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Headings and notes are given in abridged form based on the Nice Classification. The official text of the current version is available on the WIPO website (nclpub.wipo.int). Before filing, the list is checked against the current version.
The International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, known as the Nice Classification, is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and used by trademark offices in most countries, including Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, China, the EU countries and the USA.
A trademark is not protected “in general” but only for the goods and services listed in the certificate. That is why an application must list the goods and services and group them by Nice classes. This determines the scope of protection and the amount of fees.
In Kazakhstan, trademark applications are examined by the National Institute of Intellectual Property (NIIP), and the list of goods and services in an application is drawn up according to the Nice Classification.
The classification consists of 45 classes: classes 1–34 cover goods and classes 35–45 cover services.
Each class has a heading — a general indication of the goods or services it covers — and an explanatory note describing what the class includes and excludes, with references to other classes.
The classification also contains an alphabetical list of about 10,000 specific goods and services with their classes. It is updated regularly: new versions enter into force on 1 January.
If a product or service is not in the list, its class is determined by the general rules of classification:
List everything you produce and sell and all the services you provide — now and over the next few years.
Find the class for each product and service using the search on this page or the class notes. Remember: selling other people’s goods is class 35, not the class of the goods themselves.
Describe the goods and services so that the wording is clear to the examiner and does not narrow protection. The examiner may reject overly vague terms.
Check for similar marks in the chosen classes — the main reason for refusals. We do this check before filing.
As many as your real business needs — usually one to five. Each additional class increases the fees, so unnecessary classes are not worth it, but skipping the ones you need is risky: the mark will not be protected in them.
No, the list of goods and services cannot be extended after filing — it can only be narrowed or clarified. New classes require a new application, with priority from its own filing date.
Usually the class of the goods themselves (for example, 25 for clothing, 3 for cosmetics) and class 35 for retail and online sales. To protect a brand on Wildberries, Ozon and Kaspi.kz, the class of the goods you sell under the mark is what matters.
Class 35 covers services for business: advertising, marketing, business management, and promoting and selling goods for others. Selling does not make you the producer: a mark for goods is registered in the class of those goods.
A new version with amendments enters into force on 1 January every year, and a new edition is published roughly every five years. Marks registered earlier keep their scope of protection, while new applications follow the current version.
The examiner may refuse registration for part of the list or suggest reclassifying the goods. It is worse if the error goes unnoticed: the mark is registered, but your actual goods are not protected.
A lawyer will select the classes and check the mark before filing — you will not overpay for unnecessary classes or lose protection.
