Trademark Class 16: Paper, Books and Stationery

A comprehensive guide to Class 16 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 16 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 16

Trademark Class 16 pertains to paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists’ materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers’ type; printing blocks.

The following goods are also classified under Class 16:

  • Paper knives
  • Duplicators
  • Plastic sheets, sacks and bags for wrapping and packaging.

Therefore, Trademark Class 16 mainly includes paper, goods made from that material and office requisites.

What Class 16 does not cover

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 16:

  • Certain goods made of paper and cardboard
  • Paints
  • Hand tools for artists (for example, spatulas, sculptors’ chisels).
Nice Classification

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 16

364 goods listed under Class 16.

  • 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
  • announcement cards [stationery]
  • apparatus for mounting photographs
  • aquarelles
  • architects' models
  • arithmetical tables
  • artists' watercolor [watercolour] saucers
  • artists' watercolor saucers
  • artists' watercolour saucers
  • atlases
  • bags [envelopes, pouches] of paper or plastics, for packaging
  • bags for microwave cooking
  • balls for ball-point pens
  • bibs 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
  • bookbindings
  • bookends
  • booklets
  • bookmarkers
  • books
  • bottle envelopes of cardboard or paper
  • bottle wrappers of cardboard or paper
  • boxes for pens
  • boxes of cardboard or paper
  • cabinets for stationery [office requisites]
  • calculating tables
  • calendars
  • canvas for painting
  • carbon paper
  • cardboard tubes
  • cardboard*
  • cards*
  • cases for stamps [seals]
  • catalogues
  • chalk for lithography
  • chalk holders
  • chaplets
  • charcoal pencils
  • chart pointers, non-electronic
  • charts
  • chromolithographs [chromos]
  • chromos
  • cigar bands
  • clipboards
  • 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 [stationery]
  • covers of paper for flower pots
  • cream containers of paper
  • credit card imprinters, non-electric
  • decalcomanias
  • 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
  • drawing squares
  • drawing T-squares
  • duplicators
  • elastic bands for offices
  • electrocardiograph paper
  • electrotypes
  • embroidery designs [patterns]
  • engraving plates
  • engravings
  • envelope sealing machines, for offices
  • envelopes [stationery]
  • erasing products
  • erasing shields
  • etching needles
  • etchings
  • fabrics for bookbinding
  • face towels of paper
  • figurines [statuettes] of papier mâché
  • files [office requisites]
  • filter paper
  • filtering materials [paper]
  • finger-stalls [office requisites]
  • flags of paper
  • flower-pot covers of paper
  • flyers
  • folders [stationery]
  • folders for papers
  • forms, printed
  • fountain pens
  • franking machines for office use
  • French curves
  • 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 cloth for stationery purposes
  • gummed tape [stationery]
  • gums [adhesives] for stationery or household purposes
  • 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 checkbooks [cheque books]
  • holders for stamps [seals]
  • house painters' rollers
  • humidity control sheets of paper or plastic for foodstuff packaging
  • hygienic paper
  • index cards [stationery]
  • indexes
  • Indian inks
  • ink sticks
  • ink stones [ink reservoirs]
  • ink*
  • 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
  • jackets for papers
  • labels, not of textile
  • ledgers [books]
  • letter trays
  • letters [type]
  • lithographic stones
  • lithographic works of art
  • lithographs
  • loose-leaf binders
  • luminous paper
  • 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 [office requisites]
  • moisteners for gummed surfaces [office requisites]
  • molds for modelling clays [artists' materials]
  • money clips
  • moulds for modelling clays [artists' materials]
  • musical greeting cards
  • newsletters
  • newspapers
  • nibs
  • nibs of gold
  • note books
  • numbering apparatus
  • numbers [type]
  • obliterating stamps
  • office perforators
  • office requisites, except furniture
  • oleographs
  • packaging material made of starches
  • packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials of paper or cardboard
  • packing paper
  • 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 bows
  • paper clasps
  • paper coffee filters
  • paper cutters [office requisites]
  • paper for radiograms
  • paper for recording machines
  • paper knives [cutters] [office requisites]
  • paper knives [office requisites]
  • paper ribbons
  • paper sheets [stationery]
  • paper shredders for office use
  • paper tapes and cards for the recordal of computer programmes
  • paper*
  • paper-clips
  • paperweights
  • papier mâché
  • 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]
  • perforated cards for Jacquard looms
  • periodicals
  • photo-engravings
  • photograph stands
  • photographs [printed]
  • pictures
  • placards of paper or cardboard
  • place mats of paper
  • plans
  • plastic bubble packs for wrapping or packaging
  • 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 matter
  • printed publications
  • printed timetables
  • printers' blankets, not of textile
  • printers' reglets
  • printing blocks
  • printing sets, portable [office requisites]
  • printing type
  • prints [engravings]
  • prospectuses
  • punches [office requisites]
  • rollers for typewriters
  • rosaries
  • rubber erasers
  • 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
  • silver paper
  • slate pencils
  • song books
  • spools for inking ribbons
  • square rulers
  • 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]
  • stickers [stationery]
  • stuffing of paper or cardboard
  • table linen of paper
  • table napkins of paper
  • tablecloths of paper
  • tablemats of paper
  • tags for index cards
  • tailors' chalk
  • teaching materials [except apparatus]
  • terrestrial globes
  • thumbtacks
  • tickets
  • 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
  • vignetting apparatus
  • viscose sheets for wrapping
  • watercolor [watercolour] saucers for artists
  • 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
  • Xuan paper for Chinese painting and calligraphy

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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