Trademark Class 26 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 26?

Trademark Class 26 covers a variety of items used in sewing, crafting, and personal decoration. This includes small haberdashery items, hair accessories, and decorative trimmings for textiles.

Examples include buttons, lace, and hairbands. Businesses in this class serve markets in sewing, fashion, and crafts.

Class 26 ensures proper trademark classification for small but essential decorative and functional items.

What are key features of Class 26?

Key features include products designed for craftwork, personal styling, and textile embellishment.

Class 26 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 26 includes goods like haberdashery, hair accessories, and decorative trimmings. It caters to industries involved in fashion design, sewing, and craft production.

Products in this class are often small but play a significant role in aesthetics and functionality.

Practical examples of Class 26

Examples include manufacturers of zippers, producers of ribbons, and companies specializing in hairbands or barrettes.

What Does Class 26 Include?

Class 26 is primarily made up of articles of ornamentation, decorative items, and items for fastening. Items grouped under class 26 include hair ornaments, charms other than jewelry, and other haberdashery accessories.

Key Products in Class 26

This class includes, but is not limited to wigs, toupees and false beards for cosmetic or theatrical purposes; also a large assortment of hair accessories, which are barrettes, hair bands, and hair nets and ribbons, and bows from all types of materials whether haberdashery or for use as hair ornamentation.

Other examples of goods in this class are used to ornament packages, such as ribbons and bows, other than of paper. Buckles and zippers for use with wearing apparel and accessories are also classified in Class 26 since they can serve the dual purpose of functional and ornamental.

The items included in this class also encompass charms of all kinds that are not particularly defined as jewelry, key rings or key chains. Artificial Christmas garlands and wreaths, also those with lights on them are classified under Class 26. Other possible class inclusions comprise some of hair curling items like electric or non-electric curlers-excluding hand implements; curling pins; curling paper. Class 26 encompasses a diverse array of styling and decorative-type accessories.

Trademark Class 26 does not include

Whereas Class 26 covers many hair accessories, fasteners, and ornamental goods, some related goods are specifically excluded from this class due to their classification in other trademark classes. The primary exclusions include beauty goods, special instruments, and materials that are characterized by a specific function.

For instance, false eyelashes fall under Class 3, not Class 26, because they are considered cosmetic and beauty products. Similarly, hooks, whether of metal, Class 6, or of non-metal material, including curtain hooks, Class 20, are also classified separately because these are for hardware and furnishing, not for decorative and styling purposes.

More Exclusions

Class 26 also excludes other needles, as a function. Tattoo needles are in Class 8, and needles for surveying compasses are in Class 9; medical needles in Class 10, and for inflating sporting balls in Class 28. Also, hand instruments for curling hair, namely, tongs and for curling eyelashes are in Class 8, while artificial hair for surgical purposes is in Class 10.

Other decorative and functional items are also categorized separately. Jewelry charms, charms for key rings or key chains are classified under Class 14. Paper ribbons and bows not for haberdashery or hair decoration are classified under Class 16, and ribbons for rhythmic gymnastics fall under Class 28. Similarly, yarns and threads for use in textiles are classified under Class 23, while artificial Christmas trees are found under Class 28. This is necessary to ensure proper categorization, thus allowing business people to correctly register their products in the right trademark class.

