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.
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.
Extended data:
As of 20 17, the international classification of trademarks * * * includes 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods, services 1 1, and * * includes more than 10000 goods and services. Generally speaking, all the goods and services that an applicant needs are included.
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.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Trademark Classification Table