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Selection and classification of goods and services
When you apply for a trademark registration, you must state which goods and services (products) you plan to use the trademark for. This is called classification, as you need to associate your products with product classes. When the trademark is registered, your exclusive right to use the trademark will apply only to the goods and services you choose.
See what your competitors are doing
It can be helpful to see which classes others in the same business sector have registered their trademark under. Information about this can be found in our official trademarks register.
How to choose goods and services?
Some find it difficult to define which products they offer. It may help to ask yourself: What are you going to make money on/offer in the market?
You cannot add more products after you have filed the application. Therefore, think carefully about which products you will use the trademark on, now and in the future.
You can get help and suggestions by using our product selector.
What are the competitors doing?
In our register, you can see which product classes others in the same business sector have chosen for their trademarks. For example, search for a company name, or a keyword from the business sector.
Are others free to use my trademark for other goods and services?
Yes, others can use and register the same trademark as you, as long as it concerns a completely different business sector so there is no risk of confusion.
What are classes?
All goods and services are placed into an international class system of 45 classes. The products are placed in a class based on the product's function, purpose and material. Accessories for an item often go in the same class as the item itself. Services are placed in different classes according to industries/business areas.
A product can be included in several classes if it has several purposes, is made of different materials or exists in both processed and unprocessed form.
Examples of products that belong to several classes
- Protective gloves and normal gloves go in two different classes
- Metal ladders are in a different class than a wooden ladder
- Live fish belong in to a different class than a smoked fish
Choice of class when selling and marketing yourown products
If you are going to sell your own goods or offer your own services, you only need to select the goods or service class the product belongs to, for example Class 25: "Clothing" or Class 44: "Beauty care". Sales and marketing of the goods and services are included in the exclusive right you get upon registration.
You therefore do not need "marketing and sales in class 35", unless you are going to sell other people's products or carry out marketing for other traders.
Which goods and services should I choose?
Jewelry sales
If you are registering the name of a jewelry store where you sell both your own jewelry (with the same brand as the store) and jewelry from other manufacturers, it is appropriate to choose both:
- Class 14: "Jewelry"
- Class 35: "Sale of jewelry"
Running a cafe
If you are going to run a cafe and also sell a coffee blend with the same name, you can choose this product and service:
- Class 30: "Coffee"
- Class 43: "Cafés"
Frequently Asked Questions
Du betaler ikke for hver vare/tjeneste du velger, men for hver klasse produktet inngår i.
Du kan ikke legge til flere produkter etter at du har levert inn søknaden. Tenk derfor godt gjennom hvilke produkter du skal bruke varemerket på nå og i fremtiden. Hvis du senere trenger flere produkter, kan du sende inn en ny søknad som vil bli behandlet på vanlig måte.
I Patentstyrets produktvelger vil du finne både vide og mer snevre begreper, så det kan være vanskelig å velge. Du kan gjerne velge vide begreper som «klær» fremfor å skrive «bukser». Dette fordi du eventuelt kan snevre inn produktlisten under søknadsprosessen hvis du trenger det.
Finner Patentstyret at varemerket ditt mangler særpreg for noen av produktene, eller at en eldre registrering er forvekselbart med ditt merke, kan du i noen tilfeller likevel få en registrering hvis du begrenser produktlisten.
I produktvelgeren har Patentstyret markert hvilke begreper som godtas av de fleste landene (Nice-klassifikasjonen), EUs varemerkemyndighet EUIPO og hvert av EU-landene (kalt HDB), og gjennom den internasjonale registreringsordningen som kalles Madrid-systemet.
Noen land, blant annet USA, har en del tilleggskrav og krever alltid nærmere spesifisering av produktene.
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