Trademark Class 17 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 17?

Trademark Class 17 covers rubber, plastic, and insulating materials used in industrial, commercial, and domestic applications. This class includes items that provide sealing, insulation, or other protective functions.

Examples include rubber sheets, plastic rods, and thermal insulation materials. Businesses in this class serve the construction, manufacturing, and engineering industries.

Class 17 ensures proper trademark classification for industrial materials and products.

What are key features of Class 17?

Key features include durable, non-metallic materials designed for industrial use, sealing, or insulation purposes.

Class 17 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 17 encompasses rubber, plastic, and insulating products used in various industries. It serves businesses creating materials essential for sealing, insulating, and protecting goods or structures.

Products in this class are integral to industrial and engineering applications.

Practical examples of Class 17

Examples include manufacturers of rubber hoses, producers of plastic sheets, and companies specializing in thermal insulation materials.

What Does Class 17 Include?

Products such as rubber, plastic and insulating material for use in electrical or heating applications of Class 17, are for use in industry, particularly to protect, seal, cushion, and provide other environmental protection required in most industry sectors.

Means of Classes-Products in Class 17

The class comprises rubber materials used for recapping tires, as this extends the life of vehicle tires and offers cost efficiency in transportation and automotive industries. Moreover, floating anti-pollution barriers fall under this class since these are critical in environmental pollution control by holding oil spills and debris in bodies of water.

Class 17 also includes all tapes not used specifically for stationery, medical or household purposes. Most tapes have industrial uses in the manufacture, construction and packaging applications. Plastic film is also not generally designed to be used as wrap or packaging of products, hence plastic film falling under anti-dazzle window film and similar purposes covers glare and visibility of view restrictions.

Also placed in this class are elastic threads and threads of rubber or plastic not for textile use. Miscellaneous articles made of rubber or plastic not provided elsewhere in one of the functional classes include flowers of foam used as supports in floral arrangements, padding and stuffing materials, rubber stoppers, shock-absorbing buffers of rubber, and bags or envelopes of rubber or plastic for packaging. Class 17 covers a wide variety of industrial and protective materials, which are properly classified for rubber, plastic, and insulation-based products.

Trademark Class 17 does not include

While Class 17 includes a broad category of rubber, plastic, and insulating materials, several related products are specifically excluded in this class, falling into other trademark classes. These usually comprise special piping, fire extinguishers, and rubber goods in classes that may define their function or industry application.

For instance, the fire hose falls under Class 9 and not Class 17, because a fire hose is used for firefighting and emergency purposes. Similarly, pipes are classified under various classes depending upon their application: rigid metal pipes under Class 6, non-metallic rigid pipes under Class 19, and pipes forming part of sanitary installations under Class 11, because they constitute plumbing.

Other Exclusions

Some insulation materials are also classified according to their purpose. For example, insulating glass for use in buildings is classified under Class 19, not Class 17. Similarly, many products made from rubber and plastics are classified according to their function rather than the material from which they are made. Gum resins would fall into Class 2, largely because of their use in coatings and adhesives, whereas rubber utilized in dental applications would be under Class 5, since it has a medical application.

The excluded goods include asbestos screens for firefighters since they belong to Class 9, which deals with fire protection. Adhesive rubber patches for inner tube repair fall under Class 12 because of their application in the maintenance of vehicles. Erasers utilized in writing and drawing are placed under Class 16 since they deal with stationery. These exclusions would, therefore, enhance correct classification for businesses on the accurate trademark of goods for legal protection.

Full list of goods or services

170001 — cellulose acetate, semi-processed,
170002 — acrylic resins, semi-processed,
170003 — asbestos safety curtains / safety curtains of asbestos,
170005 — asbestos slate / slate asbestos,
170010 — balata,
170013 — draught excluder strips / weatherstripping,
170014 — padding materials of rubber or plastics / stuffing of rubber or plastics,
170016 — non-conducting materials for retaining heat,
170019 — clack valves of rubber,
170022 — flexible hoses, not of metal,
170023 — insulating materials,
170024 — compositions to prevent the radiation of heat,
170025 — hoses of textile material,
170026 — boiler composition to prevent the radiation of heat,
170031 — cords of rubber,
170032 — cotton wool for packing [caulking],
170033 — cylinder jointings,
170034 — dielectrics [insulators],
170035 — asbestos sheets,
170036 — ebonite,
170037 — bark coverings for sound insulation,
170038 — elastic yarns, other than for textile use / elastic threads, other than for textile use,
170039 — clutch linings,
170040 — caulking materials,
170041 — expansion joint fillers / fillers for expansion joints,
170042 — chemical compositions for sealing leaks,
170043 — gaskets* / joint packings,
170044 — asbestos felt,
170045 — insulating felt,
170048 — brake lining materials, partly processed,
170050 — gutta-percha,
170051 — insulating oil for transformers,
170052 — insulating oils,
170053 — foil of regenerated cellulose, other than for wrapping / sheets of regenerated cellulose, other than for wrapping,
170055 — insulating paper,
170056 — insulating fabrics,
170057 — insulating varnish,
170059 — foils of metal for insulating / metal foil for insulation,
170060 — insulating paints,
170062 — mineral wool [insulator],
170063 — glass wool for insulation,
170064 — latex [rubber],
170065 — canvas hose pipes,
170066 — lute,
170070 — mica, raw or partly processed,
170071 — asbestos paper,
170073 — junctions, not of metal, for pipes,
170074 — connecting hose for vehicle radiators,
170077 — bags [envelopes, pouches] of rubber, for packaging,
170078 — asbestos coverings,
170079 — asbestos fabrics,
170080 — asbestos cloth,
170081 — asbestos packing,
170084 — insulators for railway tracks,
170085 — adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes,
170086 — fittings, not of metal, for compressed air lines,
170087 — asbestos millboards,
170088 — asbestos fibres / asbestos fibers,
170091 — asbestos,
170094 — insulators for cables,
170096 — carbon fibres, other than for textile use / carbon fibers, other than for textile use,
170098 — insulators for electric mains,
170099 — insulators,
170100 — ebonite moulds / ebonite molds,
170101 — packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials of rubber or plastics,
170103 — fibreglass for insulation / fiberglass for insulation / glass fibers for insulation / glass fibres for insulation,
170104 — fibreglass fabrics for insulation / fiberglass fabrics for insulation,
170106 — filtering materials of semi-processed foams of plastic,
170107 — insulating tapes,
170108 — floating anti-pollution barriers,
170110 — insulating plaster,
170112 — foam supports for flower arrangements [semi-finished products],
170113 — liquid rubber,
170115 — anti-glare films for windows [tinted films] / anti-dazzle films for windows [tinted films],
170116 — insulating refractory materials,
170117 — gum, raw or semi-worked,
170118 — duct tapes,
170119 — door stops of rubber,
170121 — fittings, not of metal, for flexible pipes,
170122 — fittings, not of metal, for rigid pipes,
170123 — dock bumpers of rubber,
170124 — filtering materials of semi-processed films of plastic,
170126 — insulating inks,
170127 — acrylic glass, semi-processed,
170128 — organic glass, semi-processed,
170130 — oil seals,
170131 — O-rings,
170132 — non-slip pads of rubber,
170133 — insulating films,
170134 — electromagnetic interference [EMI] shielding films,
170135 — acoustic insulating materials,
170136 — liquid sealants for transmissions,
170137 — electromagnetic wave absorbing sheets,
170138 — hazard warning tapes, adhesive,
170139 — caulking putty.