Trademark Class 3: Cosmetics and Cleaning Substances

According to NICE Classification, Trademark Class 3 is opted to register a trademark for Soaps; Perfumery, and Essential oils, Cosmetics, Hair Lotions; and Dentifrices.

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 3 includes cosmetics and cleaning preparations, including bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; and dentifrices.

Why Should We Opt For TM Class 3?

You would choose Trademark Class 3 if you were registering any of these types of goods:

• Deodorants for human beings or animals
• Room fragrance preparations
• Sanitary preparations being toiletries

You would not use Trademark Class 3 if you were registering for:

• Chemical chimney cleaners (Class 1- Chemicals)
• Degreasing preparations for use in manufacturing processes (Class 1- Chemicals)
• Deodorants other than for human beings or animals (Class 5- Pharmaceuticals)
• Sharpening stones and grindstones (Class 8- Hand Tools) 

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 3 may register in these other classes too.

If you are not sure while choosing Class 3 for your product, you also consider the following “Related Classes”: Class 5- Pharmaceuticals, Class 21- Household Utensils, Class 35- Advertising and Business Services, Class 42- Science and Technology Services, Class 44- Medical and Vet Services.

Examples of Class 3 marks includes DOVE under Class 3, BIOTHERM under Class 3 and Class 5, BIOLAGE under Class 3 and Class 35. 

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 Hardware in Class 6 and Software for Class 9, 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 3

• Toiletries, adhesives for affixing false eyelashes, adhesives for cosmetic purposes, adhesives for affixing false hair, aloe vera preparations for cosmetic purposes,  cosmetic creams, cosmetic kits, balms other than for medical purposes, cotton wool for cosmetic purposes, cosmetic preparations for slimming purposes,  cosmetics, false nails, false eyelashes, henna (cosmetic dye), greases for cosmetic purposes,  pumice stone,  swabs (toiletries)/cotton sticks for cosmetic purposes, massage gels other than for medical purposes, toiletries, tissues impregnated with cosmetic lotions.

• Oral hygiene preparations, breath freshening strips, breath freshening sprays, dental bleaching gels, dentifrices, denture polishes, mouthwashes, not for medical purposes, preparations for cleaning dentures.

• Perfumery and fragrances, toilet water, scented water, perfumery, perfumes, musk (perfumery), mint for perfumery, lavender water, ionone, fumigation preparations (perfumes), bases for flower perfumes, extracts of flowers, amber (perfume).

• Body cleaning and beauty care preparations, deodorants purposes (toiletries) or douching preparations for personal sanitary.

• Make-up, decorative transfers for cosmetic purposes, nail art stickers, cosmetic pencils, nail care preparations, nail varnish/nail polish, mascara, make-up removing preparations, make-up powder, make-up preparations, lipsticks, cosmetic preparations for eyelashes, eyebrow cosmetics, eyebrow pencils.

• Soaps and gel, almond soap, cakes of toilet soaps/ cakes of soaps, antiperspirant soap, deodorant soap, medical soap, soap for foot perspiration.

• Bath Preparations, bath salts, cosmetic preparations for baths, not for medical purposes, deodorants and antiperspirants, antiperspirants (toiletries), deodorants for human beings and animals.

• Skin care preparations, talcum powder for toilet use, whiting, sunscreen preparations, sun-tanning preparations (cosmetic), cosmetic preparations for skin care, skin whitening creams, petroleum jelly for cosmetic purposes, lotions for cosmetic purposes, lip glosses, cleansing milk for toilet purposes, beauty masks, almond milk  and astringents for cosmetic purposes.

• Hair removal and shaving, shaving stones (astringents), depilatory wax, shaving preparations, pastes for razor strops, shaving soaps, after shave lotion, alum stones, depilatories.

• Animal grooming preparations, deodorants for pets, shampoos for pets, cosmetics for animals.

• Essential oils and aromatic extracts, almond oil, badian essence, aromatics (essential oils), bergamot oil, essential oils of cedarwood, flavorings (flavourings) for beverages (essential oils)/flavorings for beverages (essential oils)/flavourings for beverages (essential oils), essential oils of citron, ethereal oils/essential oils, ethereal essences, gaultheria oil, geraniol, flavourings for cakes (essential oils)/cake flavourings (essential oils), lavender oil, jasmine oil, mint essence (essential oil), essential oils of lemon, oils for toilet purposes, oils for cosmetic purposes, rose oil, safrol, oils for perfumes and scents, terpenes (essential oils).

• Cleaning and fragrance preparations, ammonia (volatile alkali) (detergent)/volatile alkali (ammonia) (detergent), canned pressurized air for cleaning and dusting purposes, antistatic preparations for household purposes, cleaning chalk, cleaning preparations, cloths impregnated with a detergent for cleaning, colour-removing preparations/color-removing preparations, colorants for toilet purposes, detergents other than for use in manufacturing operations and for medical purposes, degreasers other than for use in manufacturing processes, dry-cleaning preparations, floor wax removers (scouring preparations), drying agents for dishwashing machines, Javelle water/potassium hypochlorite, furbishing preparations, lacquer-removing preparations, non-slipping wax for floors, non-slipping liquids for floors, oil of turpentine for degreasing, oils for cleaning purposes, parquet floor wax/floor wax, paint stripping preparations, preparations to make shiny the leaves of plants/preparations to make the leaves of plants shiny.

• Vehicle cleaning preparations, windscreen/windshield cleaning liquids.

• Laundry preparations, bleaching salts, bleaching soda, color-brightening chemicals for household purposes (laundry)/color-brightening chemicals for household purposes (laundry)/colour-brightening chemicals for household purposes (laundry), fabric softeners for laundry use, laundry bleach/laundry bleaching preparations, laundry preparations, laundry bluing, laundry glaze, laundry wax, laundry soaking preparations/preparations for soaking laundry, quillaia bark for washing, smoothing preparations, soap for brightening textile, starch glaze for laundry purposes, starch for laundry purposes/laundry starch, washing soda for cleaning.

• Leather and shoe cleaning and polishing preparations, creams/wax for leather, leather bleaching preparations, shoe cream, shoe wax, shoe wax, shoemakers’ wax, leather preservations. 

• Abraders, abrasive paper, abrasives*, carbides of metal (abrasives), corundum (abrasive), diamantine (abrasive), emery, emery cloth, emery paper, glass cloth, grinding preparations/sharpening preparations, polishing paper, polishing stones, abrasive cloth, sandpaper/glass paper, silicon carbide (abrasive), smoothing stones, tripoli stone for polishing.

• Tailors and cobblers wax, cobblers wax, tailors wax.