Changes In The Nice Classification Of EU Trademarks (Video)

There is undoubtedly a fine discussion regarding the 'Nice classification' of EU trademarks.

The Nice classification is a system of classifying goods and services for European Union trademark applications. It consists of 45 classes. The subcategorization of classes into two, i.e. dealing with goods are Classes 1 to 34 and referred to as Services 35 to 45.

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Serious work on the products & services categories was the result of many attempts to eventually create a form of classifying and separating the one service from the other.

It is almost inevitable to choose certain categories during the application process, and change them to others categories afterwards. There is an alteration process of the initial application, however this is not to correct the initial mistakes, it is to alter or amend to something else. The second selection of classes that was described as 'alteration' would be the only way to go back and edit the original assortment.