All About Trademark Class 20

All About Trademark Class 20

Trademark Class 20 encompasses a wide range of goods related to furniture, furnishings, and non-metallic hardware products. It includes items such as furniture, mirrors, picture frames, mattresses, cushions, and various goods made from wood, cork, reed, and plastic, which are typically used in interior spaces. Class 20 is essential for businesses that manufacture or sell these non-metallic products and wish to protect their brand names, logos, or slogans associated with them. Registering a trademark in Class 20 helps prevent others from using similar marks on similar goods, reducing the likelihood of confusion among consumers and safeguarding the brand’s identity in the market.

Important goods included in Trademark Class 20

Trademark Class 20 mainly includes furniture, and parts thereof, as well as certain goods made of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, whalebone, shell, amber, mother of pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastic. The particular goods included in this class are as follow-

• Metal furniture, furniture for camping, gun racks, newspaper display stands.
• Indoor window blinds and shades.
• Bedding, for instance, mattresses, bed bases, pillows.
• Looking glasses, furniture and toilet mirrors.
• Registration plats, not of metal.
• Small items of hardware, not of metal, for instance, bolts, screws, dowels, furniture casters, collars for fastening pipes.
• Letter boxes, not of metal or masonry.
• Certain dispensing apparatus, not of metal, automatic or non- automatic, for example, towel dispensers, queue ticket dispensers, dispensers for dog waste bags, toilet paper dispensers.

Goods does not included in Trademark Class 20

• Special furniture for laboratories (included in class 9), or for medical use (included in class 10)
• Outdoor blinds of metal (included in class 6)
• Outdoor blinds , not of metal and not of textile (included in class 19)
• Outdoor blinds of textile (included in class 22)
• Bed linen, eiderdowns and sleeping beds (included in class 24)
• Certain dispensing apparatus that are classified according to their function and purpose, for example,-
• Fluid dispensing machines for industrial use (included in class 7)
• Ticket dispensing terminals, electronic (included in class 9)
• Dosage dispensers for medical use (included in class 10)
• Adhesive tape dispensers (included in class 16)
• Certain mirrors for specific uses, for instance,-
• Mirrors used in optical goods (included in class 9)
• Mirrors used in surgery or dentistry (included in class 10)
• Rearview mirrors (included in class 12)
• Sighting mirrors for guns (included in class 13)
• Certain goods made of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, whalebone, shell, amber, mother of pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastic, that are classified according to their function and purpose, for example,-
• Beads for making jewellery (included in class 14)
• Wooden floorboards (included in class 19)
• Baskets for domestic use (included in class 21)
• Plastic cups (included in class 21)
• Reed mats (included in class 27)

List of popular examples of Trademark Class 20

• IKEA: Furniture 
• Godrej Interio: Furniture
• Wipro Furniture: Furniture
• Usha Furniture: Wooden furniture
• Nilkamal: Furniture
• Zuari: Various kinds of furniture
• Durian: Furniture
• 999STORE: Furniture
• Hosley: Furniture
• Forever: Picture frames, handicrafts idols and statues
• Hof: Furniture

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 20

A

• Air beds, not for medical purposes
• Air cushions, not for medical purposes
• Air mattresses, not for medical purposes
• Air pillows not for medical purposes
• Ambroid bars
• Ambroid plates
• Animal horns
• Animal claws
• Animal hooves
• Anti-roll cushions for babies
• Armchairs
• Artificial honeycombs for beehives

B

• Bag hangers, not for metal
• Bakers’ bread baskets
• Bamboo curtains
• Bamboo, unworked, or semi- worked
• Barrels (not of metal)
• Baskets, not of metal
• Bassinets/ cradles
• Bath seats for babies
• Bathroom stools
• Bathroom vanities (furniture)
• Bathtub grab bars, not of metal
• Bead curtains (for decoration)
• Bed bases
• Bed fittings (not of metal)
• Bed casters (not of metal)
• Bedding (except linen)
• Beds for household pets
• Beds
• Bedsteads made of wood
• Beehives
• Benches (furniture)
• Binding screws for cables (not of metal)
• Birdhouses
• Bolsters
• Bolts (not of metal)
• Book rests (furniture)
• Bookcases 
• Bottle racks
• Bottle caps (not of metal)
• Bottle closures (not of metal)
• Bottle casings of wood
• Bottles (containers), not of metal, for compressed gas or liquid air
• Boxes of wood or plastic
• Boxes, not of metal, for dispensing paper towels
• Brackets, not of metal, for furniture
• Brush mountings
• Bumper guards for cots/ cribs, other than bed linen
• Busts of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic

