Scope
What Trademark Class 8 Covers
Class 8 includes mainly hand-operated tools and implements for performing tasks, such as drilling, shaping, cutting and piercing.
This class includes, in particular
- hand-operated agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools
- hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists and other craftspersons, for example, hammers, chisels and gravers
- handles for hand-operated hand tools, such as knives and scythes
- electric and non-electric hand implements for personal grooming and body art, for example, razors, implements for hair curling, tattooing, and for manicure and pedicure
- hand-operated pumps
- table cutlery, such as knives, forks and spoons, including those made of precious metals
Belongs elsewhere
What Class 8 Does Not Cover
These look close to Class 8 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.
- machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Class 7)
- surgical cutlery (Class 10)
- pumps for bicycle tyres (Class 12), pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games (Class 28)
- side arms being firearms (Class 13)
- paper knives, paper shredders for office use (Class 16)
- handles for objects that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, walking stick handles, umbrella handles (Class 18), broom handles (Class 21)
- serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles, and kitchen utensils, for example, mixing spoons, pestles and mortars, nutcrackers and spatulas (Class 21)
- fencing weapons (Class 28)
Alphabetical list
Goods in Trademark Class 8
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.
| Basic No. | Goods |
|---|---|
| 080002 | abrading instruments [hand instruments] |
| 080141 | adzes [tools] |
| 080220 | agricultural forks [hand tools] |
| 080200 | agricultural implements, hand-operated |
| 080265 | air pumps, hand-operated |
| 080020 | annular screw plates |
| 080088 | apparatus for destroying plant parasites, hand-operated |
| 080256 | apparatus for tattooing |
| 080194 | augers [hand tools] |
| 080008 | awls |
| 080069 | axes |
| 080025 | bayonets |
| 080026 | beard clippers |
| 080261 | bench vices [hand implements] |
| 080188 | bill-hooks |
| 080197 | bits [hand tools] |
| 080016 | bits [parts of hand tools] |
| 080093 | blade sharpening instruments |
| 080149 | blades [hand tools] |
| 080150 | blades [weapons] |
| 080119 | blades for planes |
| 080305 | blunt chisels |
| 080112 | border shears |
| 080067 | borers |
| 080021 | bow saws |
| 080280 | box cutters |
| 080161 | braiders [hand tools] |
| 080122 | branding irons |
| 080199 | breast drills |
| 080099 | budding knives |
| 080104 | carpenters' augers |
| 080292 | carving forks |
| 080293 | carving knives |
| 080033 | cattle shearers |
| 080045 | caulking irons |
| 080175 | centre punches [hand tools] / center punches [hand tools] |
| 080266 | ceramic knives |
| 080248 | cheese slicers, non-electric |
| 080159 | chisels* |
| 080138 | choppers being knives |
| 080147 | clamps for carpenters or coopers |
| 080077 | cleavers |
| 080224 | clothes irons |
| 080121 | crimping irons |
| 080250 | crow bars |
| 080058 | curling tongs |
| 080101 | cuticle tweezers / cuticle nippers |
| 080078 | cutlery* |
| 080009 | cutter bars [hand tools] |
| 080230 | cutting tools [hand tools] |
| 080246 | daggers |
| 080242 | depilation appliances, electric and non-electric |
| 080066 | dies [hand tools] / screw stocks [hand tools] / screw-thread cutters [hand tools] |
| 080204 | diggers [hand tools] |
| 080234 | ditchers [hand tools] |
| 080049 | drawing knives |
| 080218 | drill holders [hand tools] |
| 080241 | ear-piercing apparatus |
| 080083 | earth rammers [hand tools] |
| 080192 | edge tools [hand tools] |
| 080251 | egg slicers, non-electric |
| 080105 | embossers [hand tools] |
| 080290 | emergency hammers |
| 080267 | emery boards |
| 080257 | emery files |
| 080226 | emery grinding wheels |
| 080131 | engraving needles |
| 080090 | expanders [hand tools] |
| 080012 | extension pieces for braces for screw taps |
| 080252 | eyelash curlers |
| 080132 | farriers' knives |
| 080227 | files [tools] |
| 080214 | fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric / nail buffers, electric or non-electric |
| 080181 | fire irons |
| 080255 | fireplace bellows [hand tools] |
| 080258 | fish tapes [hand tools] / draw wires [hand tools] |
| 080297 | food processors, hand-operated |
| 080176 | foundry ladles [hand tools] |
| 080054 | frames for handsaws |
| 080285 | fruit corers |
