about 10 years ago
You would choose Trademark Class 17 if you were registering any of these types of goods: Rubber Gutta-percha Gum Asbestos Mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes Plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials Flexible pipes, not of metal You would not use Trademark Class 17 if you were registering for: Fire hose (Class 9) Pipes being parts of sanitary installations (Class 11) and rigid pipes of metal (Class 6) and not of metal (Class 19) Insulating glass for building (Class 19) Certain goods made of the materials in this class that are classified according to their function or purpose , for example, gum resins (Class 2), rubber for dental purposes (Class 5), asbestos screens for firemen (Class 9), adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes (Class 12), rubber erasers (Class 16) 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 17 may register in these other classes too.