Trademark Class 25 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 25?

Trademark Class 25 covers goods related to clothing, footwear, and headgear. This class is essential for businesses in the fashion and apparel industries.

Examples include casual wear manufacturers, shoe designers, and producers of hats or other headgear.

Class 25 ensures proper trademark classification for goods catering to style and comfort.

What are key features of Class 25?

Key features include garments, shoes, and accessories designed for everyday wear, sports, or special occasions.

Class 25 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 25 encompasses apparel, footwear, and headgear intended for protection, functionality, or style. It serves businesses ranging from high-fashion brands to manufacturers of everyday clothing.

Products in this class cater to individuals of all ages and styles.

Practical examples of Class 25

Examples include sportswear companies, luxury shoe brands, and hat designers.

What Does Class 25 Include?

Class 25 basically classifies clothing, footwear, and headwear worn for wear, sport, and ceremonial. Accessories and parts of clothing can be useful to comfort, fashion, or utility.

Key Products in Class 25

It consists among others of things like: cuffs, pockets, linings ready for insertion, heels, heelpieces, cap peaks or hat frames in general in view of their important functions, both in making and ornamenting different types of garments and various accessories.

Class 25 also comprises sportswear and special athletic footwear, such as ski gloves, sports singlets, cyclists' clothing, and martial arts uniforms, including those of judo and karate. It also covers special athletic footwear, including football shoes, gymnastic shoes, and ski boots. These commodities are manufactured for efficiency in performance and protection during different kinds of physical activities.

Other examples that are normally included within this class include masquerade costumes, paper clothing, and paper hats for wear. The class also includes practical items such as non-paper bibs, handkerchiefs, and footmuffs, excluding electrically heated, to keep out the cold during colder months of the year. With so many different apparel and accessories, Class 25 provides adequate trademark classification for fashion and clothing.

Trademark Class 25 does not include

Although the main focus of Class 25 involves clothing, footwear, and headgear, many goods apparently falling within its class are outside the scope, their classification lying with other classes. These usually exclude special protective gear, hardware, and non-wearable accessories.

For example, small hardware goods in shoemaking, namely metal and nonmetal shoe pegs and dowels, are not in Class 25 but in Class 6 and Class 20, respectively. Similarly, haberdashery accessories and fastenings such as clasps, buckles, zip, ribbons, hatbands, and trimmings of hats and shoes fall within Class 26 because they are of an ornamental or affixing nature and are not separate articles of clothing in themselves.

More Exclusions

Certain types of clothing, footwear, and headwear designed for specific purposes are also excluded. Protective helmets (including sports helmets) and fire-resistant clothing are categorized under Class 9, while operating room apparel and orthopedic footwear belong to Class 10. Additionally, sports equipment essential for specific activities, such as baseball gloves, boxing gloves, and ice skates, fall under Class 28 rather than Class 25.

Other exclusions are electrically heated clothing and footmuffs, which fall under Class 11. The fitted footmuffs for pushchairs and prams come under Class 12, since they are accessories for transportation, rather than apparel. Excluded are those made of paper, such as bibs, handkerchiefs, and paper party hats, which are all classified as falling under Class 16, Class 16 and Class 24 and Class 28 respectively. Clothing for animals is listed under Class 18 and carnival masks with dolls' clothes are listed under Class 28. The small changes in categorizing them are useful for any company in correctly placing their product into a category and then seeking trademark protection.

