Trademark Class 2: Paints and Varnishes

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A comprehensive guide to Class 2 of the Trademark 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 2 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 2

The following goods are classified under Class 2: Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists.

Class 2 includes mainly paints, colorants and preparations used for the protection against corrosion. This Class includes in particular, paints, varnishes and lacquers for industry, handicrafts and arts, dyestuffs for clothing, colorants for foodstuffs and beverages.

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 2: Unprocessed artificial resins (Class 1), laundry blueing (Class 3), cosmetic dyes (Class 3), paint boxes (articles for use in school)(Class 16), insulating paints and varnishes (Class 17).

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 2

alizarine dyes
aluminium powder for painting
aluminium paints
aniline dyes
annotto [dyestuff] / annatto [dyestuff]
anti-corrosive bands
anti-corrosive preparations
anti-fouling paints
anti-rust oils
anti-rust greases
anti-rust preparations for preservation
anti-tarnishing preparations for metals
asbestos paints
auramine
bactericidal paints
badigeon
binding preparations for paints / agglutinants for paints
bitumen varnish
black japan
bronze powder for painting
bronzing lacquers
Canada balsam
caramel [food colorant]
carbon black [pigment]
carbonyl [wood preservative]
ceramic paints
coatings [paints]
coatings for roofing felt [paints] / coatings for tarred felt [paints]
cobalt oxide [colorant]
cochineal carmine
colophony
colorants* / dyestuffs
colorants for liqueurs
colorants for beer
colorants for butter
colorants for beverages
copal
copal varnish
creosote for wood preservation
distempers
dyes*
dyewood extracts / wood dyestuffs
dyewood / coloring [colouring] wood / dye-wood
enamels [varnishes]
enamels for painting / enamel paints
engraving ink
fireproof paints
fixatives for watercolors [watercolours] / fixatives for watercolors / fixatives for watercolours
fixatives [varnishes]
metal foil for painters, decorators, printers and artists
food dyes / food colorants
gamboge for painting
glazes [paints, lacquers]
gum resins
gum-lac / shellac
indigo [colorant]
ink for skin-dressing
ink for leather
lacquers
lamp black [pigment]
lime wash
malt caramel [food colorant]
malt colorants
marking ink for animals
mastic [natural resin]
metals in powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists
mordants*
natural resins, raw
oils for the preservation of wood / preservative oils for wood
orange lead / litharge
repositionable paint patches
paints*
paper for dyeing Easter eggs
pigments
primers
printers’ pastes [ink] / printing compositions [ink]
printing ink
protective preparations for metals
red lead / minium
saffron [colorant]
sandarac
shoe dyes
siccatives [drying agents] for paints
sienna earth
silver emulsions [pigments]
silver paste
silvering powders
soot [colorant]
stains for leather / mordants for leather
sumac for varnishes
thickeners for paints
thinners for lacquers
thinners for paints
titanium dioxide [pigment]
toner cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers
toners [ink] for photocopiers / ink [toner] for photocopiers
turmeric [colorant]
turpentine [thinner for paints]
undercoating for vehicle chassis / undersealing for vehicle chassis
varnishes*
white lead
whitewash
wood stains
wood mordants
wood preservatives
wood coatings [paints]
yellowwood [colorant]
zinc oxide [pigment]