Introduction to Trademark Class 16
Trademark Class 16 serves as a platform where ideas, stories, and creativity take shape and come to life. From books that take us to new places to stationery that helps us create, this class brings together imagination and expression shaping how we communicate and connect. It includes a variety of materials essential for sharing information, expressing emotions, and engaging with the world.
This class encompasses a wide range of products such as Paper and cardboard; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery and office requisites, except furniture; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; drawing materials and materials for artists; paintbrushes; instructional and teaching materials; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; printers’ type, printing blocks. It mainly includes paper, cardboard, and certain goods made of those materials, as well as office requisites.
Let us discuss the products covered under Trademark Class 16 briefly:
a. Books, Magazines, and Newspapers: This covers the written word, including novels, magazines, newspapers, and other printed publications.
Example: Hindustan Times is a leading newspaper with a strong brand presence in the print media sector.
b. Stationery and Writing Instruments: This includes materials for writing and creative expression, including notebooks, pens, pencils, envelopes, notepads, and letterheads.
Example: Doms is a well-known Indian brand specializing in stationery products such as pencils, pens, and markers, it also offers educational tools and office supplies.
c. Maps and Charts: This class covers devices like maps and charts that deliver geographical or navigational information.
Example: Maps of India is a mapping portal, mapping projects, and mapping products-based company based in India.
d. Instructional and Teaching Materials: This covers resources like workbooks and educational guides.
Example: Navneet is a prominent Indian brand known for its extensive range of educational and stationery products.
e. Greeting Cards and Postcards: This class includes printed cards for expressing sentiments and sharing experiences and visual materials for decoration or information.
Example: Archies is a well-known Indian brand primarily recognized for its range of greeting cards, gifts, and stationery products.
f. Calendars Planners Adhesive Paper Products:: This includes items that help us organize our lives, such as calendars and planners, Items like stickers, and labels used for labeling or decoration.
Example: Classmate is a well-known brand in India that specializes in stationery products.
Inclusions and Exclusions under Trademark Class 16
Trademark Class 16 covers a wide range of products as discussed above. Below is a detailed breakdown of the specific items included and excluded from this classification.
Specific Inclusions in Trademark Class 16:
✔ Paper knives and paper cutters
✔ Cases, covers, and devices for holding or securing paper, for example, document files, money clips, holders for cheque books, paper clips, passport holders, and scrapbooks.
✔ Certain office machines, for example, typewriters, duplicators, franking machines for office use, and pencil sharpeners.
✔ Painting articles for use by artists and interior and exterior painters, for example, artists’ watercolour saucers, painters’ easels and palettes, paint rollers, and trays.
✔ Certain disposable paper products, for example, bibs, handkerchiefs, and table linen of paper.
✔ Certain goods made of paper or cardboard not otherwise classified by function or purpose, for example, paper bags, envelopes and containers for packaging, statues, figurines, and works of art of paper or cardboard, such as figurines of paper mâché, framed or unframed lithographs, paintings, and watercolours.
Specific Exclusions in Trademark Class 16:
✘ Paints (Class 2)
✘ Hand tools for artists, for example, spatulas, and sculptors’ chisels (Class 8).
✘ Teaching apparatus, for example, audiovisual teaching apparatus, resuscitation mannequins (Class 9), and toy models (Class 28).
✘ Certain goods made of paper or cardboard are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, photographic paper (Class 1), abrasive paper (Class 3), paper blinds (Class 20), table cups and plates of paper (Class 21), bed linen of paper (Class 24), paper clothing (Class 25), cigarette paper (Class 34).
Steps involved in registering Trademark under Class 16
Initial Trademark Search for Trademark Class 16
Before starting with the registration process under Trademark Class 16, a detailed Trademark Search is required to be conducted to ensure that the proposed trademark is unique and does not conflict with existing trademarks under Trademark Class 16. Search can be carried out online through the official website of the Trademarks Registry (https://tmrsearch.ipindia.gov.in/tmrpublicsearch).
Prepare and Draft the Trademark Application for Trademark Class 16
For preparing and drafting the trademark application form (TM-A), the following information and documents are required to be collated:
- A clear representation of the trademark
- Details of the applicant, including name, address, and nationality
- Description of goods or services associated with the trademark
- Date of first use (if applicable)
- Power of Attorney (if filed through an attorney)
- Digital Signature of the Applicant
The application can be filed online through the official website or a physical application can be submitted at the nearest Trademarks Registry office.
Submit the Application for Trademark Class 16
The trademark application can be submitted online or offline by paying the requisite fees. The fee varies depending on whether you’re an individual, a startup, a small enterprise, or a large corporation.
Examination by the Trademarks Registry
The Trademarks Registry will review the application to ensure it complies with the relevant laws and regulations. They will assess the distinctiveness of the mark, potential conflicts, and other requirements.
Publication in the Trademarks Journal
If the Registrar finds no objections or issues with your application, your trademark will be published in the Trademarks Journal. This publication allows interested parties to oppose the registration within a specific period (usually four months).
Objection and Opposition Period
During the publication period, objections or oppositions can be filed by third parties against the proposed trademark. If an objection is filed, the opportunity to respond shall be granted.
Registration Certificate of Trademark Class 16
If there are no valid objections or if you successfully resolve any objections, the Registrar will issue a Certificate of Registration for trademark under Class 16. This certificate confirms your exclusive rights to the mark within Trademark Class 16.
Detailed List of goods classified under Trademark Class 16
A - Absorbent sheets of paper or plastic for foodstuff packaging
- Address plates for addressing machines
- Address stamps
- Addressing machines
- Adhesive bands for stationery or household purposes
- Adhesive tape dispensers [office requisites]
- Adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes
- Adhesives [glues] for stationery or household purposes
- Advertisement boards of paper or cardboard
- Albums
- Almanacs
- Animation cels
- Announcement cards [stationery]
- Apparatus for mounting photographs
- Aquarelles
- Architects’ models
- Arithmetical tables
- Artists’ watercolor saucers
- Artists’ watercolour saucers
- Atlases
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B - Bags [envelopes, pouches] of paper or plastics, for packaging
- Bags for microwave cooking
- Balls for ball-point pens
- Banknotes
- Banners of paper
- Bibs of paper
- Bibs, sleeved, of paper
- Binding strips [bookbinding]
- Biological samples for use in microscopy [teaching materials]
- Blackboards
- Blotters
- Blueprints
- Bookbinding apparatus and machines [office equipment]
- Bookbinding cloth
- Bookbinding cords
- Bookbinding material
- Bookends
- Booklets
- Bookmarkers
- Books
- Bottle envelopes of paper or cardboard
- Bottle wrappers of paper or cardboard
- Boxes for pens
- Boxes of paper or cardboard
- Bunting of paper
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C - Cabinets for stationery [office requisites]
- Calculating tables
- Calendars
- Canvas for painting
- Carbon paper
- Cardboard
- Cardboard tubes
- Cards
- Cases for stamps [seals]
- Catalogues
- Chalk for lithography
- Chalk holders
- Charcoal pencils
- Chart pointers, non-electronic
- Charts
- Chromolithographs [chromos]
- Chromos
- Cigar bands
- Clipboards
- Clips for name badge holders [office requisites]
- Clips for offices
- Cloth for bookbinding
- Coasters of paper
- Comic books
- Compasses for drawing
- Composing frames [printing]
- Composing sticks
- Conical paper bags
- Copying paper [stationery]
- Cords for bookbinding
- Correcting fluids [office requisites]
- Correcting ink [heliography]
- Correcting tapes [office requisites]
- Covers of paper for flower pots
- Covers [stationery]
- Cream containers of paper
- Credit card imprinters, non-electric
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D - Decalcomanias
- Dental tray covers of paper
- Desk mats
- Diagrams
- Document files [stationery]
- Document holders [stationery]
- Document laminators for office use
- Drawer liners of paper, perfumed or not
- Drawing boards
- Drawing instruments
- Drawing materials
- Drawing pads
- Drawing pens
- Drawing pins
- Drawing rulers
- Drawing sets
- Duplicators
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E - Elastic bands for offices
- Electrocardiograph paper
- Electrotypes
- Embroidery designs [patterns]
- Engraving plates
- Engravings
- Envelope sealing machines for offices
- Envelopes [stationery]
- Erasers
- Erasing products
- Erasing shields
- Etching needles
- Etchings
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F - Fabrics for bookbinding
- Face towels of paper
- Figurines [statuettes] of papiermâché
- Files [office requisites]
- Filter paper
- Filtering materials [paper]
- Finger-stalls [office requisites]
- Flags of paper
- Flower-pot covers of paper
- Flyers
- Folders for papers
- Forms, printed
- Fountain pens
- Franking machines for office use
- French curves
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G - Galley racks [printing]
- Garbage bags of paper or of plastics
- Geographical maps
- Glue for stationery or household purposes
- Gluten [glue] for stationery or household purposes
- Graining combs
- Graphic prints
- Graphic representations
- Graphic reproductions
- Greeting cards
- Gummed clothe for stationery purposes
- Gummed tape [stationery]
- Gums [adhesives] for stationery or household purposes
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H - Hand labelling appliances
- Hand-rests for painters
- Handbooks [manuals]
- Handkerchiefs of paper
- Handwriting specimens for copying
- Hat boxes of cardboard
- Hectographs
- Histological sections for teaching purposes
- Holders for check books
- Holders for cheque books
- Holders for stamps [seals]
- House painters’ rollers
- Humidity control sheets of paper or plastic for foodstuff packaging
- Hygienic paper
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I - Index cards [stationery]
- Indexes
- Indian inks
- Ink
- Ink sticks
- Ink stones [ink reservoirs]
- Inking pads
- Inking ribbons
- Inking ribbons for computer printers
- Inking sheets for document reproducing machines
- Inking sheets for duplicators
- Inkstands
- Inkwells
- Isinglass for stationery or household purposes
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L - Labels of paper or cardboard
- Ledgers [books]
- Letter trays
- Letters [type]
- Lithographic stones
- Lithographic works of art
- Lithographs
- Loose-leaf binders
- Luminous paper
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M - Magazines [periodicals]
- Manifolds [stationery]
- Manuals [handbooks]
- Marking chalk
- Marking pens [stationery]
- Mats for beer glasses
- Mimeograph apparatus and machines
- Modelling clay
- Modelling materials
- Modelling paste
- Modelling wax, not for dental purposes
- Moisteners for gummed surfaces [office requisites]
- Moisteners [office requisites]
- Molds for modelling clays [artists’ materials]
- Money clips
- Moulds for modelling clays [artists’ materials]
- Musical greeting cards
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N - Name badge holders [office requisites]
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Nibs
- Nibs of gold
- Note books
- Numbering apparatus
- Numbers [type]
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O - Obliterating stamps
- Office perforators
- Office requisites, except furniture
- Oleographs
- Origami folding paper
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P - Packaging material made of starches
- Packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials of paper or cardboard
- Packing paper
- Padding materials of paper or cardboard
- Pads [stationery]
- Page holders
- Paint boxes [articles for use in school]
- Paint trays
- Paintbrushes
- Painters’ brushes
- Painters’ easels
- Paintings [pictures], framed or unframed
- Palettes for painters
- Pamphlets
- Pantographs [drawing instruments]
- Paper
- Paper bags for use in the sterilisation of medical instruments
- Paper bags for use in the sterilization of medical instruments
- Paper bows, other than haberdashery or hair decorations
- Paper clasps
- Paper-clips
- Paper coffee filters
- Paper creasers [office requisites]
- Paper cutters [office requisites]
- Paper for medical examination tables
- Paper for radiograms
- Paper for recording machines
- Paper knives [letter openers]
- Paper ribbons, other than haberdashery or hair decorations
- Paper sheets [stationery]
- Paper shredders for office use
- Papers for painting and calligraphy
- Paperweights
- Papiermâché
- Parchment paper
- Passport holders
- Pastels [crayons]
