A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.
A trademark may be placed on a package, a label, a voucher, or on the product itself. Nigeria presently follows the Nice International Classification of the Nice Agreement 1957. A separate application is required to be for each classification of goods for which a trademark is to be registered. The following are the classes of trademark in Nigeria:
Product (“Goods”) Classes
Class 1: Chemical Products
Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture,
horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins; unprocessed plastics;
manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations;
chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning substances; adhesives
used in industry.
Class 2: Paint Products
Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against
deterioration of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil
and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists.
Class 3: Cosmetics and Cleaning Products
Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning,
polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential
oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices.
Class 4: Lubricant and Fuel Products
Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; dust absorbing, wetting and binding
compositions; fuels (including motor spirit) and illuminants; candles and wicks
for lighting.
Class 5: Pharmaceutical Products
Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical
purposes; dietetic substances adapted for medical use, food for babies; plasters,
materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax;
disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.
Class 6: Metal Products
Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable
buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables
and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes
and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes;
ores.
Class 7: Machinery Products
Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles);
machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles);
agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs.
Class 8: Hand Tool Products
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.
Class 9: Computer and Software Products and Electrical and
Scientific Products
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; automatic vending machines and
mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines,
data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus.
Class 10: Medical Instrument Products
Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial
limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopedic articles; suture materials.
Class 11: Environmental Control Instrument Products (lighting,
heating, cooling, cooking)
Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating,
drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes.
Class 12: Vehicles and Products for locomotion by land, air or
water
Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water.
Class 13: Firearm Products
Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
Class 14: Jewelry Products
Precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated
therewith, not included in other classes; jewelry, precious stones; horological
and chronometric instruments.
Class 15: Musical Instrument Products
Musical instruments
Class 16: Paper and Printed Material Products
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other
classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery;
adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists’ materials; paint
brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional
and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not
included in other classes); printers’ type; printing blocks.
Class 17: Rubber Products
Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials
and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in
manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of
metal.
Class 18: Leather Products (not including clothing)
Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not
included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and traveling bags;
umbrellas, parasols and walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery.
Class 19: Non-Metallic Building Material Products
Building materials (non-metallic); nonmetallic rigid pipes for building;
asphalt, pitch and bitumen; nonmetallic transportable buildings; monuments, not
of metal.
Class 20: Furniture Products
Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of
wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber,
mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of
plastics.
Class 21: Houseware and Glass Products
Household or kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes
(except paint brushes); brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes;
steel-wool; unworked or semi-worked glass (except glass used in building);
glassware, porcelain and earthenware not included in other classes.
Class 22: Ropes, Cordage and Fiber Products
opes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not
included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or
plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.
Class 23: Yarns and Threads
Yarns and threads, for textile use.
Class 24: Fabrics and Textile Products
Textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes; beds and table
covers.
Class 25: Clothing and Apparel Products
Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Class 26: Lace, Ribbons, Embroidery and Fancy Goods
Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and
needles; artificial flowers.
Class 27: Floor Covering Products
Carpets, rugs, mats and matting, linoleum and other materials for covering
existing floors; wall hangings (non-textile).
Class 28: Toys and Sporting Goods Products
Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other
classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
Class 29: Meat and Processed Food Products
Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and
cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs, milk and milk
products; edible oils and fats.
Class 30: Staple Food Products
Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and
preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey,
treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments);
spices; ice.
Class 31: Natural Agricultural Products
Agricultural, horticultural and forestry products and grains not included in
other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural plants
and flowers; foodstuffs for animals; malt.
Class 32: Light Beverage Products
Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other nonalcoholic drinks; fruit drinks
and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
Class 33: Wines and Spirits (not including beers)
Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Class 34: Smoker’s Products
Tobacco; smokers’ articles; matches.
Service Classes
Class 35: Advertising, Business and Retail Services
Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
Class 36: Insurance and Financial Services
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Class 37: Construction and Repair Services
Building construction; repair; installation services.
Class 38: Communication Services
Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means.
Class 39: Transportation and Storage Services
Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement
Class 40: Treatment and Processing of Materials Services
Treatment of materials.
Class 41: Education and Entertainment Services
Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural
activities.
Class 42: Computer and Software Services and Scientific Services
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto;
industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer
hardware and software.
Class 43: Restaurant and Hotel Services
Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodations.
Class 44: Medical and Beauty Services and Agricultural Services
Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human
beings or animals; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services.
Class 45: Personal, Legal and Social Services
Legal services; security services for the protection of property and
individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs
of individuals
