Trademark Class 24: Textiles

According to NICE Classification, Trademark Class 24 is opted to register a trademark for textile and textile goods such as bed covers, and table covers.

The NICE Classification was established in 1957 by NICE Agreement, and it divides marks into 45 different classes by Goods and Services (Classes 1-34 for Goods and Classes 35-45 for Services). The purpose of these classifications is to allow users to seek to trademark a goods or services into classes most appropriate to their business.

TM Class 24 includes textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes, bed covers, table covers, and textiles (piece goods) and textile covers for household use.

You would not use Trademark Class 24 if you were registering for:

• Electrically heated blankets, for medical purposes (Class 10 – Medical Supplies) and not for medical purposes (Class 11 - Appliances)
• Table linen of paper (Class 16 - Paper Goods)
• Horse blankets (Class 18 - Leather Goods)

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 24 may register in these other classes too.

If you are not sure while choosing Class 24 for your product, you also consider the following “Related Classes”: Class 25- Clothing, Class 23- Yarns and Threads, Class 26- Lace and Embroidery, Class 42- Science and Technology Services and Class 35- Advertising and Business Services.

Example: KAYA registered under Class 24.

Trademark Registration fees also vary on bases of the Class system. You must pay a separate registration fee for each class of goods and services that you want to register. For instance, if you are going to register a trademark for Chemicals in Class 1 and Rubber in Class 17, you should pay two separate fees.

It is necessary to choose the correct class at the time of registering a trademark, if you register a trademark in the wrong class, you must start the registration process from the beginning.

List of All Goods Covered Under TM Class 24

• Fabrics, adhesive fabric for application by heat, billiard cloth, bolting cloth, brocades, buckram, printed calico cloth, calico, canvas for tapestry or embroidery, cheese cloth, chenille fabric, cheviots [cloth], cloth, cotton fabrics, crepe [fabric], crepon, damask, diapered linen, drugget, elastic woven material, esparto fabric, fabric for footwear, impervious to gases for aeronautical balloons, fabric of imitation animal skins, fabrics for textile use, felt, fiberglass fabrics for textile use/fiberglass fabrics for textile use, flannel [fabric], frieze [cloth], fustian/dimity, gauze [cloth], gummed cloth other than for stationery, haircloth [sackcloth], hat linings of textile in the piece, hemp fabric, hemp cloth, jersey [fabric], jute fabric, knitted fabric, linen cloth, lingerie fabric, marabouts [cloth], textile material, moleskin [fabric], non-woven textile fabrics, plastic material [substitute for fabrics], ramie fabric, rayon fabric, silk fabrics for printing patterns, silk [cloth], taffeta [cloth], tick [linen], trellis [cloth], tulle, upholstery fabrics, velvet, woolen cloth/woolen fabric, zephyr [cloth]. 

• Textile goods, and substitutes for textile goods, banners, bunting, flags, not of paper, handkerchiefs of textile, lining fabric for shoes, linings [textile], mosquito nets, printers' blankets of textile, shrouds, ticks [mattress covers], traced cloths for embroidery/traced cloth for embroidery.

• Coverings for furniture, covers [loose] for furniture/loose covers for furniture, fitted toilet lid covers of fabric, furniture coverings of plastic/coverings of plastic for furniture, furniture coverings of textile, Curtains, curtain holders of textile material, curtains of textile or plastic, door curtains, net curtains, shower curtains of textile or plastic.

• Labels, labels of cloth.

• Wall hangings, wall hangings of textile/tapestry.

• Linens, glass cloth (towels), household linen, towards of textile.

• Kitchen and table linens, coasters [table linen], oilcloth for use as tablecloths, placemats, not of paper, table napkins of textile/serviettes of textile, table runners, table linen not of paper, tablecloths not of paper, table mats not of paper.

• Bedclothes and blankets, bed covers/bedspreads/coverlets [bedspreads]/quilts, bed blankets, bed linen, bed clothes, bed covers of paper, covers for cushions, eiderdowns [down coverlets], mattress covers, pillow shams, pillowcases, sheets [textile], sleeping bags [sheeting], travelling rugs [lap robes].

• Bath linen, washing mitts, tissues of textile for removing makeup/napkins for removing make-up [cloth]/napkins of cloth for removing make-up, sanitary flannel, face towels of textile, except clothing.

• Filtering materials of textile, filtering materials of textiles.