Class 16: Paper and cardboard
Nice Classification goods class, NCL 13-2026.
Class heading
Paper and cardboard; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery and office requisites, except furniture; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; drawing materials and materials for artists; paintbrushes; instructional and teaching materials; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; printers' type, printing blocks
Explanatory note
Class 16 includes mainly paper, cardboard and certain goods made of those materials, as well as office requisites.
This class includes, in particular:
- paper knives, paper cutters
- cases, covers and devices for holding or securing paper, for example, document files, money clips, holders for cheque books, paper-clips, passport holders, scrapbooks
- certain office machines, for example, typewriters, duplicators, franking machines for office use, pencil sharpeners
- painting articles for use by artists and interior and exterior painters, for example, artists' watercolour saucers, painters' easels and palettes, paint rollers and trays
- certain disposable paper products, for example, bibs, handkerchiefs and table linen of paper
- certain goods made of paper or cardboard not otherwise classified by function or purpose, for example, paper bags, envelopes and containers for packaging, figurines and works of art of paper or cardboard, such as figurines of papier mâché, framed or unframed lithographs, paintings and watercolours
This class does not include, in particular:
- certain goods made of paper or cardboard that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, photographic paper (Class 1), abrasive paper (Class 3), indoor window blinds of paper (Class 20), table plates and cups of paper (Class 21), bed covers of paper (Class 24), paper clothing (Class 25), cigarette paper (Class 34)
- paints (Class 2)
- hand tools for artists, for example, spatulas, sculptors' chisels (Class 8)
- teaching apparatus, for example, audiovisual teaching apparatus, resuscitation mannequins (Class 9), toy models (Class 28)
Common terms in Class 16
A sample of official terms from the WIPO alphabetical list. Search the full list in the Nice Class Finder.
- albums
- almanacs
- aquarelles
- atlases
- banknotes
- blackboards
- blotters
- blueprints
- bookends
- booklets
- bookmarks
- books
- calendars
- cardboard
- cards
- catalogues
- cigar bands
- clipboards
- comic books
- desk mats
- diagrams
- duplicators
- engravings
- erasers
- etchings
- flip charts
- flyers
- hectographs
- indexes
- Indian inks
Indicative only. Classification and specifications should be confirmed by an attorney before filing. This is general information, not legal advice.