08

Goods/Nice Class 08

Hand tools and implements, hand-operated

Full official headingcutlery; side arms, except firearms; razors.

Official English text from WIPO, Nice Classification, edition 11 (2022). WIPO class headings

Class 8 includes mainly hand-operated tools and implements for performing tasks, such as drilling, shaping, cutting and piercing.

3,011 trademarks in this class

Included in particular

  • hand-operated agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools;
  • hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists and other craftspersons, for example, hammers, chisels and gravers;
  • handles for hand-operated hand tools, such as knives and scythes;
  • electric and non-electric hand implements for personal grooming and body art, for example, razors, implements for hair curling, tattooing, and for manicure and pedicure;
  • hand-operated pumps;
  • table cutlery, such as knives, forks and spoons, including those made of precious metals.

Not included

  • machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Cl. 7);
  • surgical cutlery (Cl. 10);
  • pumps for bicycle tyres (Cl. 12), pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games (Cl. 28);
  • side arms being firearms (Cl. 13);
  • paper knives and paper shredders for office use (Cl. 16);
  • handles for objects that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, walking stick handles, umbrella handles (Cl. 18), broom handles (Cl. 21);
  • serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles, and kitchen utensils, for example, mixing spoons, pestles and mortars, nutcrackers and spatulas (Cl. 21);
  • fencing weapons (Cl. 28).