Updated on: April 13th, 2018 1:00 AM

Trademark Class 28: Games and Sporting Goods

A comprehensive guide to Class 28 of the Trademark Filing Classification. Trademarks must be applied or registered under classes and each class represents a distinct class of goods or services. In this post, we comprehensively cover the goods which fall under Class 28 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 28

Trademark Class 28 pertains to games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees. The following goods are also classified under Class 28:

• Amusement and game apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor;
• Fishing tackle;
• Equipment for various sports and games.

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 28:

• Christmas tree candles;
• Diving equipment;
• Electrical lamps (garlands) for Christmas trees;
• Fishing nets;
• Clothing for gymnastics and sports;
• Confectionery and chocolate decorations for Christmas trees.

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Comprehensive list of goods classified under Trademark Class 28

The following goods must be classified under Trademark Class 28:

• air pistols [toys]
• amusement machines, automatic and coin-operated
• arcade video game machines
• archery implements
• artificial fishing bait
• artificial snow for Christmas trees
• ascenders [mountaineering equipment]
• backgammon games
• bags especially designed for skis and surfboards
• ball pitching machines
• balls for games
• bar-bells
• baseball gloves
• batting gloves [accessories for games]
• bells for Christmas trees
• billiard table cushions
• billiard balls
• billiard markers
• billiard cues
• billiard cue tips
• billiard tables
• coin-operated billiard tables
• bingo cards
• bite indicators [fishing tackle]
• bite sensors [fishing tackle]
• bladders of balls for games
• board games
• bob-sleighs
• body-building apparatus / body rehabilitation apparatus / body-training apparatus
• bodyboards
• bowling apparatus and machinery
• bows for archery
• boxing gloves
• building blocks [toys]
• building games
• butterfly nets
• camouflage screens [sports articles]
• candle holders for Christmas trees
• caps for pistols [toys]
• carnival masks
• chalk for billiard cues
• chess games
• chessboards
• chest expanders [exercisers] / exercisers [expanders]
• chips for gambling
• Christmas trees of synthetic material
• Christmas tree stands
• clay pigeon traps
• clay pigeons [targets]
• climbers' harness
• confetti
• conjuring apparatus
• controllers for game consoles
• controllers for toys
• counters [discs] for games
• creels [fishing traps]
• cricket bags
• cups for dice
• darts
• decoys for hunting or fishing / lures for hunting or fishing
• dice
• discuses for sports
• divot repair tools [golf accessories] / pitch mark repair tools [golf accessories]
• dolls
• dolls' feeding bottles
• dolls' beds
• dolls' houses
• dolls' clothes
• dolls' rooms
• dominoes
• draughtboards / checkerboards
• draughts [games] / checkers [games]
• dumb-bells
• edges of skis
• elbow guards [sports articles]
• electronic targets
• explosive bonbons [Christmas crackers] / cosaques [toy fireworks]
• fairground ride apparatus
• fencing weapons
• fencing masks
• fencing gauntlets / fencing gloves
• fish hooks
• fishing tackle
• flippers for swimming / swimming webs [flippers]
• floats for fishing
• flying discs [toys]
• foosball tables
• games*
• apparatus for games
• gaming machines for gambling
• gloves for games
• golf clubs
• golf bags, with or without wheels
• golf gloves
• golf bag trolleys / golf bag carts
• gut for rackets
• gut for fishing
• appliances for gymnastics
• hang gliders
• harness for sailboards
• harpoon guns [sports articles]
• hockey sticks
• horseshoe games
• hunting game calls
• ice skates
• jigsaw puzzles
• kaleidoscopes
• kite reels
• kites
• knee guards [sports articles]
• landing nets for anglers
• in-line roller skates
• lines for fishing
• mah-jong
• marbles for games
• masks [playthings]
• masts for sailboards
• matryoshka dolls [wooden nested Russian dolls]
• men's athletic supporters [sports articles]
• mobiles [toys]
• nets for sports
• novelties for parties, dances [party favors, favours]
• ornaments for Christmas trees, except illumination articles and confectionery
• pachinkos
• paintball guns [sports apparatus]
• paintballs [ammunition for paintball guns] [sports apparatus]
• paper party hats
• paragliders
• parlour games / parlor games
• percussion caps [toys] / detonating caps [toys]
• machines for physical exercises
• piñatas
• play balloons
• playing balls
• playing cards
• plush toys
• poles for pole vaulting
• portable games with liquid crystal displays
• practical jokes [novelties]
• protective paddings [parts of sports suits]
• punching bags
• puppets / marionettes
• quoits
• rackets / bats for games
• radio-controlled toy vehicles
• rattles [playthings]
• reels for fishing
• ring games
• rocking horses
• rods for fishing
• roller skates
• rollers for stationary exercise bicycles
• rosin used by athletes
• roulette wheels
• sailboards
• scale model vehicles
• scale model kits [toys]
• scent lures for hunting or fishing
• scooters [toys]
• scrapers for skis
• scratch cards for playing lottery games
• seal skins [coverings for skis]
• shin guards [sports articles]
• shuttlecocks
• skateboards
• skating boots with skates attached
• ski bindings
• skis
• skittles
• skittles [games] / ninepins
• sleds [sports articles]
• slides [playthings]
• sling shots [sports articles]
• slot machines [gaming machines]
• snow globes
• snowboards
• snowshoes
• soap bubbles [toys]
• sole coverings for skis
• spinning tops [toys]
• spring boards [sports articles]
• starting blocks for sports
• stationary exercise bicycles
• strings for rackets
• stuffed toys
• surf skis
• surfboard leashes
• surfboards
• swimming pools [play articles]
• swimming kick boards
• swimming belts
• swimming jackets
• swings
• tables for table tennis
• targets
• teddy bears
• tennis nets
• tennis ball throwing apparatus
• theatrical masks
• toy pistols
• toy vehicles
• toy models
• toy figures
• toys for domestic pets
• toys*
• trampolines
• twirling batons
• video game machines
• water wings
• waterskis
• wax for skis
• weight lifting belts [sports articles]

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