Trademark Class 26 Search India: Lace, Embroidery, Ribbons, Buttons and More

Protect your decorative items, fasteners, and embroidery with Trademark Class 26.
Trademark Class 26 grants exclusive rights in the fashion accessories and ornamentation sectors.
Get 10-year brand protection for your products in both local and global markets with Trademark Class 26.

Class 26

Eligibility

What Cannot be Registered

List of Goods

Related Classes

FAQs

Trademark Class 26 - Overview

Trademark Class 26 comes under the category of various ornaments and parts used for fasteners. This includes decorative items like ribbon, lace, braid, embroidery, buttons, artificial flowers, hooks and eyes, pins, needles, and anything like that. It safeguards these merely for their decorative and functional use.

Trademark Registration under Class 26 guarantees rights to your brand specifically regarding the embroidery and/or notions related to clothing. The registration therefore guards your offerings from unauthorised usage, from decorative trims ribbon and buttons to fasteners through functionality.

Class 26 trademark protection is very important for the businesses engaged in the manufacture or distribution of fashion accessories and ornamentation, which thereby prevents competitors from encroaching on your market presence by consolidating the identity of the brand. With renewable protection every 10 years, Class 26 of trademark ensures your mark remains safe and widely recognised for years to come.

What is a Trademark Class 26?

A Class 26 trademark includes decorative textile accessories used in garment-making. This class covers items such as buttons, zippers, lace, ribbons, embroidery, artificial flowers, and appliques. It is relevant for businesses involved in sewing supplies, fashion accessories, and decorative materials used in clothing and textile embellishments. Companies producing or selling trims, fasteners, or decorative garment elements should register under this class.

Eligibility for Trademark Class 26

Trademark Class 26 is dedicated to businesses and industries involved in the production, sale, or use of decorative and functional accessories used in fashion, crafting, and home decor. This class primarily includes lace, embroidery, and trimmings, as well as sewing accessories essential for enhancing or finishing various products. Businesses in the fields of fashion design, crafting, and home décor rely heavily on the items covered under this class, making it an important category for securing trademark protection. You can register different types of trademark under this class. Here is a detailed outline of the same:

Lace, Embroidery, and Trimmings: Manufacturers of ornamental lace, appliques, and decorative embroidery for fashion and craft purposes or home decoration products can be filed under this class
Ribbons, Tapes, and Braids: Any company that deals with the selling or manufacturing of ribbons, elastic bands, braids, and other items used in clothing making, packaging, and crafting
Sewing Accessories and Fastenings: Companies that supply sewing essentials like buttons, hooks, eyes, snap fasteners, and zippers for clothes, bags, and accessories
Artificial Flowers and Ornamental Objects: Manufacturers of artificial flowers and other ornamental objects used for wear, application in arrangement, or as embellishments.
Businesses in the field of fashion design, tailoring, customising, crafting, and home décor-related businesses can also file their accoutrements and parts under this category.

What Cannot Be Registered Under Trademark Class 26

As per trademark class 26 description here are some of the key exclusions from Class 26:

False eyelashes (Class 3)
Hooks are considered to be small items of metal hardware (Class 6), non-metal hardware (Class 20), or curtain hooks (Class 20)
Specialised needles include tattoo needles (Class 8), needles for surveying compasses (Class 9), medical needles (Class 10), and needles for inflating game balls (Class 28)
Hair styling hand tools, such as curling tongs and eyelash curlers (Class 8).
Hair prosthesis (Class 10)
Jewellery, keyrings or keychains (Class 14)
Ribbon and bow for special occasions, including paper ribbons and bows (Class 16) or rhythmic gymnastics ribbons (Class 28)
Yarns and threads to be used as textiles (Class 23)
Artificial Christmas trees (Class 28).

