TRADEMARK CLASS 2-

PAINTS AND VARNISHES

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T he International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services categorizes different services and goods

into 45 Trademark Classes. Classes 1-34 cover Goods and 35-45 cover Services. The Indian Trademark
Registry uses these categories to classify the trademarks.

Class 2 is one of the 45 classes which includes mainly paints, anti-corrosion preparations, dyes, and
colorants.

This class of trademarks is dedicated to the following materials belonging to varied fields:

 Washes and Paints

 Colorants, Inks, and Dyestuffs for clothing

 Thinners and Thickeners for Paints, Inks, Dyes, and Coatings

 Varnishes and Lacquers for industry, handicrafts, and arts

 Raw Natural Resins

 Preparations for protection against Corrosion and Rusting

 Colorants used in Beverages and Foodstuffs

 Mordant, Emulsions, Inks, Ceramic paints

 Preservatives against rust and deterioration of Wood

 Metals in powder and foil forms used generally by painters, artists, painters, decorators, etc.

Following are some of the substances that do not form a part of Class 1 category:

 Paint boxes (Class l6)

 Unprocessed artificial resins (Class 1)

 Cosmetic dyes (Class 3)

 Insulating paints and varnishes (Class l7).

 Laundry bluing (Class 3)

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Related (Coordinated) Classes

A coordinated class is one that is related to another class, since it has been found that applicants filing
within Class 2 often file in the coordinated classes, too.

In case if the applicant is unsure whether to register in Class 2, following “coordinated” classes may also
be considered:

Class 17 – Rubber Products

Class 19 – Building Materials

Class 35 – Advertising and Business Services

Class 37 – Construction and Repair Services

Class 40 – Material Treatment Services

Class 42 – Science and Technology Services

Following is an exhaustive alphabetic list of Goods that are included in Trademark Class 2:

 alizarine dyes

 aluminum powder for painting

 aluminium paints

 aniline dyes

 annotto[dyestuff] / annatto [dyestuff]

 anti-corrosive bonds

 anti-corrosive preparations

 anti-fouling paints

 anti-rust oil

 anti-trust greases

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  anti-rust preparations for preservation

 anti-tarnishing preparations for metals

 asbestos paints

 auramine

 bactericidal paints

 badigeon

 binding preparations for paints/agglutinants for paints

 bitumen varnish

 black Japan

 bronze powder for painting

 bronzing lacquers

 Canada balsam

 caramel[food colorant]

 carbon black [pigment]

 carbonyl[wood preservative]

 ceramic paints

 coatings[paints]

 coatings for roofing felt [paints] / coatings for tarred felt [paints]

 cobalt oxide [colorant]

 cochineal carmine

 colophony

 colorants* /dyestuffs

 colorants for liqueurs

 colorants for beer

 colorants for butter

 colorants for beverages

 copal

 copal varnish

 creosote for wood preservation

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  distempers

 dyes*

 dyewood extracts/wood dyestuffs

 dyewood/ coloring [colouring] wood / dye-wood

 enamels[varnishes]

 enamels for painting/enamel paints

 engraving ink

 fireproof paints

 fixatives for watercolors [watercolors] / fixatives for watercolors/fixatives for watercolors

 fixatives[varnishes]

 metal foil for painters, decorators, printers, and artists

 food dyes/food colorants

 gamboge for painting

 glazes[paints, lacquers]

 gum resins

 gum-lac/ shellac

 indigo[colorant]

 ink for skin-dressing

 ink for leather

 lacquers

 lampblack [pigment]

 limewash

 malt caramel [food colorant]

 malt colorants

 marking ink for animals

 mastic[natural resin]

 metals in powder form for painters, decorators, printers, and artists

 mordants*

 natural resins, raw

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  oils for the preservation of wood/preservative oils for wood

 orange lead/litharge

 repositionable paint patches

 paints*

 paper for dyeing Easter eggs

 pigments

 primers

 printers’s pastes [ink] / printing compositions [ink]

 printing ink

 protective preparations for metals

 red lead/minium

 saffron[colorant]

 sandarac

 shoe dyes

 siccatives[drying agents] for paints

 sienna earth

 silver emulsions [pigments]

 silver paste

 silvering powder

 soot[colorant]

 stains for leather/mordants for leather

 sumac for varnishes

 thickeners for paints

 thinners for lacquers

 thinners for paints

 titanium dioxide [pigment]

 toner cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers

 toners[ink] for photocopiers / ink [toner] for photocopiers

 turmeric[colorant]

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  turpentine[thinner for paints]

 undercoating for vehicle chassis / undersealing for vehicle chassis

 varnishes*

 white lead

 whitewash

 wood stains

 wood mordants

 wood preservatives

 wood coatings [paints]

 yellowwood[colorant]

 zinc oxide [pigment]

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