Trademark Class 8: Hand tools and implements

Trademark Class 8: Hand tools and implements

Class Description of products:

“Hand tools and implements, hand-operated; cutlery; side arms, except firearms; razors.”

Explanatory Note

Class 8 includes mainly hand-operated tools and implements for performing tasks, such as drilling, shaping, cutting and piercing.

This Class includes, in particular:

• hand-operated agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools;
• hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists and other craftspersons, for example, hammers, chisels and gravers;
• handles for hand-operated hand tools, such as knives and scythes;
• electric and non-electric hand implements for personal grooming and body art, for example, razors, implements for hair curling, tattooing, and for manicure and pedicure;
• hand-operated pumps;
• table cutlery, such as knives, forks and spoons, including those made of precious metals.

This Class does not include, in particular:

• machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Cl. 7);
• surgical cutlery (Cl. 10);
• pumps for bicycle tyres (Cl. 12), pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games (Cl. 28);
• side arms being firearms (Cl. 13);
• paper knives and paper shredders for office use (Cl. 16);
• handles for objects that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, walking stick handles, umbrella handles (Cl. 18), broom handles (Cl. 21);
• serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles, and kitchen utensils, for example, mixing spoons, pestles and mortars, nutcrackers and spatulas (Cl. 21);
• fencing weapons (Cl. 28).

NICE Classification

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 8 as per NICE Classification: