In the trademark world of registration, businesses must safeguard their intellectual property by filing their product items in the correct classes under a Trademark. The Nice classification of goods and services categorizes trademarks into 45 Classes worldwide. Each of them is a different kind of product or service being described. Trademark Class 8 is specifically about Hand Tools, Cutlery and other similar instruments.
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at Trademark Class 8, its scope, the types of products it covers, and why businesses in the tool and cutlery industries must register their trademarks in this class.
What is Trademark Class 8?
Trademark Class 8 refers to a category that includes hand tools and cutlery used for a variety of purposes. This class encompasses tools and implements that are operated manually, meaning they do not require electrical or mechanical power. It includes a wide range of items used in domestic, industrial, and commercial applications, such as knives, razors, scissors, and tools for gardening or construction.
The primary objective of Class 8 is the protection of brands of companies that manufacture or sell hand tools and cutlery, ensuring such products remain unique in the market and are protected against use or imitation without the right holder's permission.
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Products Included in Trademark Class 8
There is a wide range of items in Trademark Class 8. These are all hand-driven tools or implements. Of importance among these are;
1. Cutlery
Knives: kitchen knives, and hunting knives, among others used to cut
Forks: dinner forks, salad forks, and so forth.
Spoons: dinner spoons, serving spoons, and other specific spoon types like soup spoons.
Scissors and Shears: for household or industrial use to cut things
2. Hand Tools
Hand Saws are manual saws that can cut wood, metal, and other materials.
Hammers: used in for nailing things together, and breaking other things.
Screwwrenches: Tools are used for turning screws into moving pieces into place or unfastened.
Pliers: are hand tools used for gripping, bending, or cutting.
3. Manual Labor Tools
Trowels: Small hand implements used for digging or placing.
Pruners are to cut branches and plants using hand tools.
Shovels or spades: used by digging or moving earth and materials.
Rakes gather either leaves or grass, among other loose materials.
4. Basic Labor Tools
Axes tools used for chopping wood.
Chisels: Devices used in carving or modelling of wood, stone, or metal.
Files: Tools to rub surfaces of materials smooth.
5. Shaving and Haircutting and Grooming Tools
Razors: Sharpened tools for shaving using a straight razor and a safety razor.
Clippers: Devices used to cut hair, nails, or other materials.
6. Other Appliances
Can Opener: Hand-operated device to open cans.
Corkscrew: Hand-operated tool for drawing corks out from bottles.
Nutcrackers: A device used to crack nuts.
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Goods Not Included in Trademark Class 8
Although Class 8 has many hand-operated tools, some goods that may appear quite similar are classified under a different class. Some goods not classified under Class 8 include:
Electric or powered tools: These belong to Class 7 of the classification, which defines machines and mechanical tools
Cutlery for medical purposes: Such products may be placed in Class 10 if intended for medical or surgical applications.
Non-manual tools: Tools that are mechanical or electric powered fall under other classes, such as Class 7, which is machines.
Furniture: Although such items as knives or scissors that are used in household operations fall under Class 8, larger tools used to build or manufacture furniture fall into other classes.
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List of Goods in Class 8 of Trademark
Here is the comprehensive list of goods that must be classified under Trademark Class 8:
abrading instruments [hand instruments]
adzes [tools]
agricultural implements, hand-operated
air pumps, hand-operated
annular screw plates
augers [hand tools]
awls
axes
metal band stretchers [hand tools]
bayonets
beard clippers
bench vices [hand implements]
bill-hooks
bits [parts of hand tools]
bits [hand tools]
blade sharpening instruments
blades for planes
blades [hand tools]
blades [weapons]
border shears
borers
bow saws
braiders [hand tools]
branding irons
breast drills
budding knives
can openers, non-electric / tin openers, non-electric
carpenters' augers
cattle shearers
caulking irons
non-electric caulking guns
centre punches [hand tools]
ceramic knives
cheese slicers, non-electric
chisels
choppers [knives]
clamps for carpenters or coopers
cleavers
crimping irons
crow bars
curling tongs
cuticle tweezers / cuticle nippers
cutlery
cutter bars [hand tools]
cutters
cutting tools [hand tools]
daggers
implements for decanting liquids [hand tools]
depilation appliances, electric and non-electric
apparatus for destroying plant parasites, hand-operated
dies [hand tools] / screw stocks [hand tools] / screw-thread cutters [hand tools]
diggers [hand tools]
ditchers [hand tools]
drawing knives
drill holders [hand tools]
drills
ear-piercing apparatus
earth rammers [hand tools]
edge tools [hand tools]
egg slicers, non-electric
embossers [hand tools]
emery grinding wheels
emery files
engraving needles
expanders [hand tools]
extension pieces for braces for screw taps
eyelash curlers
farriers' knives
files [tools]
fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric / nail buffers, electric or non-electric
fire irons
fireplace bellows [hand tools]
fish tapes [hand tools] / draw wires [hand tools]
flat irons
forks
foundry ladles [hand tools]
frames for handsaws
fruit pickers [hand tools]
fullers [hand tools]
fulling tools [hand tools]
garden tools, hand-operated
gimlets [hand tools]
glaziers' diamonds [parts of hand tools]
goffering irons
gouges [hand tools]
grafting tools [hand tools]
graving tools [hand tools]
grindstones [hand tools] / sharpening wheels [hand tools]
guns [hand tools]
guns, hand-operated, for the extrusion of mastics
hackles [hand tools]
hainault scythes
hair clippers for personal use, electric and non-electric
hair clippers for animals [hand instruments]
hair-removing tweezers
hammers [hand tools]
hand drills [hand tools]
hand tools, hand-operated
hand implements for hair curling
hand pumps
harpoons
harpoons for fishing
hatchets
hobby knives [scalpels]
hoes [hand tools]
holing axes / mortise axes
hollowing bits [parts of hand tools]
hoop cutters [hand tools]
hunting knives
ice picks
insecticide vaporizers [hand tools] / insecticide atomizers [hand tools] / insecticide sprayers [hand tools]
irons [non-electric hand tools]
jig-saws
knives
ladles [hand tools]
ladles for wine
lasts [shoemakers' hand tools]
lawn clippers [hand instruments]
leather strops
levers
lifting jacks, hand-operated
livestock marking tools / cattle marking tools
machetes
mallets [hand instruments]
manicure sets
manicure sets, electric
marline spikes
masons' hammers
mattocks
milling cutters [hand tools]
mincing knives [hand tools] / fleshing knives [hand tools] / meat choppers [hand tools]
mitre [miter (Am.)] boxes [hand tools]
money scoops
mortars for pounding
mortise chisels
moulding irons / molding irons
nail extractors
nail drawers [hand tools]
nail punches
nail nippers
nail files
nail files, electric
nail clippers, electric or non-electric
needle files
needle-threaders
numbering punches
nutcrackers
oyster openers
palette knives
paring irons [hand tools]
paring knives
pedicure sets
penknives
perforating tools [hand tools]
pickaxes
pickhammers / bushhammers
picks [hand tools]
pin punches
pincers / nippers / tongs
pizza cutters, non-electric
plane irons
planes
pliers
polishing irons [glazing tools] / glazing irons
priming irons [hand tools]
pruning scissors / secateurs
pruning shears
pruning knives
punch rings [knuckle dusters] / knuckle dusters
punch pliers [hand tools]
punches [hand tools]
instruments for punching tickets
rabbeting planes
rakes [hand tools]
rammers [hand tools] / pestles for pounding
rams [hand tools]
rasps [hand tools]
ratchets [hand tools]
razor strops
razor cases
razor blades
razors, electric or non-electric
reamer sockets
reamers
riveters [hand tools]
riveting hammers [hand tools]
sabres
sand trap rakes
saw blades [parts of hand tools]
saw holders
saws [hand tools]
scaling knives
scissors
scrapers [hand tools]
scraping tools [hand tools]
screwdrivers
scythe rings
scythe stones / whetstones
scythes
sharpening stones
sharpening steels / knife steels
sharpening instruments
shaving cases
shear blades
shearers [hand instruments]
shears
shovels [hand tools]
sickles
side arms, other than firearms
silver plate [knives, forks and spoons]
instruments and tools for skinning animals
sledgehammers
spades [hand tools]
spanners [hand tools] / wrenches [hand tools]
spatulas [hand tools]
spoons
squares [hand tools]
stamping-out tools [hand tools] / stamps [hand tools]
stone hammers
stropping instruments
sugar tongs
sword scabbards
swords
syringes for spraying insecticides
table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons] / tableware [knives, forks and spoons]
table forks
tap wrenches
taps [hand tools]
apparatus for tattooing
thistle extirpators [hand tools]
tool belts [holders]
tree pruners
trowels [gardening]
trowels
truncheons/bludgeons/police batons
tube cutters [hand tools]
tube cutting instruments
tweezers
vegetable slicers, vegetable knives, vegetable shredders
vegetable choppers
vices
weeding forks [hand tools]
whetstone holders
wick trimmers [scissors]
wire strippers [hand tools]
metal wire stretchers [hand tools]
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Summing Up
Trademark Class 8 is essential for businesses that manufacture and sell hand tools, cutlery, and other products. Registering your trademark in this class provides legal protection, helps distinguish your products from competitors, and safeguards your brand from counterfeiting. Whether you’re in the business of creating kitchen knives, gardening tools, or shaving razors, securing a trademark in Class 8 ensures that your intellectual property is protected and that your brand can thrive in the competitive market of hand-operated tools and cutlery.
Trademark Class 8: FAQs
Q1. What do Class 8 products include?
Knives, scissors, razors, hammers, pliers, gardening tools, and other hand-operated tools.
Q2. Are electric tools included in Class 8?
No, electric or powered tools are classified in Class 7.
Q3. Are medical instruments allowed in Class 8?
Yes, tools such as razors and surgical instruments fall in Class 8.
Q4. How does class 8 registration help my business?
It provides legal protection, builds brand trust, and avoids counterfeiting in the tool and cutlery market.
Q5. Do I need to register my trademark in Class 8?
Yes, registration will help protect your brand, if your business sells hand tools or cutlery.
