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 16 covers goods, not services.

Class 16 Official Nice Description

“Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists’ materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers’ type; printing blocks.”

Brief Explanation

International Class 16 mainly includes paper, goods made from paper, and office requisites.

Nice Agreement Examples

International Class 16 includes paper knives; duplicators; pastic sheets, sacks, and bags for wrapping and packaging.

International Class 16 does not include certain goods made of paper and cardboard (consult the Nice Agreement / WIPO Alphabetical List of Goods); colours (Class 2); hand tools for artists (for example, spatulas, sculptors’ chisels) (Class 8).

Examples of Class 16 Registered Trademark

  • Mark Name: R ROCKTENN Image Mark

An image trademark registered by Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC., for paperboard, corrugated board and paper packaging, containers, boxes and sheets; paper drums and canisters; corrugated board and paperboard point of sale displays and signs for merchandising products; house organ, namely, magazine featuring articles of interest to employees, shareholders and the packaging industry.

Serial Number: 77527210 Registration Number: 3734908

  • Mark Name: HUNGRY GIRL

A trademark registered to Hungry Girl, Inc., for cookbooks, recipe cards; books and survival guides in the field of food and cooking; series of books in the fields of weight management, diet, eating and lifestyle.

Serial Number: 85405996 Registration Number: 4236189

  • Mark Name: IRON HORSE

A trademark registered to Murray the T, Inc., for magazines featuring motorcycles, motorcycle racing, motorcycle gear and equipment and celebrity motorcyclists.

Serial Number: 85162919 Registration Number: 4025227