Trademark Class 31 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 31?

Trademark Class 31 covers raw agricultural products, live animals, and seeds. This class is essential for businesses involved in farming, gardening, and animal husbandry.

Examples include producers of grains, vegetable farmers, and sellers of live animals or seeds for cultivation.

Class 31 focuses on unprocessed goods directly sourced from nature.

What are key features of Class 31?

Key features include raw, unprocessed products, direct sourcing from farms, and items essential for agriculture or cultivation.

Class 31 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 31 includes agricultural products, live animals, and natural plants or seeds. It serves industries that deal with the primary stages of food production, gardening, or animal care.

Businesses in this class often cater to both commercial agriculture and individual consumers.

Practical examples of Class 31

Examples include grain exporters, flower seed suppliers, and sellers of livestock for farming purposes.

What Does Class 31 Include?

Class 31 is a very diverse class of unprocessed agricultural, horticultural, and forestry products, as well as some natural products for consumption, cultivation, or use by animals. The goods in this class are mostly raw materials that have not been substantially processed.

Key Products in Class 31

This class includes raw cereals, which are utilized for foodstuffs, animal feeding, and agriculture. It also encompasses fresh fruits and vegetables, even when subjected to primary processing, such as washing or waxing, if the same products remain in their natural state. Furthermore, plant residue and raw algae fall under this category, since they are applied for various purposes in agriculture, nutrition, and industry.

Other products in Class 31 are unsawn timber, further classified for use in building, carpentry, and joinery, and for furniture making. It also involves fertilized eggs for hatching, as these come under the category of poultry raising and breeding. Fresh mushrooms and truffles are also classified under this class due to their value both in the culinary field and commercially.

This class will also include other animal-related products, like litter, aromatic sand, and sanded paper for pets. Class 31 covers everything from merely raw to natural in order to cover products relating to agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry.

Trademark Class 31 does not include

While Class 31 includes such a broad spectrum of unprocessed agriculture and natural products, some of the items excluded are specifically reserved for other classes of trademarks. The exclusion mainly occurs with regard to those goods which are used medicinally, industrially, or as processed foods rather than being used in their natural state.

For instance, cultures of micro-organisms and leeches for medical purposes fall under Class 5 because they are therapeutic uses but not for agricultural or environmental purposes. Similarly, animal dietary supplements and medicated animal feed fall under Class 5 because they contain medicinal properties and are not simple pet food or raw feed materials.

Other Exclusions

The same exclusion under Class 31 extends to processed and semi-worked materials. Example: Semi-worked woods fall within Class 19 due to treatment on them for construction or manufacturing purposes. Artificial fishing bait, on the other hand, used for recreational or professional purposes of fishing, is classified under Class 28.

Rice also falls under Class 30 because it is a staple food product, and not an unprocessed crop. Tobacco also cannot fit under Class 31 because it forms Class 34 for smoking. With all the exclusions, the classification is proper for business concerns in appropriately registering their goods and protecting their trademarks.