C

• Cabinet work
• Camping mattresses
• Cask stands (not of metal)
• Cask hoops or barrel hoops (not of metal)
• Casks of wood for decanting wine
• Casks, not of metal
• Cat trees
• Chairs (seats)/ seats
• Chaise longues/ chaise lounges
• Chests of drawers
• Chests for toys
• Chests, not of metal/ bins, not of metal
• Chopping blocks (tables)
• Clips of plastic for sealing bags
• Clips for cables and pipes (not made of metal)
• Closures for containers, not of metal
• Clothes hooks, not of metal
• Coat hangers/ clothes hangers
• Coat hooks, not of metal/ hooks, not of metal, for clothes rail 
• Coat stands
• Coffin fittings (not of metal)
• coffins
• Collars for fastening pipes (not of metal)
• Commemorative statuary cups of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic
• Console tables
• Containers for liquid fuel (not of metal)
• Containers for compressed gas or liquid air (not of metal)
• Containers, not of metal (storage, transport)
• Coral
• Corks 
• Corks for bottles
• Corozo 
• Costume stands
• Cots/ cribs for babies
• Counters (tables)
• Covers for clothing [wardrobe]
• Covers specially made for handling and transport of bottles, not of metal, for compressed gas
• Crates
• Crucifixes of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic, other than jewellery 
• Cupboards
• Curtain rings
• Curtain holders (not made of textile materials)
• Curtain rollers
• Curtain rails
• Curtain tie-backs
• Curtain rods
• Curtain hooks
• Cushions
• Cushions for lining pet crates

D

• Deck chairs
• Decorations of plastic for foodstuffs
• Desks
• Dinner wagons (furniture)
• Dispensers, not of metal, for dog waste bags
• Display boards
• Display stands
• Divans
• Dog kennels
• Doorbells, not of metal, non-electric
• Door bolts, not of metal
• Door closures/ door springs, not of metal, non-electric
• Door fasteners, not of metal
• Door fittings (not of metal)
• Door handles (not of metal)
• Door knockers, not of metal
• Door openers, not of metal, non-electric
• Door stops, not of metal or rubber
• Doors for furniture
• Dowels (not of metal)/ pegs (pins), not of metal
• Drafting tables
• Drain traps (valves) of plastic
• Drawer organizers
• Drawers for furniture
• Dressing tables

E

• Edgings of plastic for furniture
• Embroidery frames
• Ergonomic chairs for seated massage

F

• Fans for personal use (non-electric)
• Feet for furniture
• Figurines/ statuettes of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic
• Filing cabinets
• Fishing baskets
• Floating containers, not of metal
• Flower- pot pedestals
• Flower stands (furniture)
• Fodder racks
• Footstools
• Freestanding partitions (furniture)
• Funerary urns
• Furniture
• Furniture casters, not of metal
• Furniture fittings, not of metal
• Furniture of metals
• Furniture partitions of wood/ partitions of wood for furniture
• Furniture Shelves

G

• Garment covers (storage)
• Gun racks

H

• Hairdressers’ chairs
• Hand-held flagpoles, not of metal
• Hand-held mirrors (toilet mirrors)
• Hand-held supermarket shopping baskets, not of metal
• Handling pallets, not of metal
• Hanging closet organizers
• Hat stands
• Head positioning pillows for babies
• Head support cushions for babies
• Head-rests (furniture)
• High chairs for babies
• Hinges, not of metal
• Horn, unworked, or semi- worked
• House numbers, not of metal, non- luminous

I

• Identification bracelets, not of metal
• Imitation tortoiseshell
• Index cabinets (furniture)
• Indoor window blinds/ shades (furniture)
• Indoor window blinds/ shades of paper
• Indoor window blinds/ shades of textile
• Indoor window blinds/ shades of woven wood
• Infant walkers
• Inflatable furniture
• Inflatable publicity objects

J

• Jerrycans, not of metal
• Jewellery organizer displays

K

• Kennels for household pets
• Keyboards for hanging keys
• Kitchen dressers (furniture)
• Knobs, not of metal

