Trademark Class 8 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 8?

Trademark Class 8 covers hand-operated tools, cutlery, and gardening equipment. This class is essential for businesses manufacturing or distributing manual tools and accessories.

Examples include producers of hammers, knives, and gardening shovels. Class 8 ensures proper trademark classification for non-powered tools used in various industries and homes.

What are key features of Class 8?

Key features include manually operated tools for tasks like cutting, shaping, and assembling materials.

Class 8 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 8 encompasses a wide range of hand tools and equipment used in industries, homes, and gardens. This class supports businesses providing durable, reliable tools for manual labor.

Products in this class cater to professionals, hobbyists, and households.

Practical examples of Class 8

Examples include manufacturers of kitchen knives, tool brands specializing in screwdrivers, and companies producing pruners for gardening.

What Does Class 8 Include?

Class 8 deals with agricultural tools, instruments used for handicrafts, as well as tools used for personal grooming and domestic chores. Such tools are designed for detailed work, labor, and artistic creation in various fields.

Important Part Of Class 8

This class covers a variety of tools used in hand-operated agriculture, backyard gardening, and landscaping which is needed for tilling, trimming, and other plant care activities. It also covers hand-powered tools utilized by carpenters, sculptors, and other craftsmen including hammers, chisels, and gravers which are vital in woodworking, engraving, and artistry in sculpture.

Handles for hand-operated knives and scythes are also covered within Class 8 for better grip and control. Also included are electric and non-electric tools for personal body grooming and painting such as razors, curling tongs, tattoos machines, manicure and pedicure tools, which are commonly used in the beauty and personal care profession.

In addition, materials of this class also include lever-operated liquid pumps that are common in some industries and households. Also Part of this class are table cutlery such as knives, forks, and spoons irrespective of whether they are made from stainless steel or not.

Trademark Class 8 does not include

Class Eight includes hand tools, cooking utensils, and personal grooming implements. However, some diverse items are left out of this category because they are covered by other trademark classes. These exclusions usually comprise powered implements, certain medical apparatuses, sports equipment, and domestic tools that have a specific classification based on their use.

Surgical Scalpel and Scissors are included in Class Ten as Surgical and Medical Instruments. Correspondingly, RNA sequencing instruments and motorized tool machines also are not included in Class Eight, as they are mechanized and not manually operated. Class Seven accommodates these items as they are akin to machinery and tools.

Further Exclusions

Military weapons and some specific firearms also do not fall under Class Eight. For instance, game ball inflating pumps are classified under Class 28; window frames have been classified under Class 20. Firearms designated side arms are categorized under 13 as they are regarded as weaponry instead of hand tools.

Also, office paper shredders and knifes used for administrative purposes fall under class sixteen and is categorized as office as well as domestic implements. Considered de handle.

