The International Trademark Classification*** includes 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. It contains more than 10,000 goods and services. The goods and services that applicants need to report are generally included. This classification is used not only by all Nice Union member states, but also by non-Nice Union member states. The difference is that members of the Nice Union can participate in the revision of the classification list, while non-member states have no right to participate.

The Nice Classification consists of two parts, one is a classification of goods and services arranged by category, and the other is a classification of goods and services arranged in alphabetical order.

1. The classification table arranged by category arranges the goods and services in the order of categories 1-45. Each category has a category number and title. The title of each category summarizes the characteristics and scope of the goods included in this category. Finally, it lists all the goods or services included in this category. Each product or service has a sequence number. Easy to find.

In addition, each category has an annotation, which explains what products this category mainly includes, how this category is distinguished from related categories of products, and how to classify marginal products. This annotation explains the classification of some easily confused products. The category of the item helps a lot.

2. The other part is a classification list of goods and services arranged in alphabetical order. The World Intellectual Property Organization publishes a classification list of goods and services in English and French order. The Chinese trademark authority has also compiled and printed a classification table of goods and services arranged in Chinese pinyin order. Using this table to look up general product categories is as easy as looking up a dictionary.

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Development process

In the past, the trademark authorities of each country formulated their own product classifications based on their national conditions and understanding of the products. Table for use by trademark authorities and trademark registration applicants. The product classification list is not static. It will be gradually increased and revised with the enrichment 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 achieved greater development and international exchanges had become more frequent. Some countries believe that the use of their own commodity classification schedules cannot adapt to international connections on trademark matters, causing trouble for trademark owners to register abroad, and is not conducive to the development of the trademark industry and economic development.

The trademark authorities of these countries believe that there is a need for an internationally unified commodity classification table for trademark registration. In this case the Nice Agreement was born.

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