Trademark Class 1: Chemicals for use in industry, science and photography, as well as in…

Class 1 includes mainly chemical products for use in industry, science and agriculture, including those which go to the making of products belonging to other classes.

This class includes, in particular

• sensitized paper
• tyre repairing compositions
• salt for preserving, other than for foodstuffs
• certain additives for use in the food industry, for example, pectin, lecithin, enzymes and chemical preservatives
• certain ingredients for use in the manufacture of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, for example, vitamins, preservatives, essential oils and antioxidants
• certain filtering materials, for example, mineral substances, vegetable substances and ceramic materials in particulate form

These look close to Class 1 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.

• raw natural resins (Class 2), semi-processed artificial resins (Class 17)
• chemical preparations for medical or veterinary purposes (Class 5)
• fungicides, herbicides and preparations for destroying vermin (Class 5)
• adhesives for stationery or household purposes (Class 16)
• caulking putty (Class 17)
• salt for preserving foodstuffs (Class 30)
• straw mulch (Class 31)

Use these wordings in the specification of your application. Each carries its basic number in the Nice list. A description outside the list is allowed, but it must be specific enough for the Registry to classify.

The Trade Marks Registry classifies goods and services by the current edition of the Nice Classification (rule 20, Trade Marks Rules, 2017). One application in Form TM-A can cover Class 1 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.

• Search the mark in Class 1 and in the related classes before filing.
• Describe the goods in the words of the list wherever they fit.
• File in every class you trade in; protection does not extend to a class you left out.