| 080079 | fruit pickers [hand tools] |
| 080301 | fruit pitters, hand-operated |
| 080284 | fruit segmenters |
| 080051 | fullers [hand tools] |
| 080052 | fulling tools [hand tools] |
| 080145 | garden tools, hand-operated |
| 080124 | gimlets [hand tools] |
| 080089 | glaziers' diamonds [parts of hand tools] |
| 080117 | goffering irons |
| 080129 | gouges [hand tools] |
| 080134 | grafting tools [hand tools] |
| 080043 | graving tools [hand tools] |
| 080201 | grindstones [hand tools] / sharpening wheels [hand tools] |
| 080174 | guns [hand tools] |
| 080232 | guns, hand-operated, for the extrusion of mastics |
| 080187 | hackles [hand tools] |
| 080183 | hainault scythes |
| 080281 | hair braiders, electric |
| 080222 | hair clippers for animals [hand instruments] |
| 080219 | hair clippers for personal use, electric and non-electric |
| 080300 | hair straightening irons |
| 080102 | hair-removing tweezers |
| 080156 | hammers [hand tools] |
| 080028 | hand drills, hand-operated |
| 080126 | hand implements for hair curling |
| 080245 | hand pumps* |
| 080072 | hand tools, hand-operated |
| 080295 | hand-operated corn cob strippers |
| 080296 | hand-operated fruit slicers |
| 080278 | hand-operated vegetable spiralizers |
| 080283 | hand-operated wine bottle foil cutters |
| 080275 | handles for hand-operated hand tools |
| 080140 | harpoons* |
| 080137 | hatchets |
| 080264 | hobby knives [scalpels] |
| 080185 | hoes [hand tools] |
| 080030 | holing axes / mortise axes |
| 080108 | hollowing bits [parts of hand tools] |
| 080139 | hoop cutters [hand tools] |
| 080053 | hunting knives |
| 080128 | ice picks |
| 080191 | implements for decanting liquids [hand tools] |
| 080144 | insecticide vaporizers [hand tools] / insecticide atomizers [hand tools] / insecticide sprayers [hand tools] |
| 080019 | instruments and tools for skinning animals |
| 080212 | instruments for punching tickets |
| 080116 | irons [non-electric hand tools] |
| 080048 | jig-saws |
| 080286 | kitchen mandolines |
| 080276 | knife handles |
| 080205 | knives* |
| 080081 | ladles [hand tools] |
| 080289 | laser hair removal apparatus, other than for medical purposes |
| 080056 | lasts [shoemakers' hand tools] |
| 080127 | lawn clippers [hand instruments] |
| 080006 | leather strops |
| 080153 | levers |
| 080024 | lifting jacks, hand-operated |
| 080031 | livestock marking tools / cattle marking tools |
| 080098 | long reach loppers |
| 080154 | machetes |
| 080155 | mallets [hand instruments] |
| 080231 | manicure sets |
| 080243 | manicure sets, electric |
| 080103 | marline spikes |
| 080158 | masons' hammers |
| 080142 | mattocks |
| 080287 | meat claws |
| 080160 | metal band stretchers [hand tools] |
| 080263 | metal wire stretchers [hand tools] |
| 080085 | milling cutters [hand tools] |
| 080236 | mincing knives / fleshing knives / meat choppers being knives |
| 080253 | mitre boxes [hand tools] / miter boxes [hand tools] |
| 080162 | money scoops |
| 080163 | mortars for pounding [hand tools] |
| 080029 | mortise chisels |
| 080120 | moulding irons / molding irons |
| 080294 | multi-tool knives |
| 080221 | nail clippers, electric or non-electric |
| 080034 | nail drawers [hand tools] |
| 080023 | nail extractors, hand-operated / nail pullers, hand-operated |
| 080168 | nail files |
| 080213 | nail files, electric |
| 080074 | nail nippers |
| 080050 | nail punches |
| 080005 | needle files |
| 080262 | non-electric caulking guns |
| 080167 | numbering punches |
| 080143 | oyster openers |
| 080013 | palette knives |
| 080039 | paring irons [hand tools] |
| 080133 | paring knives |
| 080106 | pedicure sets |
| 080046 | penknives |
| 080062 | perforating tools [hand tools] |
| 080044 | pickaxes |
| 080036 | pickhammers / bushhammers |
| 080171 | picks [hand tools] |
| 080180 | pin punches |
| 080207 | pincers* / nippers / tongs* |
| 080249 | pizza cutters, non-electric |
| 080177 | plane irons |
| 080071 | planes |
| 080206 | pliers |
| 080118 | polishing irons [glazing tools] / glazing irons |
| 080298 | portable handlooms, hand-operated |
| 080196 | priming irons [hand tools] |
| 080146 | pruning knives |
| 080097 | pruning scissors / secateurs |
| 080228 | punch pliers [hand tools] |
| 080015 | punch rings [knuckle dusters] / knuckle dusters |
| 080229 | punches [hand tools] |
| 080135 | rabbeting planes |
| 080109 | rakes [hand tools] |
| 080172 | rammers [hand tools] / pestles for pounding [hand tools] |
| 080211 | rams [hand tools] |
| 080178 | rasps [hand tools] |