Full list of goods or services

260128 — appliqués [haberdashery],  
260135 — artificial Christmas garlands,  
260136 — artificial Christmas garlands incorporating lights,  
260137 — artificial Christmas wreaths,  
260138 — artificial Christmas wreaths incorporating lights,  
260059 — artificial flowers,  
260061 — artificial fruit,  
260065 — artificial garlands,  
260129 — artificial plants, other than Christmas trees,  
260101 — badges for wear, not of precious metal,  
260123 — beads, other than for making jewellery / beads, other than for making jewelry,  
260031 — belt clasps,  
260006 — binding needles,  
260074 — birds' feathers [clothing accessories],  
260048 — blouse fasteners / dress body fasteners,  
260124 — bobbins for retaining embroidery floss or wool [not parts of machines],  
260090 — bodkins,  
260114 — bows for the hair,  
260092 — boxes for needles,  
260154 — bra extenders,  
260155 — bra strap extenders,  
260062 — braids,  
260024 — brassards / arm bands [clothing accessories],  
260144 — breast lift tapes,  
260027 — brooches [clothing accessories],  
260097 — buckles [clothing accessories],  
260147 — buckles for bags,  
260021 — buttons*,  
260133 — charms, other than for jewellery, key rings or key chains / charms, other than for jewelry, key rings or key chains,  
260037 — chenille [passementerie],  
260148 — clasps for bags,  
260152 — clasps for coin purses,  
260046 — collar supports,  
260112 — competitors' numbers,  
260047 — cords for clothing,  
260096 — cords for trimming,  
260012 — corset busks / whalebones for corsets,  
260051 — crochet hooks / crochet needles,  
260020 — darning lasts,  
260007 — darning needles,  
260038 — decorative articles for the hair,  
260151 — decorative charms for mobile telephones / decorative charms for cell phones,  
260018 — edgings for clothing,  
260095 — elastic ribbons,  
260028 — embroidery / fancy goods [embroidery],  
260132 — embroidery needles,  
260131 — entomological pins,  
260023 — expanding bands for holding sleeves,  
260073 — eyelets for clothing,  
260014 — false beards,  
260043 — false hair,  
260056 — false hems,  
260072 — false moustaches,  
260010 — fastenings for clothing,  
260026 — fastenings for suspenders / fastenings for braces,  
260082 — feathers [clothing accessories],  
260057 — festoons [embroidery],  
260146 — fittings for lingerie [haberdashery],  
260066 — frills [lacework],  
260086 — frills for clothing,  
260060 — fringes,  
260094 — gold embroidery,  
260070 — haberdashery [dressmakers' articles]*, except thread,  
260142 — haberdashery bows,  
260076 — haberdashery ribbons,  
260013 — hair bands,  
260040 — hair barrettes / hair slides,  
260115 — hair colouring caps / hair coloring caps,  
260127 — hair curlers, electric and non-electric, other than hand implements,  
260121 — hair curling papers,  
260039 — hair curling pins,  
260125 — hair extensions,  
260015 — hair grips / bobby pins,  
260042 — hair nets,  
260041 — hair pins,  
260143 — hat pins, other than jewellery / hatpins, other than jewelry,  
260016 — hat trimmings,  
260139 — hatbands / hat bands,  
260111 — heat adhesive patches for decoration of textile articles [haberdashery],  
260081 — heat adhesive patches for repairing textile articles,  
260116 — hook and pile fastening tapes,  
260052 — hooks [haberdashery],  
260098 — hooks for corsets,  
260126 — human hair,  
260153 — knitting kits,  
260009 — knitting needles,  
260019 — lace for edgings,  
260068 — lace trimmings / passementerie,  
260150 — lanyard cords for clothing,  
260069 — letters for marking linen,  
260145 — lingerie tapes,  
260071 — mica spangles,  
260091 — needle cases,  
260078 — needle cushions,  
260134 — needle-threaders,  
260002 — needles*,  
260045 — numerals for marking linen,  
260113 — ornamental novelty badges [buttons],  
260011 — ostrich feathers [clothing accessories],  
260080 — picot [lace],  
260055 — pin cushions,  
260156 — pinback buttons,  
260100 — pins, other than jewellery / pins, other than jewelry,  
260044 — plaited hair / tresses of hair,  
260117 — prize ribbons,  
260141 — ribbons and bows, not of paper, for gift wrapping,  
260140 — ribbons for the hair,  
260085 — rosettes [haberdashery],  
260122 — rug hooks,  
260008 — saddlers' needles,  
260049 — sewing boxes,  
260130 — sewing kits,  
260004 — sewing needles,  
260050 — sewing thimbles,  
260088 — shoe buckles,  
260036 — shoe eyelets,  
260001 — shoe fasteners,  
260033 — shoe hooks,  
260034 — shoe laces,  
260035 — shoe trimmings,  
260003 — shoemakers' needles,  
260118 — shoulder pads for clothing,  
260058 — shuttles for making fishing nets,  
260093 — silver embroidery,  
260084 — skirt flounces,  
260022 — snap fasteners,  
260077 — spangles for clothing,  
260120 — tapes for curtain headings,  
260063 — tassels [haberdashery],  
260083 — top-knots [pompoms],  
260089 — toupees,  
260157 — tracing wheels,  
260064 — trimmings for clothing,  
260119 — trouser clips for cyclists,  
260149 — underwires for brassieres,  
260079 — wigs,  
260067 — woollen laces,  
260099 — wreaths of artificial flowers,  
260053 — zip fasteners / slide fasteners [zippers] / zippers,  
260087 — zippers for bags / zip fasteners for bags.