A Trademark is an important identity for every business. However registering a trademark involves registering the design under the proper classes of trademark. So it is crucial to conduct a thorough Trade mark class search.
A Trademark class represents an international standard for categorising goods and services with respect to the World intellectual property organisation (WIPO) established under the Nice agreement of 1957. The trademark class list is defined by the Nice Classification (NCL) and is updated annually.
Trademark classes in India are of 45 different types, out of which 34 represent products and 11 represent the services provided by a business.
Trademark classes list comprises 45 different categories representing different physical goods and products. Trademark classification is conducted based on the product or the service provided by a company. The complete classes of trademark are explained in detail below.
There are 45 classes, out of which 34 and 11 are for the products and services category respectively.
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