Trademark Class 22 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 22?

Trademark Class 22 covers ropes, nets, awnings, and raw fibers. This class is essential for businesses producing materials used in industrial, agricultural, and recreational applications.

Examples include climbing rope manufacturers, fishing net producers, and companies specializing in natural textile fibers.

Class 22 ensures proper trademark classification for foundational materials and utility products.

What are key features of Class 22?

Key features include durable materials designed for binding, lifting, or covering, and raw fibers for textile production.

Class 22 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 22 encompasses raw materials and utility products such as ropes, nets, and textile fibers. It serves industries involved in construction, agriculture, shipping, and textiles.

Products in this class are vital for both industrial use and consumer applications.

Practical examples of Class 22

Examples include producers of cargo nets, natural fiber suppliers, and companies manufacturing ropes for outdoor activities.

What Does Class 22 Include?

The major products grouped under Class 22 include various articles made of ropes, sacks and bags not of special use, and raw materials of textile and animal fibers. These materials find wide applications across packaging, agriculture, transportation, and textile manufacturing industries.

Main Trademarks in Class 22

This class includes cords and twines made from natural or artificial textile fibers, paper, or plastics. These materials are used for a wide range of applications from industrial binding to household and decorative uses. Also included in this class are commercial fishing nets, hammocks and rope ladders since their utility depends primarily upon the woven or knotted rope structure.

Class 22 incorporates tarpaulins or non-fitted covers for protection of a vehicle from the atmospheric elements; different non-specified type sacks, for instance, sacks made out of mesh fabric employed as washing pouches; body bags and pouches that would contain letter carriers and first class letters and also items utilized at places such as retail grocery outlets for moving small packages in end.

Other inclusions are textile-based packaging bags and raw textile fibers. Animal fibers include products such as wool, raw silk, jute, and animal hair, in addition to cocoons for silk. Given the wide range of fiber-based and rope-related products that this class covers, Class 22 provides the appropriate classification for trademark protection across industries utilizing textile, rope, and netting materials.

Trademark Class 22 does not include

While Class 22 covers a wide range of goods in ropes, nets, and textile fibers, some goods in the same category have been excluded and classified under other classes. These are mainly materials whose raw materials are not textile, nets with special functions, and packaging classified according to their material composition.

For example, metal cables fall under Class 6, not Class 22, because they are used for building, industrial, and heavy-duty purposes rather than textile-based applications. Likewise, strings for musical instruments fall under Class 15, and strings for sports rackets fall under Class 28, because they are used in specialized applications rather than for general rope or cord purposes.

Other Exclusions

Certain padding and stuffing materials are also excluded from Class 22 based on their composition. Materials of paper or cardboard fall within Class 16, while padding of rubber or plastics falls within Class 17. Also, many nets and bags fall within other classes in accordance with their use rather than in Class 22. Safety nets are classified under Class 9, while luggage nets for vehicles are categorized under Class 12; garment bags used to carry clothing while traveling fall under Class 18, and hair nets under Class 26. Sports-type nets and bags, such as golf bags and sports nets, are classified under Class 28.

Further excluded from Class 22 are packaging bags not of textile. Such packaging bags fall into classification based on their material: packaging bags of paper or plastic fall under Class 16, rubber packaging bags under Class 17, and leather packaging bags under Class 18. These exclusions will make certain that the business correctly classifies its products to ensure proper trademark registration and protection.