| 080065 | ratchets [hand tools] |
| 080148 | razor blades |
| 080107 | razor cases |
| 080082 | razor strops |
| 080179 | razors, electric or non-electric |
| 080011 | reamer sockets |
| 080010 | reamers |
| 080182 | riveters [hand tools] |
| 080038 | riveting hammers [hand tools] |
| 080209 | sabres |
| 080254 | sand trap rakes |
| 080151 | saw blades [parts of hand tools] |
| 080186 | saw holders |
| 080055 | saws [hand tools] |
| 080095 | scaling knives |
| 080040 | scissors* |
| 080235 | scrapers [hand tools] |
| 080274 | scrapers for skis |
| 080237 | scraping tools [hand tools] |
| 080195 | screwdrivers, non-electric |
| 080271 | sculptors' chisels |
| 080277 | scythe handles |
| 080114 | scythe rings |
| 080115 | scythe stones / whetstones |
| 080113 | scythes |
| 080304 | seam rippers / stitch rippers |
| 080092 | sharpening instruments |
| 080037 | sharpening steels / knife steels |
| 080003 | sharpening stones |
| 080166 | shaving cases |
| 080061 | shear blades |
| 080223 | shearers [hand instruments] |
| 080060 | shears* |
| 080110 | shovels [hand tools] |
| 080189 | sickles |
| 080022 | side arms, other than firearms |
| 080203 | silver plate [knives, forks and spoons] |
| 080268 | ski edge sharpening tools, hand-operated |
| 080157 | sledgehammers |
| 080111 | spades [hand tools] |
| 080064 | spanners [hand tools] / wrenches [hand tools] |
| 080014 | spatulas [hand tools] |
| 080270 | spatulas for use by artists |
| 080080 | spoons* |
| 080017 | squares [hand tools] |
| 080084 | stamping-out tools [hand tools] / stamps [hand tools] |
| 080288 | sterile body piercing instruments |
| 080282 | stirring sticks for mixing paint |
| 080303 | stitching awls |
| 080047 | stone hammers |
| 080091 | stropping instruments |
| 080125 | sword scabbards |
| 080208 | swords |
| 080202 | syringes for spraying insecticides |
| 080059 | table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons] / tableware [knives, forks and spoons] |
| 080070 | table forks |
| 080273 | table knives, forks and spoons for babies |
| 080272 | table knives, forks and spoons of plastic |
| 080063 | tap wrenches |
| 080193 | taps [hand tools] |
| 080269 | tattoo needles |
| 080096 | thistle extractors [hand tools] |
| 080169 | tin openers, non-electric / can openers, non-electric |
| 080247 | tool belts |
| 080302 | tool vests |
| 080100 | tree pruners |
| 080087 | trowels |
| 080086 | trowels [gardening] |
| 080130 | truncheons / bludgeons / police batons |
| 080075 | tube cutters [hand tools] |
| 080198 | tube cutting instruments |
| 080299 | tube squeezers, hand-operated, other than for household purposes |
| 080042 | tweezers |
| 080136 | vegetable choppers |
| 080291 | vegetable knives |
| 080279 | vegetable peelers, hand-operated |
| 080073 | vegetable slicers, hand-operated / vegetable shredders, hand-operated |
| 080244 | vices / vises |
| 080184 | weeding forks [hand tools] |
| 080068 | whetstone holders |
| 080164 | wick trimmers [scissors] |
| 080259 | wire strippers [hand tools] |
No rows match — clear the filter to see all.
A slash separates alternative wordings of the same item. An asterisk marks an item whose name also appears in other classes, depending on its purpose.
Filing in India
Filing a Trademark in Class 8
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 8 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.
| Applicant | E-filing, per class | Physical filing, per class |
|---|---|---|
| Individual, start-up or small enterprise | ₹4,500 | ₹5,000 |
| Any other applicant | ₹9,000 | ₹10,000 |
Government fee for Form TM-A under the First Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Professional charges are separate.
- Search the mark in Class 8 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.
Official documents behind this page
- WIPO, Nice Classification, 13th Edition, Version 2026In force from 1 January 2026: class heading, explanatory note and the list of goods and services. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which holds the copyright in the Classification.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, rule 20Goods and services are classified as in the current edition of the Nice Classification published by WIPO.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, First Schedule, entry 1Fee for Form TM-A, payable for each class.
- Trade Marks Act, 1999, section 18(2)One application may cover different classes, with the fee payable for each class.
Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.