Trademark Class 14: Jewellery, Precious Metals and Stones

A comprehensive guide to Class 14 of the Trademark Filing Classification. Trademarks must be applied or registered under classes and each class represents a distinct class of goods or services. In this post, we comprehensively cover the goods which fall under Class 14 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 14

Trademark Class 14 pertains to precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated therewith, not included in other classes; jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments.

The following goods are also classified under Class 14:

  • Jewellery (i.e., imitation jewellery and jewellery of precious metal and stones)
  • Cuff links, tie pins.

Therefore, Trademark Class 14 includes mainly precious metals, goods in precious metals not included in other classes and, in general jewellery, clocks and watches.

What Class 14 does not cover

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 14:

  • Goods in precious metals classified according to their function or purpose, for example, metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists
  • Amalgam of gold for dentists
  • Cutlery
  • Electric contacts
  • Pen nibs of gold
  • Teapots
  • Gold and silver embroidery
  • Cigar boxes
Nice Classification

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 14

108 goods listed under Class 14.

  • agates
  • alarm clocks
  • alloys of precious metal
  • amulets [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • anchors [clock- and watchmaking]
  • atomic clocks
  • badges of precious metal
  • barrels [clock- and watchmaking]
  • beads for making jewellery
  • beads for making jewelry
  • boxes of precious metal
  • bracelets [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • brooches [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • busts of precious metal
  • cases for clock- and watchmaking
  • cases for watches [presentation]
  • chains [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • charms [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • chronographs [watches]
  • chronometers
  • chronometric instruments
  • chronoscopes
  • clasps for jewellery
  • clasps for jewelry
  • clock cases
  • clock hands [clock- and watchmaking]
  • clocks
  • clocks and watches, electric
  • clockworks
  • cloisonné jewellery [jewelry (Am.)]
  • coins
  • control clocks [master clocks]
  • copper tokens
  • cuff links
  • dials [clock- and watchmaking]
  • diamonds
  • earrings
  • figurines [statuettes] of precious metal
  • gold thread [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • gold, unwrought or beaten
  • hat ornaments of precious metal
  • ingots of precious metals
  • iridium
  • ivory jewellery
  • ivory jewelry
  • jet, unwrought or semi-wrought
  • jewellery
  • jewellery cases [caskets or boxes]
  • jewellery findings
  • jewellery of yellow amber
  • jewellery rolls
  • jewelry
  • jewelry cases [caskets or boxes]
  • jewelry findings
  • jewelry of yellow amber
  • jewelry rolls
  • key rings [trinkets or fobs]
  • lockets [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • master clocks
  • medals
  • movements for clocks and watches
  • necklaces [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • olivine [gems]
  • ornamental pins
  • ornaments [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • ornaments of jet
  • osmium
  • palladium
  • paste jewellery
  • paste jewellery [costume jewelry (Am.)]
  • paste jewelry [costume jewelry]
  • pearls [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • pearls made of ambroid [pressed amber]
  • pendulums [clock- and watchmaking]
  • peridot
  • pins [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • platinum [metal]
  • precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought
  • precious stones
  • rhodium
  • rings [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • ruthenium
  • semi-precious stones
  • shoe ornaments of precious metal
  • silver thread [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • silver, unwrought or beaten
  • spinel [precious stones]
  • spun silver [silver wire]
  • statues of precious metal
  • statuettes of precious metal
  • stopwatches
  • straps for wristwatches
  • sundials
  • threads of precious metal [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • tie clips
  • tie pins
  • trinkets [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • watch bands
  • watch cases
  • watch chains
  • watch crystals
  • watch glasses
  • watch springs
  • watch straps
  • watches
  • wire of precious metal [jewellery, jewelry (Am.)]
  • works of art of precious metal
  • wristwatches

Source: the Nice Classification (NCL) list of indications published by WIPO. The list guides the class you file in; the Registry decides the class on the facts of your mark.

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