Full list of goods or services

310003 — algae, unprocessed, for human or animal consumption / seaweed, unprocessed, for human or animal consumption,  
310124 — algarovilla for animal consumption,  
310125 — almonds [fruits],  
310148 — aloe vera plants,  
310162 — anchovy, live,  
310052 — animal fattening preparations / livestock fattening preparations,  
310007 — animal foodstuffs,  
310147 — aromatic sand [litter] for pets,  
310161 — arrangements of fresh fruit,  
310153 — artichokes, fresh,  
310131 — bagasses of cane [raw material],  
310095 — barley,  
310054 — beans, fresh,  
310015 — beet, fresh,  
310013 — berries, fresh,  
310142 — beverages for pets,  
310175 — birch sauna whisks,  
310035 — bird food,  
310016 — bran,  
310039 — bran mash for animal consumption,  
310050 — bred stock,  
310166 — buckwheat, unprocessed,  
310129 — by-products of the processing of cereals, for animal consumption / residual products of cereals for animal consumption,  
310173 — cannabis plants,  
310174 — cannabis, unprocessed,  
310179 — catnip,  
310023 — cereal seeds, unprocessed,  
310027 — chestnuts, fresh,  
310029 — chicory roots,  
310030 — chicory, fresh,  
310009 — Christmas trees,  
310002 — citrus fruit, fresh,  
310020 — cocoa beans, raw,  
310033 — coconut shell,  
310034 — coconuts,  
310182 — coffee fruit, unprocessed,  
310040 — copra,  
310133 — crayfish, live,  
310134 — crustaceans, live,  
310037 — cucumbers, fresh,  
310097 — cuttle bone for birds,  
310184 — dates, fresh,  
310048 — distillery waste for animal consumption,  
310031 — dog biscuits,  
310049 — draff,  
310141 — edible chews for animals,  
310170 — edible flowers, fresh,  
310163 — edible insects, live,  
310160 — edible linseed, unprocessed / edible flaxseed, unprocessed,  
310120 — edible sesame, unprocessed,  
310045 — eggs for hatching, fertilized / eggs for hatching, fertilised,  
310143 — fish meal for animal consumption,  
310089 — fish spawn,  
310103 — fish, live,  
310132 — fishing bait, live,  
310079 — flax meal [fodder],  
310091 — flower bulbs / bulbs,  
310056 — flowers, dried, for decoration,  
310055 — flowers, natural,  
310060 — fodder / cattle food / forage,  
310169 — freeze-dried fishing bait,  
310086 — fruit residue [marc] / marc,  
310062 — fruit, fresh,  
310070 — garden herbs, fresh,  
310158 — garlic, fresh,  
310171 — ginger, fresh,  
310066 — grains [cereals],  
310067 — grains for animal consumption,  
310115 — grapes, fresh,  
310069 — groats for poultry,  
310058 — hay,  
310087 — hazelnuts, fresh,  
310177 — hemp seeds, unprocessed,  
310154 — herrings, live,  
310064 — juniper berries,  
310167 — koi carp, live,  
310074 — kola nuts / cola nuts,  
310108 — leeks, fresh,  
310032 — lemons, fresh,  
310076 — lentils, fresh,  
310075 — lettuce, fresh,  
310028 — lime for animal forage,  
310150 — linseed for animal consumption / flaxseed for animal consumption,  
310151 — linseed meal for animal consumption / flaxseed meal for animal consumption,  
310080 — litter for animals,  
310081 — litter peat,  
310006 — live animals,  
310135 — lobsters, live,  
310022 — locust beans, raw,  
310083 — maize cake for cattle,  
310082 — maize,  
310084 — malt for brewing and distilling,  
310102 — mash for fattening livestock,  
310088 — meal for animals,  
310005 — menagerie animals,  
310168 — molluscs, live / mollusks, live,  
310025 — mushroom spawn for propagation,  
310024 — mushrooms, fresh,  
310136 — mussels, live,  
310096 — nettles,  
310004 — nuts, unprocessed,  
310012 — oats,  
310026 — oil cake / cattle cake,  
310093 — olives, fresh,  
310092 — onions, fresh,  
310094 — oranges, fresh,  
310137 — oysters, live,  
310101 — palm trees,  
310100 — palms [leaves of the palm tree],  
310128 — peanut cake for animals,  
310127 — peanut meal for animals,  
310126 — peanuts, fresh,  
310109 — peas, fresh,  
310106 — peppers [plants],  
310138 — pet food,  
310105 — pine cones,  
310071 — plants,  
310107 — plants, dried, for decoration,  
310057 — pollen [raw material],  
310110 — potatoes, fresh,  
310123 — poultry, live,  
310111 — preparations for egg laying poultry,  
310165 — quinoa, unprocessed,  
310036 — rape cake for cattle,  
310139 — raw barks,  
310122 — residue in a still after distillation,  
310116 — rhubarb, fresh,  
310053 — rice meal for forage,  
310144 — rice, unprocessed,  
310114 — roots for animal consumption,  
310117 — rose bushes,  
310078 — rough cork,  
310118 — rye,  
310155 — salmon, live,  
310014 — salt for cattle,  
310181 — sand for pet toilets,  
310146 — sanded paper [litter] for pets,  
310156 — sardines, live,  
310145 — sea-cucumbers, live,  
310065 — seed germ for botanical purposes,  
310072 — seedlings,  
310068 — seeds for planting / plant seeds,  
310041 — shellfish, live,  
310011 — shrubs / bushes,  
310090 — silkworm eggs,  
310119 — silkworms,  
310180 — small spelt, unprocessed,  
310172 — soya beans, fresh,  
310178 — spelt, unprocessed,  
310149 — spinach, fresh,  
310140 — spiny lobsters, live,  
310176 — squash seeds, unprocessed,  
310043 — squashes, fresh,  
310112 — stall food for animals,  
310099 — straw [forage],  
310098 — straw litter,  
310046 — straw mulch,  
310059 — strengthening animal forage,  
310021 — sugarcane,  
310008 — trees,  
310121 — truffles, fresh,  
310010 — trunks of trees,  
310157 — tuna, live,  
310063 — turf, natural / sod,  
310019 — undressed timber,  
310038 — unprocessed hop cones,  
310073 — unprocessed hops,  
310164 — unprocessed sweet corn ears [husked or unhusked],  
310017 — unsawn timber,  
310159 — vegetable marrows, fresh,  
310042 — vegetables, fresh,  
310104 — vine plants,  
310061 — wheat,  
310152 — wheat germ for animal consumption,  
310018 — wood chips for the manufacture of wood pulp,  
310183 — wood shavings for animal bedding,  
310044 — wreaths of natural flowers,  
310077 — yeast for animal consumption.