Trademark Class 14: Precious Metals

According to NICE Classification, Trademark Class 14 is opted to register a trademark for jewellery or other precious metals.

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 goods or services into classes most appropriate to their business.

TM Class 14 includes mainly precious metals, goods in precious metals not included in other classes and, in general jewellery, clocks and watches. It also includes precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated, not included in other classes; jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments. 

Why Should We Opt For TM Class 14?

You would choose Trademark Class 14 if you were registering any of these types of goods:

• Jewellery (i.e., imitation jewellery and jewellery of precious metals and stones)
• Cufflinks, tie pins

You would not use Trademark Class 14 if you were registering for:

• Goods in precious metals classified according to their function or purpose, for example, metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists (class 2 - paints)
• The amalgam of gold for dentists (class 5 - pharmaceuticals)
• Cutlery (class 8 - hand tools)
• Electric contacts (class 9 - computers and scientific devices)
• Pen nibs of gold (class 16 - paper goods)
• Teapots (class 21 - household utensils)
• Gold and silver embroidery (class 26 - lace and embroidery)
• Cigar boxes (class 34 - tobacco products)

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 14 may register in these other classes too.

If you are not sure while choosing Class 14 for your product, you also consider the following “Related Classes”: Class 1- Chemicals, Class 6- Common Metals and Alloys, Class 20- Furniture and Plastic Goods, Class 26- Lace, Button and Embroidery, and Class 36- Insurance and Financial Services.

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 14

• Precious metals and stones, agates, alloys of precious metal, badges of precious metal, boxes of precious metal, busts of precious metal, chronometers, chronometric instruments, chronoscopes, coins, copper tokens, cuff links, figurines [statuettes]of precious metal / statuettes of precious metal, gold, unwrought or beaten, ingots of precious metals, iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum [metal], precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought, precious stones, rhodium, rings [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], ruthenium, semi-precious stones, shoe ornaments of precious metal, silver thread [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], silver, unwrought or beaten, spinel [precious stones], spun silver [silver wire], statues of precious metal, sundials, threads of precious metal [jewellery, jewelry (am.)] / wire of precious metal [jewellery, jewellery (am.)], tie clips, tie pins, works of art of precious metal.

• Jewelry, amulets [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], beads for making jewelry / beads for making jewellery, bracelets [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], brooches [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], chains [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], charms [jewellery, jewelry (am.)] / trinkets [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], clasps for jewellery / clasps for jewelry, cloisonné jewellery [jewelry (am.)], diamonds, earrings, gold thread [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], ivory jewellery / ivory jewelry, jet, unwrought or semi-wrought, jewellery of yellow amber / jewelry of yellow amber, jewellery / jewelry, jewellery cases [caskets or boxes]/ jewelry cases [caskets or boxes], jewellery findings / jewelry findings, jewellery rolls / jewelry rolls, key rings [trinkets or fobs], lockets [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], medals, necklaces [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], olivine [gems]/ peridot, ornamental pins, ornaments of jet, ornaments [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], paste jewellery [costume jewelry (am.)]/ paste jewellery / paste jewelry [costume jewelry], pearls made of ambroid [pressed amber], pearls [jewellery, jewelry (am.)], pins [jewellery, jewelry (am.)].

• Clock and Watches, alarm clocks, anchors [clock- and watchmaking], atomic clocks, barrels [clock- and watchmaking], cases for clock- and watchmaking, cases for watches [presentation], chronographs [watches], clock hands [clock- and watchmaking], clock cases, clocks, clocks and watches, electric, clockworks, control clocks [master clocks]/ master clocks, dials [clock- and watchmaking], movements for clocks and watches, pendulums [clock- and watchmaking], stopwatches, watch bands / straps for wristwatches / watch straps, watch chains, watch springs, watch glasses / watch crystals, watch cases, watches, wristwatches.