Trademark Class 26: Lace and Embroidery

A comprehensive guide to Class 26 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 26 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 26

Trademark Class 26 pertains to lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.

The following goods are also classified under Class 26:

  • Slide fasteners.

Trademark Class 26 includes mainly dressmakers’ articles.

What Class 26 does not cover

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 26:

  • Certain special types of hooks
  • Certain special types of needles
  • Yarns and threads for textile use.
Nice Classification

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 26

132 goods listed under Class 26.

  • appliqués [haberdashery]
  • arm bands [clothing accessories]
  • artificial flowers
  • artificial fruit
  • artificial garlands
  • artificial plants
  • badges for wear, not of precious metal
  • beads, other than for making jewellery
  • beads, other than for making jewelry
  • belt clasps
  • binding needles
  • birds' feathers [clothing accessories]
  • blouse fasteners
  • bobbins for retaining embroidery floss or wool [not parts of machines]
  • bobby pins
  • bodkins
  • bows for the hair
  • boxes for needles
  • braids
  • brassards
  • brooches [clothing accessories]
  • buckles [clothing accessories]
  • buttons*
  • chenille [passementerie]
  • collar supports
  • competitors' numbers
  • cords for clothing
  • cords for rimming, for clothing
  • corset busks
  • darning lasts
  • darning needles
  • decorative articles for the hair
  • dress body fasteners
  • edgings for clothing
  • elastic ribbons
  • embroidering crochet hooks
  • embroidery
  • expanding bands for holding sleeves
  • eyelets for clothing
  • false beards
  • false hair
  • false hems
  • false moustaches
  • fancy goods [embroidery]
  • fastenings for braces
  • fastenings for clothing
  • fastenings for suspenders
  • feathers [clothing accessories]
  • festoons [embroidery]
  • frills [lacework]
  • frills for clothing
  • fringes
  • gold embroidery
  • haberdashery*, except thread
  • hair bands
  • hair barrettes
  • hair coloring caps
  • hair colouring caps
  • hair curlers, other than hand implements
  • hair curling papers
  • hair curling pins
  • hair extensions
  • hair grips
  • hair nets
  • hair pins
  • hair slides
  • hat ornaments, not of precious metal
  • heat adhesive patches for decoration of textile articles [haberdashery]
  • heat adhesive patches for repairing textile articles
  • hook and pile fastening tapes
  • hooks [haberdashery]
  • hooks for corsets
  • human hair
  • knitting needles
  • lace for edgings
  • lace trimmings
  • letters for marking linen
  • mica spangles
  • monogram tabs for marking linen
  • needle cases
  • needle cushions
  • needles for wool combing machines
  • needles*
  • numerals for marking linen
  • numerals or letters for marking linen
  • ornamental novelty badges [buttons]
  • orsedew [trimmings for clothing]
  • ostrich feathers [clothing accessories]
  • passementerie
  • picot [lace]
  • pin cushions
  • pins, other than jewellery [jewelry (Am.)]
  • plaited hair
  • prize ribbons
  • reins for guiding children
  • ribbons [haberdashery]
  • rosettes [haberdashery]
  • rug hooks
  • saddlers' needles
  • sewing boxes
  • sewing needles
  • sewing thimbles
  • shoe buckles
  • shoe eyelets
  • shoe fasteners
  • shoe hooks
  • shoe laces
  • shoe ornaments, not of precious metal
  • shoemakers' needles
  • shoulder pads for clothing
  • shuttles for making fishing nets
  • silver embroidery
  • skirt flounces
  • slide fasteners [zippers]
  • snap fasteners
  • spangles for clothing
  • tapes for curtain headings
  • tassels [haberdashery]
  • tinsels [trimmings for clothing]
  • top-knots [pompoms]
  • toupees
  • tresses of hair
  • trimmings for clothing
  • trouser clips for cyclists
  • whalebones for corsets
  • wigs
  • woollen laces
  • wreaths of artificial flowers
  • zip fasteners
  • zip fasteners for bags
  • zippers
  • zippers for bags

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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