Full list of goods or services

080002 — abrading instruments [hand instruments],  
080005 — needle files,  
080006 — leather strops,  
080008 — awls,  
080009 — cutter bars [hand tools],  
080010 — reamers,  
080011 — reamer sockets,  
080012 — extension pieces for braces for screw taps,  
080013 — palette knives,  
080014 — spatulas [hand tools],  
080015 — punch rings [knuckle dusters] / knuckle dusters,  
080016 — bits [parts of hand tools],  
080017 — squares [hand tools],  
080019 — instruments and tools for skinning animals,  
080020 — annular screw plates,  
080021 — bow saws,  
080022 — side arms, other than firearms,  
080023 — nail extractors, hand-operated / nail pullers, hand-operated,  
080024 — lifting jacks, hand-operated,  
080025 — bayonets,  
080026 — beard clippers,  
080028 — hand drills, hand-operated,  
080029 — mortise chisels,  
080030 — holing axes / mortise axes,  
080031 — livestock marking tools / cattle marking tools,  
080033 — cattle shearers,  
080034 — nail drawers [hand tools],  
080036 — pickhammers / bushhammers,  
080037 — sharpening steels / knife steels,  
080038 — riveting hammers [hand tools],  
080039 — paring irons [hand tools],  
080040 — scissors*,  
080042 — tweezers,  
080043 — graving tools [hand tools],  
080044 — pickaxes,  
080045 — caulking irons,  
080046 — penknives,  
080047 — stone hammers,  
080048 — jig-saws,  
080049 — drawing knives,  
080050 — nail punches,  
080051 — fullers [hand tools],  
080052 — fulling tools [hand tools],  
080053 — hunting knives,  
080054 — frames for handsaws,  
080055 — saws [hand tools],  
080056 — lasts [shoemakers' hand tools],  
080058 — curling tongs,  
080059 — table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons] / tableware [knives, forks and spoons],  
080060 — shears*,  
080061 — shear blades,  
080062 — perforating tools [hand tools],  
080063 — tap wrenches,  
080064 — spanners [hand tools] / wrenches [hand tools],  
080065 — ratchets [hand tools],  
080066 — dies [hand tools] / screw stocks [hand tools] / screw-thread cutters [hand tools],  
080067 — borers,  
080068 — whetstone holders,  
080069 — axes,  
080070 — table forks,  
080071 — planes,  
080072 — hand tools, hand-operated,  
080073 — vegetable slicers, hand-operated / vegetable shredders, hand-operated,  
080074 — nail nippers,  
080075 — tube cutters [hand tools],  
080077 — cleavers,  
080078 — cutlery*,  
080079 — fruit pickers [hand tools],  
080080 — spoons*,  
080081 — ladles [hand tools],  
080082 — razor strops,  
080083 — earth rammers [hand tools],  
080084 — stamping-out tools [hand tools] / stamps [hand tools],  
080085 — milling cutters [hand tools],  
080086 — trowels [gardening],  
080087 — trowels,  
080088 — apparatus for destroying plant parasites, hand-operated,  
080089 — glaziers' diamonds [parts of hand tools],  
080090 — expanders [hand tools],  
080091 — stropping instruments,  
080092 — sharpening instruments,  
080093 — blade sharpening instruments,  
080095 — scaling knives,  
080096 — thistle extractors [hand tools],  
080097 — pruning scissors / secateurs,  
080098 — long reach loppers,  
080099 — budding knives,  
080100 — tree pruners,  
080101 — cuticle tweezers / cuticle nippers,  
080102 — hair-removing tweezers,  
080103 — marline spikes,  
080104 — carpenters' augers,  
080105 — embossers [hand tools],  
080106 — pedicure sets,  
080107 — razor cases,  
080108 — hollowing bits [parts of hand tools],  
080109 — rakes [hand tools],  
080110 — shovels [hand tools],  
080111 — spades [hand tools],  
080112 — border shears,  
080113 — scythes,  
080114 — scythe rings,  
080115 — scythe stones / whetstones,  
080116 — irons [non-electric hand tools],  
080117 — goffering irons,  
080118 — polishing irons [glazing tools] / glazing irons,  
080119 — blades for planes,  
080120 — moulding irons / molding irons,  
080121 — crimping irons,  
080122 — branding irons,  
080124 — gimlets [hand tools],  
080125 — sword scabbards,  
080126 — hand implements for hair curling,  
080127 — lawn clippers [hand instruments],  
080128 — ice picks,  
080129 — gouges [hand tools],  
080130 — truncheons / bludgeons / police batons,  
080131 — engraving needles,  
080132 — farriers' knives,  
080133 — paring knives,  
080134 — grafting tools [hand tools],  
080135 — rabbeting planes,  
080136 — vegetable choppers,  
080137 — hatchets,  
080138 — choppers being knives,  
080139 — hoop cutters [hand tools],  
080140 — harpoons*,  
080141 — adzes [tools],  
080142 — mattocks,  
080143 — oyster openers,  
080144 — insecticide vaporizers [hand tools] / insecticide atomizers [hand tools] / insecticide sprayers [hand tools],  
080145 — garden tools, hand-operated,  
080146 — pruning knives,  
080147 — clamps for carpenters or coopers,  
080148 — razor blades,  
080149 — blades [hand tools],  
080150 — blades [weapons],  
080151 — saw blades [parts of hand tools],  
080153 — levers,  
080154 — machetes,  
080155 — mallets [hand instruments],  
080156 — hammers [hand tools],  
