Trademark Class 28

A comprehensive guide to Class 28 of the Trademark filing framework. 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 28 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 28: Games and Sporting Goods

Trademark Class 28 pertains to games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.

The following goods are also classified under Class 28:

• Amusement and game apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor;
• Fishing tackle;
• Equipment for various sports and games.

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 28:

• Christmas tree candles;
• Diving equipment;
• Electrical lamps (garlands) for Christmas trees;
• Fishing nets;
• Clothing for gymnastics and sports;
• Confectionery and chocolate decorations for Christmas trees.

Comprehensive list of goods classified under Trademark Class 28

• air pistols [toys]
• amusement machines, automatic and coin-operated
• arcade video game machines
• archery implements
• artificial fishing bait
• artificial snow for Christmas trees
• ascenders [mountaineering equipment]
• backgammon games
• bags especially designed for skis and surfboards
• ball pitching machines
• balls for games
• bar-bells
• baseball gloves
• batting gloves [accessories for games]
• bells for Christmas trees
• billiard table cushions
• billiard balls
• billiard markers
• billiard cues
• billiard cue tips
• billiard tables
• coin-operated billiard tables
• bingo cards
• bite indicators [fishing tackle]
• bite sensors [fishing tackle]
• bladders of balls for games
• board games
• bob-sleighs
• body-building apparatus / body rehabilitation apparatus / body-training apparatus
• bodyboards
• bowling apparatus and machinery
• bows for archery
• boxing gloves
• building blocks [toys]
• building games
• butterfly nets
• camouflage screens [sports articles]
• candle holders for Christmas trees
• caps for pistols [toys]
• carnival masks
• chalk for billiard cues
• chess games
• chessboards
• chest expanders [exercisers] / exercisers [expanders]
• chips for gambling
• Christmas trees of synthetic material
• Christmas tree stands
• clay pigeon traps
• clay pigeons [targets]
• climbers’ harness
• confetti
• conjuring apparatus
• controllers for game consoles
• controllers for toys
• counters [discs] for games
• creels [fishing traps]
• cricket bags
• cups for dice
• darts
• decoys for hunting or fishing / lures for hunting or fishing
• dice
• discuses for sports
• divot repair tools [golf accessories] / pitch mark repair tools [golf accessories]
• dolls
• dolls’ feeding bottles
• dolls’ beds
• dolls’ houses
• dolls’ clothes
• dolls’ rooms
• dominoes
• draughtboards / checkerboards
• draughts [games] / checkers [games]
• dumb-bells
• edges of skis
• elbow guards [sports articles]
• electronic targets
• explosive bonbons [Christmas crackers] / cosaques [toy fireworks]
• fairground ride apparatus
• fencing weapons
• fencing masks
• fencing gauntlets / fencing gloves
• fish hooks
• fishing tackle
• flippers for swimming / swimming webs [flippers]
• floats for fishing
• flying discs [toys]
• foosball tables
• games*
• apparatus for games
• gaming machines for gambling
• gloves for games
• golf clubs
• golf bags, with or without wheels
• golf gloves
• golf bag trolleys / golf bag carts
• gut for rackets
• gut for fishing
• appliances for gymnastics
• hang gliders
• harness for sailboards
• harpoon guns [sports articles]
• hockey sticks
• horseshoe games
• hunting game calls
• ice skates
• jigsaw puzzles
• kaleidoscopes
• kite reels
• kites
• knee guards [sports articles]
• landing nets for anglers
• in-line roller skates
• lines for fishing
• mah-jong
• marbles for games
• masks [playthings]
• masts for sailboards
• matryoshka dolls [wooden nested Russian dolls]
• men’s athletic supporters [sports articles]
• mobiles [toys]
• nets for sports
• novelties for parties, dances [party favors, favours]
• ornaments for Christmas trees, except illumination articles and confectionery
• pachinkos
• paintball guns [sports apparatus]
• paintballs [ammunition for paintball guns] [sports apparatus]
• paper party hats
• paragliders
• parlour games / parlor games
• percussion caps [toys] / detonating caps [toys]
• machines for physical exercises
• piñatas
• play balloons
• playing balls
• playing cards
• plush toys
• poles for pole vaulting
• portable games with liquid crystal displays
• practical jokes [novelties]
• protective paddings [parts of sports suits]
• punching bags
• puppets / marionettes
• quoits
• rackets / bats for games
• radio-controlled toy vehicles
• rattles [playthings]
• reels for fishing
• ring games
• rocking horses
• rods for fishing
• roller skates
• rollers for stationary exercise bicycles
• rosin used by athletes
• roulette wheels
• sailboards
• scale model vehicles
• scale model kits [toys]
• scent lures for hunting or fishing
• scooters [toys]
• scrapers for skis
• scratch cards for playing lottery games
• seal skins [coverings for skis]
• shin guards [sports articles]
• shuttlecocks
• skateboards
• skating boots with skates attached
• ski bindings
• skis
• skittles
• skittles [games] / ninepins
• sleds [sports articles]
• slides [playthings]
• sling shots [sports articles]
• slot machines [gaming machines]
• snow globes
• snowboards
• snowshoes
• soap bubbles [toys]
• sole coverings for skis
• spinning tops [toys]
• spring boards [sports articles]
• starting blocks for sports
• stationary exercise bicycles
• strings for rackets
• stuffed toys
• surf skis
• surfboard leashes
• surfboards
• swimming pools [play articles]
• swimming kick boards
• swimming belts
• swimming jackets
• swings
• tables for table tennis
• targets
• teddy bears
• tennis nets
• tennis ball throwing apparatus
• theatrical masks
• toy pistols
• toy vehicles
• toy models
• toy figures
• toys for domestic pets
• toys*
• trampolines
• twirling batons
• video game machines
• water wings
• waterskis
• wax for skis
• weight lifting belts [sports articles]