International Classification of Goods and Services

Class 16
Category:Paper, Paper, cardboard, printed matter.
Class 16 includes mainly paper, cardboard and certain goods made of those materials, as well as office requisites.

Includes, in particular:

  • paper knives, paper cutters
  • cases, covers and devices for holding or securing paper, for example, document files, money clips, holders for cheque books, paper-clips, passport holders, scrapbooks
  • certain office machines, for example, typewriters, duplicators, franking machines for office use, pencil sharpeners
  • painting articles for use by artists and interior and exterior painters, for example, artists' watercolour saucers, painters' easels and palettes, paint rollers and trays
  • certain disposable paper products, for example, bibs, handkerchiefs and table linen of paper
  • certain goods made of paper or cardboard not otherwise classified by function or purpose, for example, paper bags, envelopes and containers for packaging, figurines and works of art of paper or cardboard, such as figurines of papier mâché, framed or unframed lithographs, paintings and watercolours

Does not include, in particular:

  • certain goods made of paper or cardboard that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, photographic paper (Cl. 1), abrasive paper (Cl. 3), indoor window blinds of paper (Cl. 20), table plates and cups of paper (Cl. 21), bed covers of paper (Cl. 24), paper clothing (Cl. 25), cigarette paper (Cl. 34)
  • paints (Cl. 2)
  • hand tools for artists, for example, spatulas, sculptors' chisels (Cl. 8)
  • teaching apparatus, for example, audiovisual teaching apparatus, resuscitation mannequins (Cl. 9), and toy models (Cl. 28)

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