Trademark Class 28 – Games, toys and playthings

Trademark Class 28 : Games, toys and playthings

Class Description of Products: 

“Games, toys and playthings; video game apparatus; gymnastic and sporting articles; decorations for Christmas trees.”

Explanatory Note

Class 28 includes mainly toys, apparatus for playing games, sports equipment, amusement and novelty items, as well as certain articles for Christmas trees.

This Class includes, in particular:

• amusement and game apparatus, including controllers therefor;
• novelty toys for playing jokes and for parties, for example, carnival masks, paper party hats, confetti, party poppers and Christmas crackers;
• hunting and fishing tackle, for example, fishing rods, landing nets for anglers, decoys, hunting game calls;
• equipment for various sports and games.

This Class does not include, in particular:

• Christmas tree candles (Cl. 4), electric lights for Christmas trees (Cl. 11), confectionery and chocolate decorations for Christmas trees (Cl. 30);
• diving equipment (Cl. 9);
• sex toys and love dolls (Cl. 10);
• clothing for gymnastics and sports (Cl. 25);
• certain gymnastic and sporting articles, for example, protective helmets, goggles and mouthguards for sports (Cl. 9), sporting firearms (Cl. 13), gymnasium mats (Cl. 27), as well as certain fishing and hunting equipment, for example, hunting knives, harpoons (Cl. 8), hunting firearms (Cl. 13), fishing nets (Cl. 22), that are classified according to other functions or purposes.

NICE Classification of Trademarks

Nice Classification of Trademarks is the internationally recognized system used for the classification of trademark applications specified by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and is recognized by all the 193 member couriers of WIPO.

Under the Nice Classification, the entire range of goods and services are categorized into 45 Classes. Class 1 to 34 defines GOODS and Class 35 to 45 defines SERVICES. Each class represents a distinct category of goods or services.

List of products covered under Trademark Class 28 as per NICE Classification: