A trademark is a symbol to distinguish the source of goods or services, and each registered trademark is designated for a certain kind of goods or services. It is precisely for the needs of trademark retrieval, examination and management that some goods with the same attributes are grouped into one category, and all goods and services are divided into 45 categories, forming a trademark classification table-the Classification Table of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration.
Extended data:
First, including classification.
1. Goods and services are arranged in the order of 1-45 according to the classification table arranged by category.
Each category has a category number and a title, and the title of each category summarizes the characteristics and scope of the goods contained in that category. Finally, list all the goods or services included in this category, and each commodity or service has a serial number for easy searching.
In addition, each category has a note explaining what goods this category mainly includes, how to distinguish between this category and related categories of goods, and how to classify marginal goods. This note is of great help to some confusing commodity classification.
2. The other part is an alphabetical list of goods and services.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has published a classification table of goods and services arranged in English and French. Chinese trademark authorities have also compiled and printed a classification table of goods and services arranged in pinyin order. Using this table to look up the categories of general commodities is as convenient as looking up a dictionary.
Second, the development process
In the past, the trademark authorities of various countries formulated their own commodity classification tables according to their national conditions and their understanding of commodities, which were used by the trademark authorities and trademark registration applicants. The commodity classification table is not static. It will be gradually increased and revised with the richness of commodities and people's understanding of commodities.
Since 1923, China has formulated and published five commodity classification tables. By the 1950s, the world economy had developed greatly and international exchanges were more frequent.
Some countries believe that the use of their own commodity classification tables can no longer adapt to the international convergence of trademark affairs, which brings trouble to the registration of trademark owners abroad and is not conducive to the development of trademark cause and economy. The trademark authorities in these countries believe that trademark registration needs an internationally unified commodity classification table. In this case, the Nice Agreement came into being.
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