080157 — sledgehammers,  
080158 — masons' hammers,  
080159 — chisels*,  
080160 — metal band stretchers [hand tools],
080161 — braiders [hand tools],  
080162 — money scoops,  
080163 — mortars for pounding [hand tools],  
080164 — wick trimmers [scissors],  
080166 — shaving cases,  
080167 — numbering punches,  
080168 — nail files,  
080169 — tin openers, non-electric / can openers, non-electric,  
080171 — picks [hand tools],  
080172 — rammers [hand tools] / pestles for pounding [hand tools],  
080174 — guns [hand tools],  
080175 — centre punches [hand tools] / center punches [hand tools],  
080176 — foundry ladles [hand tools],  
080177 — plane irons,  
080178 — rasps [hand tools],  
080179 — razors, electric or non-electric,  
080180 — pin punches,  
080181 — fire irons,  
080182 — riveters [hand tools],  
080183 — hainault scythes,  
080184 — weeding forks [hand tools],  
080185 — hoes [hand tools],  
080186 — saw holders,  
080187 — hackles [hand tools],  
080188 — bill-hooks,  
080189 — sickles,  
080191 — implements for decanting liquids [hand tools],  
080192 — edge tools [hand tools],  
080193 — taps [hand tools],  
080194 — augers [hand tools],  
080195 — screwdrivers, non-electric,  
080196 — priming irons [hand tools],  
080197 — bits [hand tools],  
080198 — tube cutting instruments,  
080199 — breast drills,  
080200 — agricultural implements, hand-operated,  
080201 — grindstones [hand tools] / sharpening wheels [hand tools],  
080202 — syringes for spraying insecticides,  
080203 — silver plate [knives, forks and spoons],  
080204 — diggers [hand tools],  
080205 — knives*,  
080206 — pliers,  
080207 — pincers* / nippers / tongs*,  
080208 — swords,  
080209 — sabres,  
080211 — rams [hand tools],  
080212 — instruments for punching tickets,  
080213 — nail files, electric,  
080214 — fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric / nail buffers, electric or non-electric,  
080218 — drill holders [hand tools],  
080219 — hair clippers for personal use, electric and non-electric,  
080220 — agricultural forks [hand tools],  
080221 — nail clippers, electric or non-electric,  
080222 — hair clippers for animals [hand instruments],  
080223 — shearers [hand instruments],  
080224 — clothes irons,  
080226 — emery grinding wheels,  
080227 — files [tools],  
080228 — punch pliers [hand tools],  
080229 — punches [hand tools],  
080230 — cutting tools [hand tools],  
080231 — manicure sets,  
080232 — guns, hand-operated, for the extrusion of mastics,  
080234 — ditchers [hand tools],  
080235 — scrapers [hand tools],  
080236 — mincing knives / fleshing knives / meat choppers being knives,  
080237 — scraping tools [hand tools],  
080241 — ear-piercing apparatus,  
080242 — depilation appliances, electric and non-electric,  
080243 — manicure sets, electric,  
080244 — vices / vises,  
080245 — hand pumps*,  
080246 — daggers,  
080247 — tool belts,  
080248 — cheese slicers, non-electric,  
080249 — pizza cutters, non-electric,  
080250 — crow bars,  
080251 — egg slicers, non-electric,  
080252 — eyelash curlers,  
080253 — mitre boxes [hand tools] / miter boxes [hand tools],  
080254 — sand trap rakes,  
080255 — fireplace bellows [hand tools],  
080256 — apparatus for tattooing,  
080257 — emery files,  
080258 — fish tapes [hand tools] / draw wires [hand tools],  
080259 — wire strippers [hand tools],  
080261 — bench vices [hand implements],  
080262 — non-electric caulking guns,  
080263 — metal wire stretchers [hand tools],  
080264 — hobby knives [scalpels],  
080265 — air pumps, hand-operated,  
080266 — ceramic knives,  
080267 — emery boards,  
080268 — ski edge sharpening tools, hand-operated,  
080269 — tattoo needles,  
080270 — spatulas for use by artists,  
080271 — sculptors' chisels,  
080272 — table knives, forks and spoons of plastic,  
080273 — table knives, forks and spoons for babies,  
080274 — scrapers for skis,  
080275 — handles for hand-operated hand tools,  
080276 — knife handles,  
080277 — scythe handles,  
080278 — vegetable spiralizers, hand-operated,  
080279 — vegetable peelers, hand-operated,  
080280 — box cutters,  
080281 — hair braiders, electric,  
080282 — stirring sticks for mixing paint,  
080283 — wine bottle foil cutters, hand-operated,  
080284 — fruit segmenters,  
080285 — fruit corers,  
080286 — kitchen mandolines,  
080287 — meat claws,  
080288 — sterile body piercing instruments,  
080289 — laser hair removal apparatus, other than for medical purposes,  
080290 — emergency hammers,  
080291 — vegetable knives,  
080292 — carving forks,  
080293 — carving knives,  
080294 — multi-tool knives,  
080295 — hand-operated corn cob strippers,  
080296 — hand-operated fruit slicers,  
080297 — food processors, hand-operated,  
080298 — portable handlooms, hand-operated,  
080299 — tube squeezers, hand-operated, other than for household purposes,  
080300 — hair straightening irons,  
080301 — fruit pitters, hand-operated,  
080302 — tool vests.