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Trademark Class 33 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

01/20/2025
Trademark Class 33 of Nice Classification — the complete guide

Trademark Class 33 of Nice Classification — the complete guide

Table: Main Services in Class 33

ServiceDescriptionExample
Alcoholic beveragesProduction and sale of alcoholic drinksWine, whiskey, and vodka
Distilled spiritsAlcoholic beverages made through distillationBrandy, gin, and rum
LiqueursSweetened and flavored alcoholic beveragesBaileys, Amaretto

What is Trademark Class 33?

Trademark Class 33 covers alcoholic beverages, excluding beers. This class is essential for businesses involved in the production, distribution, and sale of spirits, wines, and liqueurs.

Examples include wineries, distilleries, and producers of specialty liqueurs and spirits.

This class ensures that trademarks related to alcoholic beverages are properly categorized and protected.

What are key features of Class 33?

Key features include the manufacture and branding of alcoholic beverages, such as spirits, fortified wines, and distilled liqueurs.

Class 33 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 33 encompasses alcoholic drinks other than beer. This class supports the branding and marketing of products like whiskey, vodka, and tequila, as well as flavored liqueurs.

Businesses in this category range from artisanal distilleries to global producers of alcoholic beverages.

Practical examples of Class 33

Examples include champagne producers, craft gin distilleries, and rum manufacturers.

What Does Class 33 Include?

Class 33 mainly consists of alcoholic beverages, which is a wide category of products consumed for recreational and social purposes. This class includes fermented and distilled drinks that represent different tastes and traditions from all over the world.

Key Products in Class 33

It covers the class of wines, fortified wines, which are widely produced and consumed across regions. It also looks at alcoholic ciders and perry-that is, fermented drinks of apples and pears, respectively. These drinks present alternative options to the conventional grape wines.

Class 33 spirits and liqueurs are an alcoholic beverage category including distilled spirits. Examples of spirits include whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, and flavored liquors. These vary in strength and taste and can be consumed on their own or used to make cocktails.

Class 33 will include everything from alcoholic essences to fruit extracts, as well as bitters, which are usually used in the flavor enhancement of beverages or cocktails. The wide variety of alcoholic drinks covered under this class ensures that their various extracts also fall into the category, making them eligible for trademark protection.

Trademark Class 33 does not include

Class 33 covers a wide range of alcoholic beverages; however, some drinks and related products are specifically excluded from this class and fall under different trademark classes. These exclusions help make a distinction between alcoholic drinks and non-alcoholic or medicinal beverages.

For example, Class 33 does not include medicinal beverages because they are classified under Class 5. These are therapeutic or pharmaceutical preparations rather than being for recreation. De-alcoholised beverages, having undergone treatment to remove alcohol, are also classified under Class 32 because they become non-alcoholic unlike the typical alcoholic beverages.

Other Exclusions

Beers are alcoholic beverages, but Beers belong to Class 32 and not Class 33. That is the distinguishing mark between malt beverages  and wines, spirits, and liqueurs. Non-alcoholic mixers for making alcoholic beverages, such as soft drinks and soda water, will also fall under Class 32 since they themselves are not alcoholic beverages.

Actually, these exclusions are what allow proper classification of each product type to enable business people to apply for their trademarks correctly and in accord with international classification standards.

Full list of goods or services

330031 — alcoholic beverages containing fruit,  
330026 — alcoholic beverages, except beer,  
330024 — alcoholic essences,  
330025 — alcoholic extracts,  
330041 — alcoholic seltzers,  
330004 — anise [liqueur],  
330005 — anisette [liqueur],  
330006 — aperitifs*,  
330007 — arrack [arak] / arak [arrack],  
330003 — bitters,  
330019 — brandy,  
330009 — cider,  
330010 — cocktails,  
330011 — curacao,  
330012 — digestifs [liqueurs and spirits],  
330008 — distilled beverages,  
330042 — flavoured brewed alcoholic malt beverages, except beers / flavored brewed alcoholic malt beverages, except beers,  
330002 — fruit extracts, alcoholic,  
330014 — gin,  
330037 — grain-based distilled alcoholic beverages,  
330016 — hydromel [mead] / mead [hydromel],  
330017 — kirsch,  
330015 — liqueurs,  
330040 — makkoli,  
330001 — peppermint liqueurs,  
330021 — perry,  
330020 — piquette,  
330035 — pre-mixed alcoholic beverages, other than beer-based,  
330032 — rice alcohol,  
330043 — rice wine,  
330033 — rum,  
330022 — sake,  
330039 — soju,  
330018 — spirits [beverages],  
330036 — sugarcane-based alcoholic beverages,  
330034 — vodka,  
330023 — whisky,  
330013 — wine,  
330038 — wine-based beverages.

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