On January 1, 2026, the 13th edition of the Nice Classification came into effect. Established by the Nice Agreement in 1957, the Nice ...

Over the last few years, there has been increasing debate surrounding the appropriate trademark classification for digital assets. The most recent edition of the Nice Classification (the 12th Edition) ...

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TÜRKPATENT has updated the list of goods and services applicable to trademark applications in alignment with the most recent Nice Classification. Applicants must pay careful attention to the accurate ...

In an action for cancellation involving the trademark PRYMUS, the Warsaw District Administrative Court has held that the Nice Classification must be used only as an auxiliary tool to decide whether ...

The International Nice Classification allows all entities which are part of the Nice Convention to unify under one criteria the classification of goods and services to be protected with a trade mark.

Under the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty, Nice classification is not the criterion, merely the reference for determining whether two goods or services are similar or not. In China, an ...

November 2007 Lebanon has decided to adopt the Ninth Edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the registration of Trademark under the Nice Agreement (Nice ...

The Nice Classification of Goods & Services is an international classification created for the purpose of registration of trademarks. The Nice Agreement is what most countries around the world follow ...