American trademark registration, like Chinese trademark registration, follows the international classification of goods and services registered by trademarks, that is, the Nice Agreement. There are 45 categories of goods and services registered by trademarks, including 34 categories of goods and 1 1 services. Trademarks used for goods are called commodity trademarks, and trademarks used for services are called service trademarks.
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. If Changhong is mentioned, people will think of color TV. When it comes to Maotai, people will think of wine. When it comes to meglumine, people think of cosmetics and so on. A trademark that exists independently without goods or services does not exist, so when applying for trademark registration, the goods or services and their categories should be clearly stated.
Nice Agreement is an international convention with many countries participating. Its full name is Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration. At present, the international classification * * * includes 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods, services 1 1, and * * * includes more than 10000 goods and services. Generally speaking, the goods and services that applicants need to fill in are among them. Not only all members of the Nice alliance use this classification table, but also non-nice alliance members can use it. At present, 130 countries and regions in the world have adopted this classification table.