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 8 covers goods, not services.

Class 8 Official Nice Description

“Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.”

Brief Explanation

International Class 8 mainly includes hand-operated implements used as tools in the respective professions.

Nice Agreement Examples

International Class 8 includes cutlery of previous metals, as well as eelectric razors and clippers (hand instruments).

International Class 8 does not include certain special instruments (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods). Nice Agreement / WIPO Alphabetical List of Goods.

International Class 8 also does not include machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Class 7); surgical cutlery (Class 10); side arms being firearms (Class 13); paper knives (Class 16); and fencing weapons (Class 28).

Examples of Class 8 Registered Trademark

  • Mark Name: PARAMOUNT Image Mark

An image trademark registered by MSC Services Corp. for hex keys, hex key sets, snips, folding pockets knives, cutter knives, torque wrenches, punches and chisels and hammers.

Serial Number: 85612679 Registration Number: 4352649

  • Mark Name: X-ACTO PRECISION INSTRUMENTS
  • Image Mark

An image trademark registered to Elmer’s Products, Inc., for hand tools for hobbies, arts and crafts, namely, compass cutters, brayers, burnishers, blade safety caps, twist drills and chucks and bits therefore, c-clamps, chisels, files and file handles sold as a unit, gouges, hammers, knives, knife blades, mat cutters, planes, pliers, rasps, sanding blocks, saws, screwdrivers, spoke shaves, mat beveling blades and guide tools therefore, miniature oilers with needlepoint applicators, corner clamps, metal vise grips, tweezers, saws and hand saw blades, mitre box and drill bits for hand drills; scissors.

Serial Number: 85575661 Registration Number: 4253162

  • Mark Name: U STYLE STRAIGHT CURL Image Mark

An image trademark registered to Conair Corporation for electric hand-held hair styling irons.

Serial Number: 85605536 Registration Number: 4288211