Here are the Following Items in Detail That Are Covered Under Trademark Class 26

Accessories for apparel, sewing articles and decorative textile articles	appliqués [haberdashery], badges for wear, not of precious metal, beads other than for making jewelry, belt clasps, binding needles, birds' feathers [clothing accessories], blouse fasteners/dress body fasteners, bobbins for retaining embroidery floss or wool [not parts of machines], bodkins, boxes for needles, braids, brassards/arm bands [clothing accessories], brooches [clothing accessories], buckles [clothing accessories], buttons, chenille [passementerie], collar supports, competitors' numbers, cords for clothing, cords for rimming, for clothing, corset busks/whalebones for corsets, darning needles, darning lasts, edgings for clothing, elastic ribbons, embroidering crochet hooks, embroidery/fancy goods [embroidery], expanding bands for holding sleeves, eyelets for clothing, false hems, fastenings for clothing/dress fastenings, fastenings for suspenders/fastenings for braces, feathers [clothing accessories], festoons [embroidery], frills [lacework], frills for clothing, fringes, gold embroidery, haberdashery, except thread, hat ornaments, not of precious metal, heat adhesive patches for repairing textile articles, hook and pile fastening tapes, hooks for corsets, hooks [haberdashery], knitting needles, lace for edgings, lace trimmings/passementerie, letters for marking linen, mica spangles, monogram tabs for marking linen/numerals or letters for marking linen, needle cushions, needle cases, needles, needles for wool combing machines, numerals for marking linen, ornamental novelty badges [buttons], ostrich feathers [clothing accessories], heat adhesive patches for decoration of textile articles [haberdashery], picot [lace], pin cushions, pins, other than jewelry [jewelry (Am.)], prize ribbons, reins for guiding children, ribbons [haberdashery], rosettes [haberdashery], rug hooks, saddlers' needles, sewing boxes, sewing thimbles, sewing needles, shoe ornaments, not of precious metal, shoe eyelets, shoe fasteners, shoe hooks, shoe buckles, shoe laces, shoemakers' needles, shoulder pads for clothing, shuttles for making fishing nets, silver embroidery, skirt flounces, snap fasteners, spangles for clothing, tapes for curtain headings, tassels [haberdashery], tinsels [trimmings for clothing]/orsedew [trimmings for clothing], top-knots [pompoms], trimmings for clothing, trouser clips for cyclists, woolen laces, zip fasteners/slide fasteners [zippers]/zippers, zippers for bags/zip fasteners for bags.
Hair ornaments, hair rollers, hair fastening articles, and false hair	barrettes [hair-slides], bows for the hair, false beards, false hair, false moustaches, hair bands, hair grips [slides]/slides [hair grips], hair ornaments, hair curling pins, hair pins, hair nets, hair curling papers, hair extensions, hair coloring caps/hair coloring caps, hair curlers, other than hand implements, human hair, plaited hair/tresses of hair, toupees, wigs.
Artificial fruit, flowers and vegetables	artificial flowers, artificial fruit, artificial garlands, artificial plants, wreaths of artificial flowers.

Related (Coordinated) Classes

Following classes are related or coordinated to trademark class 26. These may overlap or complement goods in Class 26:

Trademark Class 24 – Covers textiles and textile goods, such as fabric and cloth, which serve as a base for applying lace, embroidery, or trimmings
Trademark Class 25 – Covers garments, footwear, headgear, and parts thereof. Often includes accessories such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers of Class 26
Trademark Class 18 – Covers luggage, handbags, also includes saddler goods of leather and imitation leather. Besides, decorative trims and fastenings like clasps and buckles may be used
Trademark Class 20 – Covers furniture, and cushion covers. Sewing accessories such as decorative trimmings and artificial flowers may be applied
Trademark Class 35 – Retail or wholesale services in respect of lace, embroidery, ribbons or buttons, in class 26.

Looking to Register Your Trademark Under Class 26?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Class 26 includes lace, embroidery, ribbons, buttons, hooks, zippers, and trimmings. It also covers decorative items such as artificial flowers, sewing kits, and badges. These products are essential components in fashion design, crafting, tailoring, and home décor industries, making them integral to enhancing and completing various items.

Trademark Class 26 includes decorative items like artificial flowers, garlands, plants, wreaths, and other nature-inspired ornaments (excluding Christmas trees and garlands). A notable example is Chumbak, an Indian brand known for its wide range of home decor, accessories, and gifts, including artificial flowers.

Yes, buttons and fasteners such as hooks, eyes, zippers, and snap fasteners can be registered in Class 26. These items serve as functional and decorative accessories in clothing, footwear, bags, and other fashion products, falling under the category of sewing and haberdashery accessories.

No, sewing and knitting needles are not included in Trademark Class 26. Instead, they typically fall under Class 8, which covers hand tools and implements. Class 26 focuses more on decorative and fastening accessories rather than the tools used for sewing or knitting.

Yes, decorative items such as artificial flowers, embroidered badges, and ornamental patches can be trademarked in Class 26. These items are widely used in fashion, crafting, and home décor to add aesthetic value and customisation to clothing, accessories, and other products.

Yes, hair accessories such as barrettes, hairbands, hairpins, and clips are considered part of Class 26. These items are categorized as decorative accessories used for styling hair and complementing outfits, making them eligible for registration in this class.

Yes, textile and haberdashery appliqués, including embroidered or fabric patches, can be registered under Class 26. These items are used for decoration or repair purposes on clothing, bags, and other textile products, making them an integral part of this trademark class.

Yes, fabric and textile labels, including embroidered or woven labels, are part of Class 26. These labels are often used for branding or informational purposes on clothing and other textile goods, making them eligible for trademark protection in this class.

While both lace and embroidery are included in Class 26, there is a distinction based on their use. Lace typically refers to ornamental openwork fabric, while embroidery involves decorative stitching on fabric. Both serve unique aesthetic functions and are eligible for registration under this class.