Full list of goods or services

220113 — animal feeding nets,  
220065 — animal hair,  
220102 — awnings of synthetic materials,  
220058 — awnings of textile,  
220069 — bags [envelopes, pouches] of textile, for packaging,  
220086 — binding thread, not of metal, for agricultural purposes,  
220112 — bindings, not of metal,  
220117 — bivouac sacks being shelters,  
220107 — body bags,  
220081 — braces, not of metal, for handling loads / harness, not of metal, for handling loads,  
220001 — brattice cloth,  
220084 — cables, not of metal,  
220012 — camel hair,  
220122 — camping swags,  
220110 — canvas for sails,  
220103 — car towing ropes,  
220087 — carbon fibres for textile use / carbon fibers for textile use,  
220051 — carded wool,  
220116 — cloth bags specially adapted for the storage of diapers,  
220018 — coconut fibre / coconut fiber,  
220019 — cocoons,  
220052 — combed wool,  
220011 — commercial fishing nets,  
220089 — cords for hanging pictures,  
220026 — cotton tow,  
220090 — cotton waste [flock] for padding and stuffing,  
220085 — covers for camouflage,  
220028 — down [feathers],  
220115 — dust sheets / drop cloths,  
220029 — eiderdown,  
220070 — esparto grass,  
220057 — feathers for bedding,  
220064 — feathers for stuffing upholstery,  
220072 — fleece wool,  
220007 — flock [stuffing],  
220093 — glass fibres for textile use / glass fibers for textile use,  
220044 — grasses for upholstering,  
220043 — hammocks,  
220015 — hemp bands,  
220013 — hemp fibres / hemp fibers,  
220027 — horsehair*,  
220046 — jute,  
220047 — kapok,  
220045 — ladder tapes for jalousies / webbing for jalousies,  
220118 — laundry bags,  
220054 — liber,  
220101 — linters,  
220104 — mail bags,  
220106 — mesh bags for washing laundry,  
220109 — net pens for fish farming,  
220009 — nets for camouflage,  
220094 — nets*,  
220121 — netting for protection against birds and insects,  
220111 — outdoor blinds of textile,  
220031 — packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard,  
220091 — packing rope,  
220032 — packing string,  
220030 — padding materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard / stuffing, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard,  
220114 — pig bristles*,  
220092 — plastic fibres for textile use / plastic fibers for textile use,  
220108 — purse seines,  
220067 — raffia,  
220066 — ramie fibre / ramie fiber,  
220025 — raw cotton,  
220010 — raw fibrous textile,  
220056 — raw linen [flax],  
220050 — raw or treated wool,  
220008 — raw silk,  
220123 — rockfall prevention nets, not of metal,  
220023 — rope ladders,  
220020 — ropes, not of metal,  
220021 — ropes*,  
220068 — sacks for the transport and storage of materials in bulk,  
220036 — sail gaskets,  
220059 — sails,  
220105 — sails for snowkiting / sails for kite skiing,  
220088 — sash cords,  
220006 — sawdust,  
220016 — schappe [raw silk waste] / silk waste,  
220074 — seaweed for stuffing,  
220042 — sheaf-binding yarns,  
220073 — shorn wool,  
220040 — silk flock,  
220077 — sisal,  
220083 — slings, not of metal, for handling loads,  
220048 — snares [nets],  
220120 — soy foam for padding and stuffing,  
220124 — spun polyester fibre for textile use / spun polyester fiber for textile use,  
220082 — straps, not of metal, for handling loads / belts, not of metal, for handling loads,  
220062 — straw for stuffing upholstery,  
220080 — straw wrappers for bottles / bottle envelopes of straw / packing, of straw, for bottles,  
220035 — string,  
220003 — strips for tying-up vines,  
220002 — tarpaulins*,  
220071 — tents*,  
220076 — textile fibres / textile fibers,  
220079 — thread, not of metal, for wrapping or binding,  
220014 — tow,  
220039 — twine for nets,  
220038 — twine made of paper,  
220033 — upholstery wool [stuffing],  
220075 — vehicle covers, not fitted,  
220037 — vitreous silica fibres for textile use / vitreous silica fibers for textile use,  
220060 — wadding for filtering,  
220061 — wadding for padding and stuffing upholstery,  
220055 — wax ends,  
220022 — whipcord,  
220004 — wood shavings for stuffing,  
220005 — wood wool,  
220041 — wool flock,  
220078 — wrapping or binding bands, not of metal,  
220119 — zip ties, not of metal / cable ties, not of metal.