You can find the USPTO’s publication of the Nice Agreement Tenth Edition from the USPTO website here: http://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-tenth-edition-general-remarks-class

Goods or Services

Class 14 covers goods, not services.

Class 14 Official Nice Description

“Precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated therewith, not included in other classes; jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments.”

Brief Explanation

Class 14 mainly includes precious metals, goods in precious metals not included in other classes, and (in general) jewellery, clocks, and watches.

Nice Agreement Examples

International Class 14 includes jewellery (i.e., imitation jewellery as well as jewellery of precious metal and stones), as well as cuff links and tie pins.

International Class 14 does not include goods in precious metals classified according to their function or purpose. For example:

  1. metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists (Class 2),
  2. amalgam of gold for dentists (Class 5),
  3. cutlery (Class 8),
  4. electric contacts (Class 9),
  5. pen nibs of gold (Class 16),
  6. teapots (Class 21),
  7. gold and silver embroidery (Class 26), and
  8. cigar boxes (Class 34).

International Class 14 also does not include objects of art not of precious metals (which are classified according to the material of which they consist).

Examples of Class 14 Registered Trademark

  • Mark Name: TIFFANY & CO

A trademark registered by Tiffany (NJ), LLC., for watches and jewelry.

Serial Number: 85569721 Registration Number: 4315904

  • Mark Name: VANGUARD FILIGREE

A trademark registered to Jostens, Inc., for jewelry and rings.

Serial Number: 85569350 Registration Number: 4231556

  • Mark Name: ADDISON CLOCK CO.

A trademark registered to Patton Picture Company for clocks.

Serial Number: 85047512 Registration Number: 4074806

  • Mark Name: GISELLE Image Mark

An image trademark registered by Accessory Network Group, LLC., for jewelry.

Serial Number: 85975050 Registration Number: 3951011