Nice Agreement

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The Nice Agreement is an international treaty that establishes a standardized classification system of goods and services used for the registration of trademarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual property treaty
international treaty
multilateral treaty
administeredBy WIPO NERFINISHED
World Intellectual Property Organization NERFINISHED
adoptedOn 1957-06-15
alsoKnownAs Nice Agreement
surface form: Nice Classification Agreement
appliesTo service marks
trademarks
classificationManagedBy WIPO International Bureau NERFINISHED
classificationName International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks NERFINISHED
classificationUpdated periodically
concludedAt Nice, France
concludedOn 1957-06-15
defines international classification of goods and services for the purposes of the registration of marks
depositary Director General of WIPO
enteredIntoForceOn 1961-04-08
establishes Nice Classification
fullName Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
goodsClassesCount 34
hasNumberOfClasses 45
hasPart alphabetical list of goods and services
list of classes and explanatory notes
hasRevision Geneva Act of the Nice Agreement
Nice Agreement self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nice Act of the Nice Agreement

Stockholm Act of the Nice Agreement
subsequent amendments and revisions adopted by WIPO
language English
French
legalArea industrial property
intellectual property
openTo member states of the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property
providesFor establishment of a Committee of Experts on the Nice Classification
periodic revision of the Nice Classification
purpose to facilitate international trademark registration and search
to standardize the classification of goods and services for trademark registration
relatedTo Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property NERFINISHED
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
requires use of Nice Classification in trademark registration by contracting parties
scope classification system only and not substantive trademark rights
servicesClassesCount 11
shortName Nice Agreement self-link
signedIn Nice, France NERFINISHED
status in force
subject classification of goods and services
trademark law

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Nice Agreement alsoKnownAs Nice Agreement
this entity surface form: Nice Classification Agreement
Nice Agreement hasRevision Nice Agreement self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nice Act of the Nice Agreement
Nice Agreement shortName Nice Agreement self-link