Trademark Registration – Classification Guide Class 31 in Japan How to chose goods/services 2022年5月26日 2025年1月30日 Amazing DX Support Team I’ve decided to start selling vegetables. First, I’ve prepared a high impact product name and logo for selling the vegetables. I would like to register it as a trademark to prevent others from copying it. Then, you remember to designate Class 31 that includes “vegetables”. I see, but now that I think about it, how far does “vegetables” go? Is a strawberry a vegetable? Do fruits also fall under Class 31? What about frozen vegetables or vegetable seedlings? Class 31 is a classification of unprocessed agricultural or aquacultural products, natural plants and live animals Class 31 mainly includes unprocessed agricultural or aquacultural products, natural plants and live animals. Generally, you may easily understand that this class includes the type of goods that are familiar to us in our daily lives such as seedlings, saplings, flowers [natural], edible aquatic animals, live, edible seaweeds, unprocessed and fresh fruit as well as vegetables. Goods included in Class 31 and Not included in Class 31 List of main goods in Class 31 The following is a list of the main goods included in Class 31. You may file a Japanese trademark application designating these goods by Amazing DX. litter for animalswreaths of natural flowers for ceremonies or funeralsfishing baitsunprocessed hopsedible aquatic animals, liveedible seaweeds, unprocessed; vegetables, freshfresh vegetables, other than tea leavestea leaves, unprocessedsugar cropsfruit, freshmalt, not for foodfoxtail millet, unprocessed; proso millet, unprocessed; sesame, unprocessed; buckwheat, unprocessed; corn [unprocessed grain]; Japanese barnyard millet, unprocessed; wheat, barley and oats, unprocessed; rice, unprocessed; sorghum, unprocessedanimal foodstuffsseeds and bulbstrees; grasses [plants]; turf, natural; dried flowers; seedlings; saplings; flowers [natural]; pasture grass; Bonsai [potted dwarfed trees]live mammals, fish [not for food], birds and insectssilkworm eggs; cocoons for silkworm breedingeggs for hatchingUrushi tree seedsrough cork; palm tree leaves, unworked The above list of main goods included in Class 31 is just an example. Let’s take a closer look at what other goods are included in Class 31 and what goods are not. What should you do if you want to specify such product ? (Goods included in Class 31) Goods related to vegetables When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please designate “fresh vegetables, other than tea leaves”. For example, young soybeans in the pod (Eda-mame), fresh pumpkins (marrows and squashes), fresh green cabbages, fresh cucumbers, fresh sweet potatoes, fresh green beans (string beans), fresh mushrooms (Shiitake), fresh white radishes, fresh bamboo shoots, fresh corn [fresh vegetables] eggplants, fresh leeks, fresh Chinese cabbages (Hakusai), fresh parsley, fresh spinach, fresh Matsutake mushrooms, fresh bean sprouts, fresh lettuce, fresh Japanese edible horseradishes (Wasabi), fresh Goods related to fruits When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please designate “fruit, fresh”. For example, almonds, fresh strawberries, fresh oranges, fresh Japanese persimmons, fresh cashew nuts, fresh chestnuts, fresh walnuts, fresh coconuts, fresh watermelons, fresh pears, fresh bananas, fresh grapes, fresh hazelnuts, fresh mandarin oranges (tangerines), fresh melons, fresh apples, fresh lemons, fresh Other goods Product you want to specify→Selected on Amazing DXfish meal [animal feed]synthetic animal feedrice bran [animal feed]mixed animal feedsoy sauce cakes [animal feed]→animal foodstuffssugar canesugar beet→sugar cropsAosa seaweed [sea lettuce]Kombu seaweed [kelp]Tengusa seaweed [agar]Nori seaweed [laver]Hijiki seaweed [brown algae]Wakame [seaweed]→edible seaweeds, unprocessedark-shells, liveshort-necked clams, liveabalones, livecuttlefish, squids and calamaries, livesardines, liveshrimps, prawns and lobsters, liveoysters, live→edible aquatic animals, live Services Not included in Class 31 fresh, chilled or frozen edible aquatic animals (not live) ark-shells, not live short-necked clams, not live sweetfish, not live abalones, not live cuttlefish, squids and calamaries, not live oysters, not live all in [Class 29] I see, so the same edible aquatic animals is classified differently depending on whether it is alive or not. Yes. A separate class should be designated for edible aquatic animals “not live” . Other goods not included in Class 31 frozen vegetables frozen fruits processed seafood products all in [Class 29] Frozen or processed vegetables, fruits and edible aquatic animals are not in Class 31! File a trademark application in Japan, designating goods in Class 31! Class 31 is a classification of the goods including unprocessed agricultural or aquacultural products, natural plants and live animals. If you are in the industry of agriculture or fisheries, please consider filing a trademark application specifying Class 31 first. Amazing DX allows you to easily select your designated goods and services online. First, please select as many goods 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. 無料で商標検索! この記事の監修者: HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK 大阪法務戦略部長 八谷 晃典 Specialist, attorney, Specially Qualified Attorney For Infringement Litigation, Supervisor