Overview of Trademark Class 17

Trademark Class 17 includes plastics and resins in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; unprocessed and semi-processed rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and substitutes for all these materials; flexible pipes, tubes and hoses, not of metal.

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Trademark Class 17 includes the following Items

• Rubber material for recapping tyres;
• Plastic films, other than for wrapping and packaging, for example, anti-dazzle films for windows;
• Floating anti-pollution barriers;
• Elastic threads and threads of rubber or plastic, not for textile use;
• Certain goods made of the materials in this class not otherwise classified by function or purpose;
• Adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes.

Trademark Class 17 does not include the following Items

Trademark Registration cannot be done under Class 17 for the following goods-

• Rubber for dental purposes (Class 5),
• Rubber erasers (Class 16),
• Rigid pipes of metal (Class 6)
• Pipes being parts of sanitary installations (Class 11)
• Not of metal (Class 19).
• Insulating glass for building (Class 19);
• Fire hose (Class 9). 
• Certain goods made of the materials in this class that are classified according to their function or purpose, Gum resins (Class 2),
• Asbestos screens for firemen (Class 9),
• Adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes (Class 12).

List of Related (Coordinated) Classes

If the applicant is not sure whether to register in Class 17, following ‘coordinated’ classes may be considered:

• Class 6 – Common Metals
• Class 42 – Science and Technology Services
• Class 40 – Material Treatment Services
• Class 37 – Construction and Repair Services
• Class 35 – Advertising and Business Services
• Class 2 – Paints
• Class 19 – Building Materials
• Class 1 – Chemicals

List of Goods that come under Trademark Class 17

• Weathers tripping compositions
• Water-tight rings / stuffing rings
• Waterproof packings
• Watering hose
• Washers of rubber or vulcanized fiber [fiber]
• Vulcanized fiber [fiber] / vulcanized fiber / vulcanized fiber
• Viscose sheets, other than for wrapping
• Valves of India-rubber or vulcanized fiber [fiber]
• Threads of rubber, not for use in textiles
• Threads of plastic materials, not for textile use
• Threads of plastic for soldering / soldering threads of plastic
• Synthetic rubber
• Synthetic resins [semi-finished products] / artificial resins [semi-finished products]
• Substances for insulating buildings against moisture
• Stops of rubber
• Soundproofing materials
• Slag wool [insulator]
• Shock-absorbing buffers of rubber
• Self-adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes
• Sealant compounds for joints
• Rubber, raw or semi-worked
• Rubber stoppers
• Rubber solutions
• Rubber sleeves for protecting parts of machines / sleeves of rubber for protecting parts of machines
• Rubber seals for jars
• Rubber material for recapping tires [tyres] / rubber material for recapping tyres
• Rings of rubber
• Reinforcing materials, not of metal, for pipes
• Plastic substances, semi-processed
• Plastic sheeting for agricultural purposes
• Plastic film other than for wrapping / plastic film, not for wrapping
• Plastic fibers [fibers], not for textile use / plastic fibers, not for use in textiles / plastic fibers, not for use in textiles
• Pipe muffs, not of metal / pipe jackets, not of metal
• Pipe gaskets / joint packings for pipes
• Paper for electrical capacitors
• Padding materials of rubber or plastics / stuffing of rubber or plastic
• Packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials of rubber or plastics
• Non-conducting materials for retaining heat
• Mineral wool [insulator]
• Mica, raw or partly processed
• Liquid rubber
• Latex [rubber]
• Junctions, not of metal, for pipes / junctions for pipes, not of metal
• Insulators for railway tracks
• Insulators for electric mains
• Insulators for cables
• Insulators
• Insulating varnish
• Insulating tape and band / insulating tape
• Insulating refractory materials
• Insulating plaster
• Insulating paper
• Insulating paints
• Insulating oils
• Insulating oil for transformers
• Insulating materials
• Insulating gloves
• Insulating felt
• Insulating fabrics
• Houses of textile material
• Gutta-percha
• Gum, raw or semi-worked
• Glass wool for insulation
• Gaskets / joint packings / seals
• Foils of metal for insulating / metal foil for insulation
• Foil of regenerated cellulose, other than for wrapping / sheets of regenerated cellulose, other than for wrapping
• Foam supports for flower arrangements [semi-finished products]
• Floating anti-pollution barriers
• Flexible tubes, not of metal
• Filtering materials [semi-processed foams or films of plastic]
• Fiberglass for insulation / fiberglass for insulation / glass fibers, for insulation / glass fibers, for insulation
• Fiberglass [fiberglass] fabrics, for insulation / fiberglass fabrics for insulation / fiberglass fabrics for insulation
• Expansion joint filers / fillers for expansion joints
• Elastic yarns, not for use in textiles / elastic threads, not for use in textiles
• Ebonite [vulcanite] molds [moulds] / ebonite molds / ebonite moulds / vulcanite [ebonite] molds [moulds]
• Ebonite [vulcanite] / vulcanite [ebonite]
• Draught excluder strips / weatherstripping
• Dielectrics [insulators]
• Cylinder jointing
• Cotton wool for packing [caulking]
• Cords of rubber
• Connecting hose for vehicle radiators
• Compressed air pipe fittings, not of metal
• Compositions to prevent the radiation of heat
• Clutch linings
• Clack valves of rubber
• Chemical compositions for repairing leaks
• Cellulose acetate, semi-processed
• Caulking materials
• Carbon fibers [fibers], other than for textile use
• Canvas hose pipes
• Brake lining materials, partly processed
• Boiler composition to prevent the radiation of heat
• Bark coverings for sound insulation
• Balata
• Bags [envelopes, pouches] of rubber, for packaging
• Asbestos slate / slate asbestos
• Asbestos sheets
• Asbestos safety curtains / safety curtains of asbestos
• Asbestos paper
• Asbestos packing
• Asbestos millboards
• Asbestos fibers [fibers] / asbestos fibers / asbestos fibers
• Asbestos felt
• Asbestos fabrics
• Asbestos coverings
• Asbestos cloth
• Asbestos
• Anti-dazzle films for windows [tinted films]
• Adhesive bands, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes / adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes
• Acrylic resins [semi-finished products]