (7); (7 Machines, 8 Hand tools, 9 Scientific, 10
Surgical, 11 Environmental, 12 Vehiclular, 13 Ballistic)
Materials (6); (14 Precious, 15 Musical instruments, 16 Paper,
17 Rubber & extruded plastics, 18 Leather, 19 Building
material)
Articles (2); (20 Furniture, 21 Utensils)
Cloth articles (6); (22 Canvaslike, 23 Thread, 24 Other
textiles, 25 Clothing, 26 Decoratory, 27 Floor coverings)
28 Toys (1)
Food (3); (29 Meat & perishables, 30 Staples, 31 Fresh & live
food
)
Consumables (3); (32 non-alcoholic drinks and beer, 33
other alcoholic drinks, 34 tabacco)
Business service (2); (35 Advertising & management, 36
Financial)
Physical & Telecoms service (4); (37 Construction & repair,
38 Telecoms, 39 Transport, 40 Materials treatment)
Mental & Personal service (5); (41 Education/entertainment,
42 Scientific/legal, 43 Hospitality, 44 Medical, agriculture &
beauty, 45 Personal & security)

Compositions 1-6
1 Industrial chemicals. Including photograpy and agriculture.
Including preservatives and adhesives. 2 Decoratory chemicals. 3
Cosmetics. 4 Greases (and candles). 5 Biological chemicals, (and
baby foods). 6 metal & ores (and safes).

Devices 7-15
7 Machines. 8 Hand tools (and cutlery, razors & sidearms). 9
Scientific electrical and coin operated apparatus, media
recorders/players & computers (and fire extinguishers). 10 Surgical
apparatus, prosthetics. 11 Apparatus for heating, cooling, lighting
drying and water. 12 Vehicles. 13 Firearms & fireworks.

Materials 14-19
14 Precious minerals/metals. 15 Musical instruments. 16
Paper/cardboard & accessories. 17 Rubber, asbestos, extruded
plastics, packing materials, non-metal pipes. 18 Leather &
imitations ( and bags & umbrellas). 19 Building materials.

Articles 20-21
20 Furniture, plastic goods. 21 Household utensils & containers.

Cloth items 22-27
22 Textile goods (incl string, tents, sails). 23 Threads for textiles.
24 Other textile goods, incl- bed & table covers. 25 Clothing. 26
Lace, buttons, pins & needles. 27 Floor coverings.

Toys 28
28 Toys, sports equipment.

Foods 29-31
29 Meat, fish, meat extracts, preserved fruit & veg, jam, eggs, milk
products, edible oils & fats. 30 Food staples. 31 Fresh food,
seeds, plants & animals.

Consumables 32-34
32 Beers, non-alcoholic drinks. 33 Other alcoholic beverages. 34
Tobacco & paraphenalia.

Business 35-36
35 Advertising, management, office functions. 36 Finance.

Physical & Telecoms 37-40
37 Building construction, repair & installation. 38 Telecoms. 39
Transport; storage; travel arrangement. 40 Treatment of materials.

Mental & Personal 41-45
41 Education, entertainment. 42 Scientific & legal services. 43
Hospitality. 44 Medical, agriculture & beauty services. 45 Personal
& security services.


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