Brand classification
| Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Registration of Trademarks |
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| Short title: | Nice classification |
| Title (engl.): |
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks |
| Date: | June 15, 1957 |
| Reference: | ? |
| Reference (German): | Classification of Nice at the German Patent and Trademark Office (as of January 2019) [1] |
| Contract type: | Multinational |
| Legal matter: | Commercial legal protection / classification agreement |
| Signing: | ? |
| Ratification : | 85 states (January 15, 2019)
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| Germany: | January 29, 1962 |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The international trademark classification (also known as the Nice classification ) is an international agreement on the classification of goods and services for the registration of a trademark . It is administered by WIPO and used in more than 140 countries worldwide.
Goal setting
With the brand classification, the claimed areas ( classes ) of the goods or services are determined for which a name, word, image, symbol, etc. can be protected. It consists of 45 classes.
It is possible that different applicants can register the same word mark (e.g. Tempo ) as long as this is done in different classes. It should be noted, however, that different classes can contain similar goods or services, so that an entry would infringe older rights (e.g. software in class 09 and programmer services in class 42).
history
The trademark classification was agreed on June 15, 1957 in Nice with the Nice Agreement on the international classification of goods and services for the registration of trademarks internationally and is therefore also called the Nice Classification .
Since then it has been reissued every five years in a revised version. In order to be able to keep pace with social and technical developments, annual "versions" have also been published since 2013, which can include new terms or deletions of existing terms. Major structural changes (e.g. class changes, creation of new classes, deletion of existing classes) are still reserved for the "editions" that appear every five years. On January 1, 2017, the 11th edition of the International Trademark Classification came into force; since January 1st, 2019 the "Version 2019" of the 11th edition applies.
Classification
The classification of the classes according to § 19 paragraph 1 of the Trademark Ordinance of the 9th edition of the Nice Agreement was changed in the 10th edition. The previously applicable classification rules have been completely revised, new terms have been introduced or deleted and assignments to the individual classes have been changed.
See also
- Viennese classification
- Locarno classification
- International patent classification
- List of goods and services
- Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks
Web links
- Official website of the Nice Classification at WIPO
- Version 2018 of the 11th edition of the Nice Classification on the DPMA website
- Detailed overview of the class division compiled by WIPO (English)
- United State Patent and Trademark Office (USA), brand classes according to alphabet (PDF; 228 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ wipo.int (PDF)
- ↑ Note - on the new version of the Nice Classification as of January 1, 2012 - What does this mean for trademark applicants? - Significant changes compared to the 9th edition - Organizational matters ( memento of the original from October 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . DPMA website. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ DPMA - Nice Classification . DPMA website. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ↑ Note - on the new version of the Nice Classification as of January 1, 2012 - What does this mean for trademark applicants? - Significant changes compared to the 9th edition - Organizational matters ( memento of the original from October 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . DPMA website. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ Part 1: Alphabetical List of Goods and Services . ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB) DPMA website; accessed on January 8, 2016
- ↑ Part 2: List of goods and services by class ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.7 MB) DPMA website; accessed on January 8, 2016
