Trademark Class 22: Ropes, Sacks and Bags

A comprehensive guide to Class 22 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 22 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 22

Trademark Class 22 pertains to ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.

The following goods are also classified under Class 22:

  • Cords and twines in natural or artificial textile fibres, paper or plastics.

Therefore, Trademark Class 22 includes mainly rope and sail manufacture products, padding and stuffing materials and raw fibrous textile materials.

What Class 22 does not cover

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 22:

  • Certain nets, sacks and bags (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods)
  • Strings for musical instruments.
Nice Classification

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 22

113 goods listed under Class 22.

  • animal hair
  • awnings of synthetic materials
  • awnings of textile
  • bags [envelopes, pouches] of textile, for packaging
  • bags [sacks] for the transport and storage of materials in bulk
  • bags for washing hosiery
  • belts, not of metal, for handling loads
  • binding thread, not of metal, for agricultural purposes
  • bindings, not of metal
  • body bags
  • bottle envelopes of straw
  • braces, not of metal, for handling loads
  • brattice cloth
  • cables, not of metal
  • camel hair
  • canvas for sails
  • car towing ropes
  • carbon fibers [fibres] for textile use
  • carded wool
  • coconut fiber
  • coconut fiber [fibre]
  • coconut fibre
  • cocoons
  • combed wool
  • cords for hanging pictures
  • cotton tow
  • cotton waste [flock] for padding and stuffing
  • covers for camouflage
  • down [feathers]
  • eiderdown
  • esparto grass
  • feathers for bedding
  • feathers for stuffing upholstery
  • fibrous gaskets for ships
  • fishing nets
  • fleece wool
  • flock [stuffing]
  • glass fibers [fibres] for textile use
  • grasses for upholstering
  • hammocks
  • harness, not of metal, for handling loads
  • hemp
  • hemp bands
  • horsehair
  • jute
  • kapok
  • ladder tapes for venetian blinds
  • ladder tapes or webbing for venetian blinds
  • liber
  • linters
  • mail bags
  • net pens for fish farming
  • nets for camouflage
  • nets*
  • network
  • outdoor blinds of textile
  • packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard
  • packing rope
  • packing string
  • packing, of straw, for bottles
  • padding materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard
  • plastic fibers [fibres] for textile use
  • purse seines
  • raffia
  • ramie fibre
  • raw cotton
  • raw fibrous textile
  • raw linen [flax]
  • raw or treated wool
  • raw silk
  • rope ladders
  • ropes*
  • ropes, not of metal
  • sacks [bags] of textile, for packaging
  • sails
  • sails for ski sailing
  • sash cords
  • sawdust
  • schappe [raw silk waste]
  • seaweed for stuffing
  • sheaf-binding yarns
  • shorn wool
  • silk flock
  • silk waste
  • sisal
  • slings, not of metal, for handling loads
  • snares [nets]
  • straps, not of metal, for handling loads
  • straw for stuffing upholstery
  • straw wrappers for bottles
  • string
  • strips for tying-up vines
  • stuffing, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard
  • tarpaulins
  • tents
  • textile fibers
  • textile fibers [fibres]
  • textile fibres
  • thread, not of metal, for wrapping or binding
  • tow
  • twine for nets
  • twine made of paper
  • upholstery wool [stuffing]
  • vehicle covers, not fitted
  • vitreous silica fibers [fibres] for textile use
  • wadding for filtering
  • wadding for padding and stuffing upholstery
  • wax ends
  • whipcord
  • wood shavings
  • wood wool
  • wool flock
  • wrapping or binding bands, not of metal

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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