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Watches and timepieces in India are trademarked under Class 14, which covers horological instruments, watches, clocks, jewellery and precious metals. Smartwatches, however, often also need Class 9 because of their electronic functions. Watch brands that retail their products add Class 35. Class 14 is shared with jewellery, so it covers most precious-accessory brands.
Watches, clocks and horological instruments are filed under Class 14 in India, the same class as jewellery and precious metals.
Is a smartwatch Class 14 or Class 9?
A smartwatch usually needs both: Class 14 as a watch/timepiece and Class 9 for its electronic and computing functions. A traditional analog or quartz watch only needs Class 14.
Are watches and jewellery the same trademark class?
Yes. Watches and jewellery are both Class 14 in India, which groups precious metals, jewellery and horological instruments together. A brand selling both can use a single Class 14 registration for the products.
Can a watch brand be trademarked in India?
Yes. Watch and timepiece brand names and logos are registrable under Class 14 in India (with Class 9 for smartwatches), provided the mark is distinctive.
"Watches" is relevant to
2 of 45 trademark classes
in India's WIPO Nice Classification, covering
12 goods & services entries.
Filings typically span these classes depending on whether the brand covers products, services, or both.
Class 14Precious metals; jewellery, watches and timepieces11 matches
Precious metals and their alloys; Jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones; Horological and chronometric instruments
Class 9Scientific, research, navigating, surveying, photographic apparatus1 match
Class 9Scientific, research, navigating, surveying, photographic apparatus1 match
Class HeadingScientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; Apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; Recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; Mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; Cash registers, calculating devices; Computers and computer peripheral devices; Diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; Fire-extinguishing apparatus
090649time clocks [time recording devices]
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