Trademark Class 13: Firearms

According to NICE Classification, Trademark Class 13 is opted to register a trademark for firearms, weapons, or firework.

The NICE Classification was established in 1957 by NICE Agreement, and it divides marks into 45 different classes by Goods and Services (Classes 1-34 for Goods and Classes 35-45 for Services). The purpose of these classifications is to allow users to seek trademark a goods or services into classes most appropriate to their business.

TM Class 13 includes firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; and fireworks.

Why Should We Opt For TM Class 13?

You would choose Trademark Class 13 if you were registering any of these types of goods:

• Air pistols (weapons)
• Artillery guns (cannons)
• Cleaning brushes for firearms
• Explosive Cartridges
• Flare pistols
• Gun carriages (artillery)

You would not use Trademark Class 13 if you were registering for:

• Matches (Class 34- Tobacco Products)
• Beverages (Class 33- Alcoholic Beverages)
• Medicines (Class 5- Pharmaceuticals)

Related Classes

A related trademark class is one that is related to another class; this is due to the Indian Trademark Office (ITO) has determined that applicants registering within Class 13 may register in these other classes too.

If you are not sure while choosing Class 13 for your product, you also consider the following “Related Classes”: Class 8- Hand tools and Implements, Class 7- Machines and Machines tools, Class 10- Surgical and Medical Instruments, Class 12- Vehicles and Vehicle Components, and Class 28- Games, Toys and Sporting Games. 

Trademark Registration fees also vary on bases of the Class system. You must pay a separate registration fee for each class of goods and services that you want to register. For instance, if you are going to register a trademark for Pharmaceuticals in Class 5 and Dental Instruments and Apparatus for Class 10, you should pay two separate fees.

It is necessary to choose the correct class at the time of registering a trademark, if you register a trademark in the wrong class, you must start the registration process from the beginning.

List of All Goods Covered Under TM Class 13

• Firearms, air pistols [weapons], ammunition for firearms, artillery guns [cannons], ballistic weapons / ballistic missiles, breeches of firearms, cannons, cartridge cases, cartridge loading apparatus, cartridge pouches, cartridges, cleaning brushes for firearms, apparatus for filling cartridge belts, automatic firearm ammunition belts, firearms, firecrackers, fireworks, firing platforms, flare pistols, gun carriages [artillery], guncotton / pyroxylin, gunpowder, guns [weapons], machine guns, gunstocks / gun stocks, hammers for guns and rifles / hammers for guns / hammers for rifles, hand grenades, harpoon guns [weapons], hunting firearms / sporting firearms, lead shot for hunting, mortars [firearms], motorized weapons, noise-suppressors for guns, pistols [arms], primings [fuses], rifle barrels / gun barrels, rifle cases / gun cases, shoulder straps for weapons / bandoliers for weapons, side arms [firearms], sighting mirrors for guns and rifles / sighting mirrors for guns / sighting mirrors for rifles, sights, other than telescopic sights, for firearms, sights, other than telescopic sights, for artillery, tanks [weapons], tear-gas weapons / tear gas weapons, torpedoes, trigger guards for guns and rifles / trigger guards for rifles, trunnions for heavy weapons.

• Explosive, acetyl-nitrocellulose, ammonium nitrate explosives / nitrate of ammonia explosives, detonating plugs, detonating fuses for explosives / firing lanyards for explosives, detonating caps other than toys / percussion caps other than toys, detonators, dynamite, explosive cartridges, explosive powders, explosives, fog signals, explosive, fuses for explosives, for use in mines, fuses for explosives, mines [explosives], powder horns, pyrophoric substances, pyrotechnic products, revolvers, rifles / carbines, rocket launchers, rockets [projectiles], shells [projectiles], signal rockets.

• Ammunition and Projectiles, ammunition, belts adapted for ammunition, Bengal lights, projectiles [weapons], sprays for personal defence purposes/sprays for personal defence purposes.