The International Classification of Trademarks*** consists of 45 classes, including 34 classes of goods and 11 classes of services, and*** contains more than 10,000 items of goods and services. The goods and services that the applicant needs to fill in are generally included in it. This classification is used not only by all Nice Union members, but also by non-Nice Union members. The difference is that the members of the Nice Union can participate in the revision of the Classification List, whereas the non-members are not authorized to do so.
The Nice Classification List consists of two parts, a list of goods and services organized by category and an alphabetical list of goods and services.
The Classification List by category arranges goods and services in the order of 1-45 categories.
Each category has a category number and a title, the title of each category summarizes the characteristics and scope of the goods included in the category, and finally lists all the items of goods or services that are included in the category, with each item of goods or services being given a sequential number for ease of location. In addition, each category has a note on the main commodities included in this category, this category and the related categories of goods how to distinguish between, how to classify the marginal goods of the category made a description of this note on the classification of some confusing goods is very helpful.
The other part is a list of goods and services classified in alphabetical order.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published a list of goods and services classified in English and French. China's trademark authorities have also compiled and printed a list of goods and services classified in hanyu pinyin order. The use of this table to check the general categories of goods is as convenient as looking up a dictionary.