Full list of goods or services

250192 — adhesive bras / adhesive brassieres,  
250174 — albs,  
250175 — ankle boots,  
250096 — aprons [clothing],  
250157 — ascots,  
250058 — babies' pants [underwear],  
250148 — bandanas [neckerchiefs],  
250127 — bath robes,  
250004 — bath sandals,  
250005 — bath slippers,  
250124 — bathing caps,  
250126 — bathing suits / swimsuits,  
250125 — bathing trunks / bathing drawers,  
250104 — beach clothes,  
250105 — beach shoes,  
250031 — belts [clothing],  
250009 — berets,  
250128 — bibs, not of paper,  
250182 — bibs, sleeved, not of paper,  
250011 — boas [necklets],  
250025 — bodices [lingerie],  
250040 — boot uppers,  
250141 — boots for sports,  
250014 — boots*,  
250023 — boxer shorts,  
250018 — braces [suspenders] for clothing / suspenders [braces] for clothing,  
250114 — brassieres,  
250063 — breeches for wear,  
250022 — camisoles,  
250030 — cap peaks,  
250012 — caps being headwear,  
250035 — chasubles,  
250200 — clothing authenticated by non-fungible tokens [NFTs],  
250183 — clothing containing slimming substances,  
250149 — clothing for gymnastics,  
250190 — clothing incorporating LEDs,  
250150 — clothing of imitations of leather,  
250151 — clothing of leather,  
250045 — clothing*,  
250086 — coats,  
250020 — collars [clothing],  
250055 — corselets,  
250078 — corsets [underclothing],  
250095 — cuffs / wristbands [clothing],  
250196 — cycling gloves,  
250065 — cyclists' clothing,  
250050 — detachable collars,  
250017 — dress shields,  
250109 — dresses,  
250033 — dressing gowns,  
250197 — driving gloves,  
250059 — ear muffs [clothing],  
250184 — embroidered clothing,  
250073 — espadrilles,  
250195 — face coverings [clothing], not for medical or sanitary purposes / face masks [clothing], not for medical or sanitary purposes,  
250099 — fingerless gloves,  
250159 — fishing vests,  
250048 — fittings of metal for footwear,  
250075 — football shoes / football boots,  
250133 — footmuffs, not electrically heated,  
250061 — footwear uppers,  
250003 — footwear*,  
250074 — fur stoles,  
250049 — furs [clothing],  
250077 — gabardines [clothing],  
250083 — gaiter straps,  
250062 — gaiters,  
250080 — galoshes / goloshes,  
250038 — garters,  
250079 — girdles,  
250067 — gloves [clothing],  
250085 — gymnastic shoes,  
250177 — hairdressing capes,  
250015 — half-boots,  
250199 — hanbok,  
250028 — hat frames [skeletons],  
250046 — hats,  
250142 — headbands [clothing],  
250191 — headscarves / headscarfs,  
250186 — headwear,  
250185 — heel protectors for shoes,  
250116 — heelpieces for footwear,  
250008 — heelpieces for stockings,  
250131 — heels,  
250027 — hoods [clothing],  
250013 — hosiery,  
250041 — inner soles,  
250121 — jackets [clothing],  
250089 — jerseys [clothing],  
250169 — jumper dresses / pinafore dresses,  
250181 — kimonos,  
250171 — knickers* / panties*,  
250071 — knitwear [clothing],  
250188 — latex clothing,  
250092 — layettes [clothing],  
250088 — leggings [leg warmers] / leg warmers,  
250168 — leggings [trousers],  
250180 — leotards,  
250093 — liveries,  
250098 — maniples,  
250152 — mantillas,  
250179 — martial arts uniforms,  
250153 — masquerade costumes,  
250204 — medical uniforms, other than for operating rooms,  
250100 — mitres [hats] / miters [hats],  
250187 — mittens,  
250160 — money belts [clothing],  
250002 — motorists' clothing,  
250205 — mountaineering gloves,  
250097 — muffs [clothing],  
250021 — neck tube scarves / neck gaiters,  
250060 — neckties,  
250201 — nipple pasties being underclothing,  
250001 — non-slipping devices for footwear,  
250066 — outerclothing,  
250010 — overalls / smocks,  
250115 — overcoats / topcoats,  
250122 — paper clothing,  
250162 — paper hats [clothing],  
250143 — parkas,  
250102 — pelerines,  
250103 — pelisses,  
250144 — petticoats,  
250161 — pocket squares,  
250106 — pockets for clothing,  
250165 — ponchos,  
250108 — pyjamas / pajamas,  
250189 — rash guards,  
250057 — ready-made clothing,  
250068 — ready-made linings [parts of clothing],  
250111 — sandals,  
250154 — saris,  
250166 — sarongs,  
250070 — sashes for wear,  
250069 — scarves / scarfs,  
250032 — shawls,  
250043 — shirt fronts,  
250072 — shirt yokes,  
250042 — shirts,  
250130 — shoes*,  
250044 — short-sleeve shirts,  
250158 — shower caps,  
250145 — ski boots,  
250167 — ski gloves,  
250090 — skirts,  
250164 — skorts,  
250024 — skull caps,  
250163 — sleep masks,  
250101 — slippers,  
250146 — slips [underclothing],  
250203 — smart clothing,  
250037 — sock suspenders,  
250036 — socks*,  
250129 — soles for footwear,  
250193 — spats,  
250094 — sports jerseys,  
250132 — sports shoes,  
250172 — sports singlets,  
250198 — sportswear incorporating digital sensors,  
250039 — stocking suspenders,  
250006 — stockings*,  
250202 — straps for bras,  
250134 — studs for football shoes / studs for football boots,  
250120 — stuff jackets [clothing],  
250056 — suits*,  
250176 — sweat-absorbent socks,  
250007 — sweat-absorbent stockings,  
250054 — sweat-absorbent underwear / sweat-absorbent underclothing,  
250034 — sweaters / jumpers [pullovers] / pullovers,  
250147 — teddies [underclothing] / bodies [underclothing],  
250155 — tee-shirts,  
250194 — thermal gloves for touchscreen devices,  
250051 — tights,  
250016 — tips for footwear,  
250117 — togas,  
250076 — top hats,  
250064 — trousers / pants (Am.),  
250156 — turbans,  
250112 — underpants,  
250026 — underwear / underclothing,  
250119 — uniforms,  
250173 — valenki [felted boots],  
250123 — veils [clothing],  
250170 — visors being headwear,  
250082 — waistcoats* / vests*,  
250087 — waterproof clothing,  
250118 — welts for footwear,  
250084 — wimples,  
250110 — wooden shoes.