L

• Labels of plastic
• Ladders of wood or plastics
• Lap desks
• Latchets, not of metal
• Lecterns
• Legs for furniture
• Letterboxes, not of metal or masonry
• Library shelves
• Loading gauge rods, not of metal, for railway wagons
• Loading pallets, not of metal
• Lockers (furniture)
• Locks, not of metal, for vehicles
• Locks, not of metal, other than electric
• Luggage lockers

M

• Magazine racks
• Massage tables
• Mats for infant playpens
• Mats, removable, for sinks
• Mattresses
• Meat safes
• Medicine cabinets
• Meerschaum
• Mirror tiles
• Mirrors (looking glasses)
• Mobile boarding stairs, not of metal, for passengers
• Mobiles (decoration)
• Mooring buoys, not of metal
• Moses baskets
• Mother of pearl, unworked or semi-worked
• Mouldings/ moldings for picture frames

N

• Nails, not of metal
• Nameplates/ identity plates, not of metal
• Nesting boxes
• Nesting boxes for household pets
• Newspaper display stands
• Number plates/ registration plates, not of metal
• Nuts, not of metal

O

• Office furniture
• Oil drainage containers, not of metal
• Oyster shells

P

• Packaging containers of plastic
• Padlocks, not of metal, other than electronic
• Pet cushions
• Picture frame brackets/ picture rods (frames)
• Picture frames
• Pillows
• Placards of wood or plastics
• Plaited straw, except matting
• Plastic key cards, not encoded and not magnetic
• Plastic keys
• Plastic ramps for use with vehicles
• Plate racks (furniture)
• Playpens for babies
• Plugs (dowels), not of metal/ wall plugs, not of metal
• Plugs/ bungs, not of metal
• Poles, not of metal
• Portable desks
• Prize cups of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic
• Pulleys of plastics for blinds

Q

• Queue ticket dispensers, not of metal

R

• Racks (furniture)
• Racks for storing cardboard
• Rattan
• Recycling bins, not of metal
• Reeds, (plaiting materials)
• Reels of wood for yarn, silk, cord
• Reels, not of metal, non- mechanical, for flexible hoses
• Removable covers for sinks
• Reservoirs/ tanks, not of metal nor of masonry
• Reusable baby changing mats
• Rivets, not of metal
• Runners, not of metal, for sliding doors

S

• Sash fasteners, not of metal, for windows
• Saw benches (furniture)
• Saw horses
• School furniture
• Scratching posts for cats
• Screens (furniture)
• Screw tops, not of metal, for bottles
• Screws, not of metal
• Sealing caps, not of metal
• Seats of metal
• Sections of wood for beehives
• Settees 
• Sew-on tags of plastic for clothing
• Shells
• Shelves for file cabinets
• Shelves for storage
• Shelving units
• Shoe dowels, not of metal
• Shoe pegs, not of metal
• Shoulder poles (yokes)
• Showcases (furniture)
• Shower chairs
• Sideboards
• Signboards of wood or plastics
• Silvered glass (mirrors)
• Slatted indoor blinds
• Sleeping mats of bamboo or straw
• Sleeping pads/ mats 
• Sneeze guards
• Sofas
• Split rings, not of metal, for keys
• Stag antlers
• Stair rods
• Stakes, not of metal, for plants or trees
• Standing desks
• Stands for calculating machines
• Statues of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic
• Staves of wood
• Step stools, not of metal
• Steps (ladders), not of metal
• Stools
• Stoppers, not of glass, metal, or rubber
• Straw edgings
• Straw mattresses
• Straw plaits
• Stuffed animals
• Stuffed birds

T

• Table tops
• Tables of metal
• Tables
• Tacks/ brads, not of metal
• Tailors’ dummies/ dressmakers’ dummies/ mannequins
• Taps/ faucets, not of metal, for casks
• Tea trolleys/ carts
• Tent pegs, not of metal
• Toilet paper dispensers, not of metal
• Toolboxes, not of metal, empty
• Tools chests, not of metal, empty
• Tortoiseshell
• Tower dispensers, not of metal
• Towel stands (furniture)
• Transport pallets, not of metal
• Trays, not of metal
• Trestles (furniture)
• Trolleys (furniture)
• Trolleys/ carts for computers (furniture)
• Troughs, not of metal, for mixing mortar
• Typing desks/ shelves for typewriters

U

• Umbrella stands

V

• Valet stands
• Valves of plastic, other than parts of machines
• Vats, not of metal
• Vice benches (furniture)