- Pastes for stationery or household purposes
- Pen cases
- Pen clips
- Pen wipers
- Pencil holders
- Pencil lead holders
- Pencil leads
- Pencil sharpeners, electric or non-electric
- Pencil sharpening machines, electric or non-electric
- Pencils
- Penholders
- Pens [office requisites]
- Pens [writing implements] incorporating tips for operating touchscreen devices
- Perforated cards for Jacquard looms
- Periodicals
- Photo-engravings
- Photographs [printed]
- Pictures
- Placards of paper or cardboard
- Place mats of paper
- Plans
- Plastic bags for pet waste disposal
- Plastic blister packs for packaging / plastic bubble packs for packaging
- Plastic bubble film for wrapping
- Plastic cling film, extensible, for palletization
- Plastic film for wrapping
- Plastics for modelling
- Polymer modelling clay
- Portraits
- Postage meters for office use
- Postage stamps
- Postcards
- Posters
- Printed coupons
- Printed matter
- Printed publications
- Printed sheet music
- Printed timetables
- Printers’ blankets, not of textile
- Printers’ reglets
- Printing blocks
- Printing sets, portable [office requisites]
- Printing type
- Prints [engravings]
- Prospectuses
- Punches [office requisites]
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R - Retractable reels for name badge holders [office requisites]
- Rice paper
- Rollers for typewriters
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S - School supplies [stationery]
- Scrapbooks
- Scrapers [erasers] for offices
- Sealing compounds for stationery purposes
- Sealing machines for offices
- Sealing stamps
- Sealing wafers
- Sealing wax
- Seals [stamps]
- Self-adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes
- Sewing patterns
- Sheets of reclaimed cellulose for wrapping
- Shields [paper seals]
- Signboards of paper or cardboard
- Slate pencils
- Song books
- Spools for inking ribbons
- Spray chalk
- Square rulers for drawing
- Squares for drawing
- Stamp pads
- Stamp stands
- Stamps [seals]
- Stands for pens and pencils
- Staples for offices
- Stapling presses [office requisites]
- Starch paste [adhesive] for stationery or household purposes
- Stationery
- Steatite [tailor’s chalk]
- Steel letters
- Steel pens
- Stencil cases
- Stencil plates
- Stencils
- Stencils [stationery]
- Stencils for decorating food and beverages
- Stickers [stationery]
- Stuffing of paper or cardboard
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T - T-squares for drawing
- Table linen of paper
- Table napkins of paper
- Table runners of paper
- Tablecloths of paper
- Tablemats of paper
- Tags for index cards
- Tailors’ chalk
- Teaching materials [except apparatus]
- Terrestrial globes
- Thumbtacks
- Tickets
- Tissue Paper
- Tissues of paper for removing make-up
- Toilet paper
- Towels of paper
- Tracing cloth
- Tracing needles for drawing purposes
- Tracing paper
- Tracing patterns
- Trading cards, other than for games
- Transfers [decalcomanias]
- Transparencies [stationery]
- Trays for sorting and counting money
- Type [numerals and letters]
- Typewriter keys
- Typewriter ribbons
- Typewriters, electric or non-electric
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V - Vignetting apparatus
- Viscose sheets for wrapping
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W - Washi
- Watercolors [paintings]
- Watercolours [paintings]
- Waxed paper
- Wood pulp board [stationery]
- Wood pulp paper
- Wrappers [stationery]
- Wrapping paper
- Wristbands for the retention of writing instruments
- Writing board erasers
- Writing brushes
- Writing cases [sets]
- Writing cases [stationery]
- Writing chalk
- Writing instruments
- Writing materials
- Writing or drawing books
- Writing paper
- Writing slates
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Conclusion on Trademark Class 16
Trademark Class 16 encompasses a wide range of paper-based goods and printed materials, including books, magazines, newspapers, stationery, calendars, posters, instructional materials, adhesive papers, etc. These products are crucial for communication, expression, and knowledge sharing. As technology advances, proper classification and trademark protection under Class 16 is vital for establishing brand identity and earning customer trust.
For businesses in the paper goods and printed materials industry, securing a trademark in Class 16 is essential. To explore other trademark classes, refer to the ” Trademark Class List 1 to 45 “. Ensure your trademark is protected with expert assistance from Registration Arena.
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