A comprehensive guide to Class 31 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 31 of trademark classification.
Trademark Class 31 pertains to grains and agricultural, horticultural and forestry products not included in other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds; natural plants and flowers; foodstuffs for animals; malt.
The following goods are also classified under Class 31:
Therefore, Trademark Class 31 mainly includes land products not having been subjected to any form of preparation for consumption, live animals and plants as well as foodstuffs for animals.
The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 31:
167 goods listed under Class 31.
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.