What is Nice classification?
The Nice Classification consists of a classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks and service marks. The Nice Classification is based on a multilateral treaty administered by WIPO. This treaty is called the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, which was concluded in 1957. The referred agreement was entered in the city called ‘Nice’ in Southeast France and thus the Classification is commonly referred as ‘the Nice Classification’. The Nice Agreement is open to States party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
