Trademark Class 5: Pharmaceuticals and medical preparations

Trademark Class 5: Pharmaceuticals and medical preparations

Class Description of products:

Pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; dietetic food and substances adapted for medical or veterinary use, food for babies; dietary supplements for human beings and animals; plasters, materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.

Explanatory Note

Class 5 includes mainly pharmaceuticals and other preparations for medical or veterinary purposes.

This Class includes, in particular:

• sanitary preparations for personal hygiene, other than toiletries;
• diapers for babies and for incontinence;
• deodorants, other than for human beings or for animals;
• medicated shampoos, soaps, lotions and dentifrices;
• dietary supplements intended to supplement a normal diet or to have health benefits;
• meal replacements and dietetic food and beverages adapted for medical or veterinary use.

This Class does not include, in particular:

• ingredients for use in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, for example, vitamins, preservatives and antioxidants (Cl. 1);
• sanitary preparations being non-medicated toiletries (Cl. 3);
• deodorants for human beings or for animals (Cl. 3);
• support bandages, orthopaedic bandages (Cl. 10);
• meal replacements and dietetic food and beverages not specified as being for medical or veterinary use, which should be classified in the appropriate food or beverage classes, for example, low-fat potato crisps (Cl. 29), high-protein cereal bars (Cl. 30), isotonic beverages (Cl. 32).

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, 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 5 as per NICE Classification: