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 9 covers goods, not services.

Class 9 Official Nice Description

“Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; compact discs, DVDs and other digital recording media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment, computers; computer software; fire-extinguishing apparatus.”

Brief Explanation

International Class 9 mainly includes electronic and digital apparatus used for recording various events, occurrences, and information. This runs the gamut from scientific recording equipment to recording equipment used for entertainment purposes. It can also include equipment for recording transactions, and even fire-extinguishing apparatus.

International Class 9 also includes all computer programs and software.

Nice Agreement Examples

International Class 9 includes apparatus and instruments for scientific research in laboratories; apparatus and instruments for controlling ships, such as apparatus and instruments for measuring and for transmitting orders; protractors; punched card office machines; all computer programs and software, regardless of recording media or means of dissemination—that is all software recorded on magnetic media or downloaded from a remote computer network.

International Class 9 does not include the following electrical apparatus or instruments:

  1. Electromechanical apparatus for the kitchen (grinders and mixers for foodstuffs, fruit presses, electrical coffee mills, etc.), and certain other apparatus and instruments driven by an electrical motor (these falling under Class 7);

  2. Apparatus for pumping or dispensing fuels (Class 7);

  3. Electric razors, clippers (hand instruments) and flat irons (Class 8);

  4. Electrical apparatus for space heating or for the heating of liquids, for cooking, ventilating, etc. (Class 11);

  5. Electric toothbrushes and combs (Class 21).

International Class 9 also does not include clocks and watches and other chronometric instruments (Class 14); control clocks (Class 14); and amusement and game apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor (Class 28).

Examples of Class 9 Registered Trademark

  • Mark Name: NOOK

A trademark/service mark registered by BarnesandNoble.com, LLC., for downloadable electronic publications in the nature of fiction and non-fiction books, children’s books, magazines, newspapers, journals, periodicals, manuals and guidebooks on a variety of topics; portable electronic apparatus, namely, electronic book readers, handheld computers, mobile computers and tablet computers for reading, displaying, receiving, purchasing, sharing, lending, accessing and storing downloadable electronic publications, digital web site content and digital media, namely, books, e-books, magazines, newspapers, text, images, digital audio, music, digital video and computer, video and mobile computer games and applications, all through wired and wireless Internet access, accessories therefor and instructional manuals, sold as a unit.

Serial Number: 85979707 Registration Number: 4404838

  • Mark Name: CAROUSEL

A trademark registered to Mobelux Labs, LLC., for downloadable software, specifically for enabling viewing and sharing of photographs across internet-enabled devices.

Serial Number: 85411661 Registration Number: 4330190

  • Mark Name: POWERBEATS BY DR. DRE

A trademark registered to Beats Electronics, LLC., for headsets for mobile phones, headphones, personal headphones for use with sound transmitting systems.

Serial Number: 85979075 Registration Number: 4355601