W

• Wall- mounted baby changing platforms
• Wardrobes
• Washstands (furniture)
• Waste dumpsters, not of metal, other than for medical use
• Water- pipe valves of plastic
• Waterbeds, not for medical purposes
• Whalebone, unworked or semi-worked
• Wickerwork
• Wind chimes (decoration)
• Window closers, not of metal, non-electric
• Window fasteners, not of metal
• Window openers, not of metal, non-electric
• Window pulleys/ sash pulleys, not of metal
• Window stops, not of metal or rubber
• Wood ribbon
• Workbenches
• Works of art of wood, wax, plaster, or plastic
• Writing desks

Y

• Yellow amber

Conclusion

Trademark Class 20 is a vital category within the classification system used by trademark offices worldwide, primarily encompassing non-metallic furniture and household items. Businesses involved in the production or sale of products such as furniture, mattresses, pillows, mirrors, and various other non-metallic goods seek registration in this class to protect their brand identities. By doing so, they can safeguard their trademarks, ensuring exclusivity in their market segment and reducing the risk of consumer confusion, ultimately preserving the value and uniqueness of their brands within the realm of non-metallic furnishings and related products.

LegalPillers is here to reduce the complications related to the registration and classification of trademark effectively, ensuring that your brand is adequately safeguarded within this important class.

(FAQs) about Trademark Class 20

• What is Trademark Class 20?

Trademark Class 20 is a classification category used by trademark offices to group together and register trademarks for non-metallic furniture and household items.

• What kinds of products are covered under Class 20?

Class 20 includes products such as furniture, mattresses, pillows, mirrors, picture frames, bedding, non-metallic hardware, and more.

• Why is it important to register a trademark in Class 20?

Registering a trademark in Class 20 provides legal protection for your brand name or logo associated with these specific goods, preventing others from using similar marks on similar products and avoiding consumer confusion.

• Can I register a trademark for both furniture and pillows in Class 20?

Yes, you can register a trademark in Class 20 for multiple products within the class, as long as they fall under its category.

• Are office furniture and home furniture covered under the same class?

Yes, both office furniture and home furniture are covered under Class 20, as long as they are non-metallic.

• Does Class 20 cover outdoor furniture?

Yes, outdoor furniture made from non-metallic materials is also included in Class 20.

• What types of materials are considered non-metallic in Class 20?

Materials such as wood, plastic, cork, reed, and bamboo are considered non-metallic within this class.

• Can I register a trademark for a specific type of mattress, like memory foam mattresses?

Yes, you can register a trademark for specific types of mattresses, as long as they fall under the Class 20 category.

• Are bean bags and bean bag chairs included in Class 20?

Yes, bean bags and bean bag chairs made from non-metallic materials are part of this class.

• What about decorative wall mirrors?

Decorative wall mirrors are covered under Class 20 as well.

• Can I register a trademark for custom-made furniture?

Yes, trademarks for custom-made furniture can also be registered in Class 20.

• Are storage containers made of plastic included in Class 20?

Yes, plastic or non-metallic storage containers fall under this class.

• What is the difference between Class 20 and Class 24?

Class 20 covers non-metallic bedding and furnishings, while Class 24 is specifically for textile goods, such as bed linens and towels.

• Can I register a trademark for non-metallic furniture parts in Class 20?

Yes, components and parts of non-metallic furniture can be registered in this class.

• Is Class 20 applicable to furniture used in commercial spaces?

Yes, furniture used in both residential and commercial spaces is covered under Class 20.

• Can I register a trademark for non-metallic pet furniture in Class 20?

Yes, non-metallic pet furniture, like pet beds, can be registered in this class.

• Are yoga mats and exercise equipment covered under Class 20?

No, yoga mats and exercise equipment are typically not included in Class 20; they may fall under different classes.

• How long does a trademark registration in Class 20 last?

Trademark registrations typically last 10 years, with the possibility of renewal.

• Can I change the class of my trademark registration later?

Changing the class of a trademark registration can be complex and may require legal advice. It is generally advisable to select the appropriate class during the initial registration process.

• Where can I apply for a trademark registration in Class 20?

You can apply for a trademark registration in Class 20 with your country’s trademark office or through international trademark registration systems like the Madrid Protocol for international protection. It is advisable to consult with a trademark attorney or specialist to navigate the registration process effectively.