International Alphabetical List

In addition to the General Remarks, list of

international classes, and explanatory notes (

see

TMEP §1401.02(a)

), the Nice Classification includes the

Alphabetical List of goods and services. The Alphabetical List provides guidance

concerning classification of particular goods and services. The Alphabetical List is

published by the World Intellectual Property Organization and is available online at

http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/

.  French and Spanish

versions of the Alphabetical List are also available online. Note: The paper

publication of the Nice Classification was discontinued in 2011 with the publication

of the 10th edition.

As the Alphabetical List was developed to

classify

goods and services and not to identify specific goods

and services, most entries in the Alphabetical List will not be sufficiently definite

to use in an

identification

of goods and/or services.  If such

entries are provided as identifications, the USPTO exercises its discretion to

require greater particularity.

See

In re Omega SA,

494 F.3d 1362, 83 USPQ2d 1541 (Fed. Cir.

2007).

The USPTO’s

Acceptable Identification

of Goods and Services Manual

(ID Manual) provides general guidance

on whether an identification is sufficiently definite.

See

TMEP

§1402.04

.