A comprehensive guide to Class 26 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 26 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 26

Trademark Class 26 pertains to lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.

The following goods are also classified under Class 26:

• Slide fasteners.

Trademark Class 26 includes mainly dressmakers’ articles.

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 26:

• Certain special types of hooks;
• Certain special types of needles;
• Yarns and threads for textile use.

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 26

The following goods must be classified under Trademark Class 26:

• appliqués [haberdashery]
• artificial flowers
• artificial fruit
• artificial garlands
• artificial plants
• badges for wear, not of precious metal
• beads, other than for making jewelry / beads, other than for making jewellery
• belt clasps
• binding needles
• birds’ feathers [clothing accessories]
• blouse fasteners / dress body fasteners
• bobbins for retaining embroidery floss or wool [not parts of machines]
• bodkins
• bows for the hair
• boxes for needles
• braids
• brassards / arm bands [clothing accessories]
• brooches [clothing accessories]
• buckles [clothing accessories]
• buttons*
• chenille [passementerie]
• collar supports
• competitors’ numbers
• cords for clothing
• cords for rimming, for clothing
• corset busks / whalebones for corsets
• darning needles
• darning lasts
• decorative articles for the hair
• edgings for clothing
• elastic ribbons
• embroidering crochet hooks
• embroidery / fancy goods [embroidery]
• expanding bands for holding sleeves
• eyelets for clothing
• false beards
• false hair
• false hems
• false moustaches
• fastenings for clothing
• fastenings for suspenders / fastenings for braces
• feathers [clothing accessories]
• festoons [embroidery]
• frills [lacework]
• frills for clothing
• fringes
• gold embroidery
• haberdashery*, except thread
• hair bands
• hair grips / bobby pins
• hair curling pins
• hair barrettes / hair slides
• hair pins
• hair nets
• hair colouring caps / hair coloring caps
• hair curling papers
• hair extensions
• hair curlers, other than hand implements
• hat ornaments, not of precious metal
• heat adhesive patches for repairing textile articles
• heat adhesive patches for decoration of textile articles [haberdashery]
• hook and pile fastening tapes
• hooks [haberdashery]
• hooks for corsets
• human hair
• knitting needles
• lace for edgings
• lace trimmings / passementerie
• letters for marking linen
• mica spangles
• monogram tabs for marking linen / numerals or letters for marking linen
• needle cushions
• needle cases
• needles*
• needles for wool combing machines
• numerals for marking linen
• ornamental novelty badges [buttons]
• ostrich feathers [clothing accessories]
• picot [lace]
• pin cushions
• pins, other than jewellery [jewelry (Am.)]
• plaited hair / tresses of hair
• prize ribbons
• reins for guiding children
• ribbons [haberdashery]
• rosettes [haberdashery]
• rug hooks
• saddlers’ needles
• sewing needles
• sewing boxes
• sewing thimbles
• shoe fasteners
• shoe hooks
• shoe laces
• shoe ornaments, not of precious metal
• shoe eyelets
• shoe buckles
• shoemakers’ needles
• shoulder pads for clothing
• shuttles for making fishing nets
• silver embroidery
• skirt flounces
• snap fasteners
• spangles for clothing
• tapes for curtain headings
• tassels [haberdashery]
• tinsels [trimmings for clothing] / orsedew [trimmings for clothing]
• top-knots [pompoms]
• toupees
• trimmings for clothing
• trouser clips for cyclists
• wigs
• woollen laces
• wreaths of artificial flowers
• zip fasteners / slide fasteners [zippers] / zippers
• zippers for bags / zip fasteners for bags