Trademark Registration – Classification Guide Class 8 in Japan

I’ve launched a new brand for DIY tools.
I’ve prepared a brand name that everyone from children to adults will love, and I want to register it as a trademark to prevent others from imitating it.

Then, please don’t forget to designate class 8, which includes “bladed or pointed hand tools” and “hand tools”!
A keyword for the goods in class 8 is “manual type”.
Please keep that in mind and check out the class.

 “Manual type”? Besides saws and hammers, I’m planning to sell electric drills, etc. in the future.
But I wonder if they can be designated under class 8…?

Class 8 is a category of hand-held tools and implements of manual type, etc.

Category 8 mainly includes hand-held tools and cutlery used in various occupations.

It includes tools used in a wide range of situations from agriculture to cooking, but with a few exceptions, the key to belonging to Class 8 is that they are “manual type”.

Goods included in Class 8 and Goods NOT included in Class 8

List of main goods in Class 8

The main goods included in Class 8 are listed below.
These goods can be designated by Amazing DX.

• tweezers
• braiders [hand-held ones only]; manual looms
• hoes [hand-held]; digging forks [spading forks]; lawn rakes [hand-held ones only]
• lasts for shoe-making [hand-held ones only]
• electric flat irons
• electric razors and electric hair clippers
• hair styling irons
• hair styling irons
• bladed or pointed hand tools
• swords
• hand tools [other than "carpenters' inkpots and their accessories, razor strops, sharpening steels and whetstones"]
• carpenters' inkpots and their accessories
• razor strops [leather strops]; sharpening steels; whetstones [sharpening stones]
• egg slicers, non-electric; non-electric planes for flaking dried bonito blocks [Katsuo-bushi planes]; can openers, non-electric; spoons; cheese slicers, non-electric; pizza cutters, non-electric; forks [cutlery]
• dressmakers' chalk sharpeners
• fire pans for carrying live charcoal [Juno]; fireplace bellows [hand-tools]; fire tongs
• bludgeons
• shaving cases; pedicure sets; eyelash curlers; manicure sets
• ice axes
• diving knives; diving knife holders
• palette knives

The above list of “the main goods included in Class 8” is just an example.

Let’s take a closer look at what other goods are included in Class 8 and what goods are not.

What should you do if you want to specify such items? (Goods included in Class 8)

Products related to implements used for crafts.

When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please specify the item that the product is included in.

For example,

Products related to cutting instruments used at home.

When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please specify “bladed or pointed hand tools”.

For example,

Other goods included in Class 8

Other goods included in Class 8

Please contact our patent attorneys via chat if you want to specify the below in Amazing DX

• agricultural implements, hand-operated
• insecticide atomizers [hand tools]
• air pumps, hand-operated
• handles for hand-operated hand tools
• vegetable peelers, hand-operated
• squares [hand tools]
• hair-removing tweezers
• curling tongs
• apparatus for tattooing
• ear-piercing apparatus

Goods NOT included in Class 8.

POWERED hand-held tools

• electric drills [hand-held] [class 7]
• electric hammers [hand-held] [class 5]
• screwdrivers, electric [class 7]

I see, so the same hand-held tool would be in a different category if it is “powered”.

Yes, except for “electromechanical appliances for personal grooming used in the home”, “powered” tools must be designated in a different category.

Blades for different purposes.

• surgical cutlery [class 10]
• paper knives [letter openers] [class 16]
• paper shredders for office use [class 16]

Other goods NOT included in Class 8.

• side arms [firearms] [class 13]
• pumps for bicycle tires [class 12]
• pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games [class 28]
• broom handles [class 21]
• kitchen utensils [class 21]
• needles, not for sewing machines [class 26]
• needles for sewing machines [class 7]
• fencing weapons [class 28]
• nail polish [class 3]
• nail polish removers [class 3]
• nail art stickers [class 3]
• nail lamps [class 11]

So “manicure sets” are in Class 8, but nail art tools are in a different class!

It is important to note that “manicure sets” only fall under “tools for caring for nails and toenails,” such as nail files, nail nippers, and scissors for nails and cuticles.

File a trademark application in Japan, designating goods in Class 8!

Class 3 is a classification for hand tools and cutlery. If you are in the tools and cutlery industry, you may want to consider filing a trademark application in Class 8 first.

Amazing DX allows you to easily select your designated goods and services online.

First, please select as many goods and services as possible. After the search, it is easy to exclude the goods marked with × and search again.

If you are not sure which goods or services to select, please feel free to contact us via chat. Our attorneys specializing in trademarks will be happy to answer your questions.