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Trade Marks Journal No. 040/2010
Page No. lv
WIPO’s Recommendation No. 20 (Circular No. 25/2006, dated 16 August 2006)
For applications lodged on or after 23 August 2006, the Registrar, following the
recommendations of the World Intellectual Property Organization, will accept the following
items in the designated classes :
(1)Paper sheets, sensitized, for carrying photographic imaging materials – Class 1
(2) Slot machines[vending machines] – Class 9
(3) Paper sheets, not sensitized, for carrying photographic imaging materials – Class 16
(4) Slot machines[amusement] – Class 28
(5) Stand-alone video game machines – Class 28
Technical consultancy services (Circular No. 25/2006, dated 16 August 2006)
Technical support services (Circular No. 25/2006, dated 16 August 2006)
For applications lodged on or after 23 August 2006, the Registrar will classify “technical
consultancy services”, “technical support services” and other similar technical advisory and
technical information services according to their subject matters. The General Remarks in
the Nice Classification (8 th Edition) states that services that provide advice, information or
consultation are in principle classified in the same classes as the services that correspond
to the subject matter of the advice, information or consultation. Further, in line with the view
of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Registrar will consider indications such
as “technical consultancy services” and “technical support services”, per se as too broad
and vague and objections will be taken. Such indications will have to be specified in respect
of their subject matters for the purpose of classification.
2007 Circulars
WIPO’s Recommendation No. 21 (Circular No. 27/2007, dated 25 July 2007)
For applications lodged on or after 1 August 2007, the Registrar, following the
recommendations of the World Intellectual Property Organization, will accept the following
items in the designated classes:
(1) Scoreboards for sports, other than mechanical or electric – Class 20
(2) Advice on tax preparation – Class 35
(3) Advice on fiscal assessments, advice on fiscal valuations – Class 36
(4) Carbon offsetting services [recycling] – Class 40
(5) Prenatal exercises – Class 41
(6) Weblog [blog] services [on-line publication of journals or diaries] – Class 41
(7) Creating and maintaining weblogs [blogs] for others – Class 42
(8) Hosting of weblogs [blogs] – Class 42
(9) Preparation of technical projects, technical research and consultancy services in the
field of carbon offsetting – Class 42
(10) Carbon offsetting services [reforestation] – Class 44