A Trademark classification is used to make it easier to register all trademarks and service marks in a variety of fields with national and international trademark offices across the world. The International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services divides different goods and services into 45 Trademark Classes (1 to 34 cover goods, and 35 to 45 cover services). The Indian Trademark Registry uses this categorization to classify trademarks. Every class requires a unique registration, and it is critical to select the appropriate class when submitting an application for trademark registration. While choosing an acceptable class for your goods and services, you will conduct a trademark search. This is a classification of almost 80,000 products and services.
CLASS 6 OF TRADEMARK ACT:
Trademark Class 6 is one of the 45 Classes which mainly includes:
- common metals and their alloys,
- ores; Metal materials for building and construction;
- transportable buildings of metal;
- non-electric cables and wires of common metal;
- Small items of metal hardware; metal containers for storage or transport; safes.
This class includes Common Metals and Alloys; Metals in foil or powder form for further processing; e.g. powder used in 3D printers; Metal building materials; e.g. materials of metal for railway tracks, pipes, and tubes of metal; Transportable buildings or structures of metal; e.g. prefabricated houses, swimming pools, cages for wild animals, skating rinks; Non-Electric Cables and Wires of Metals; Items of Ironmongery and Metal Hardware; Pipes, Tubes, Hoses, and Fittings of Metals; Gates, Doors, and Windows of Metals; Metal Ores and Compounds; Nuts, Bolts, Chains, Locks, and Fasteners; Metal Containers; Molds of Metals; Armor Plating; Welding and Soldering Materials; Ladders and Scaffoldings; Metal Statues and Works of Art; Dispensers made up of Metals; Certain goods made of common metals, for example, all-purpose boxes of common metal, statues, busts and works of art of common metal.
This class does not include Metals and ores used as chemicals in industry or scientific research for their chemical properties; e.g.
- bauxite, mercury, antimony, alkaline and alkaline-earth metals (Class 1);
- Electric cables (Class 9) and non-electric cables and ropes, not of metal (Class 22);
- Metals in foil and powder form used in painting, decorating, printing, and art (Class 2);
- Pipes being parts of sanitary installations (Class 11),
- Cages for household pets (Class 21);
- Flexible pipes, tubes, and hoses, not of metal (Class 17) and rigid pipes, not of metal (Class 19);
- Certain goods made of common metals that are classified according to their function or purpose; e.g. hand tool (Class 8), paper clips (Class 16); Furniture (Class 20), kitchen utensils (Class 21), household containers (Class 21).
In case if the trademark relates only partially to any of the products or substances, the coordinated classes should be mentioned while filing the application for trademark registration as related coordinated classes, they are:
- Class 11: Appliances
- Class 17: Rubber Products
- Class 19: Building Materials
- Class 20: Furniture
- Class 35: Advertising and Business Services
- Class 37: Construction and Repair Services
- Class 40: Material Treatment Services
- Class 42: Science and Technology Services.
LIST OF GOODS UNDER THAT ARE INCLUDED IN TRADEMARK CLASS 6:
Alloys of common metal, Aluminum, Aluminum foil, Anchors Angle Irons, Anti-friction Metal, Amours Plating, Armor Doors of Metal, Bands of Metal For Tying-Up Purposes / Wrapping Or Binding Bands Of Metal, Barrels Of Metal, Bars For Metal Railings, Beacons Of Metal, Non-Luminous, Bells, Binding Screws Of Metal For Cables, Binding Thread of Metal for Agricultural Purposes, Bindings Of Metal, Bottle Caps Of Metal, Capsules Of Metal For Bottles, Sealing Caps Of Metal For Bottles, Bottle Closures of Metal, Bottle Fasteners Of Metal, Brazing Alloys, Bronze, Bronzes For Tombstones, Buckles Of Common Metal, Building or Furniture Fittings of Nickel-Silver, Building Materials of Metal, Chimneys Of Metal, Chrome Iron, Chrome Ores, Chromium, Clips of Metal for Cables and Pipes, Closures Of Metal For Containers, Clothes Hooks Of Metal, Copper rings, Door Knockers Of Metal, Door Handles Of Metal, Door Panels Of Metal, etc.
REGISTERED TRADEMARK UNDER CLASS SIX:
- CONTECH: Trademark description: Common metals and their alloys, metal building materials, iron joint of metal (non-electric), Angles channel, bar of metal, wires of metal(non- electric), nails, squares, flats, joists, thread of Metal for tying-up purposes, coupler.
- AIRCON: Trademark description: metal beam crash barriers; crash resistance barriers; crash barriers of metal; common metals and their alloys, ores; Metal materials for building and construction; small items of metal hardware.
- IMAGINE: Trademark description: aluminum foil, small item of metal.
- WTIBINGO: Trademark description: hinges, tower bolts, handle and metal hardware door & window fittings including handles, knods, Telescopic drawers channel, locks, drops, hinges lethes looking, bolt, nut & bolt hacksaw blade, Brass wood screw, screws, doors, door stoppers, nails, gate hooks, tower bolts, door closer, Hanger, floor & door spring safety, etc.
SILVER SHINE: Trademark description: rewinder and fabrication of aluminum foils.