Trademark Class 27: Carpets, Rugs and Mats

Trademark Class 27 incorporates various forms of floor coverings and wall decorations. This class includes carpets, rugs, and wall hangings, non-textile. It also includes mats, matting, and linoleum. It ensures full protection of your trademark for flooring and decorative sectors.
It makes your brand, by registering your class under Class 27, enjoy an exclusive right in both the floor coverings and wall decorations industries. Its registration helps protect the integrity of your brand in a national and international market and your products like carpets and rugs to wall hangings and linoleum against infringement.
Class 27 protection would be of significance to businesses that manufacture or sell flooring and wall decoration products. This form of protection prevents your competitors from reproducing your brand; therefore, it is apt to build your presence in the marketplace and enhance the distinctiveness of your brand.
Class 27 should ensure that your brand will be protected and recognised and even constant legal security with renewable protection every 10 years.

Here are the Items under Class 27

Floor coverings and artificial ground coverings	floor coverings, linoleum, vinyl floor coverings, Carpets, rugs and mats, bath mats, carpet underlay, carpets/rugs, door mats, gymnastic mats/gymnasium mats, mats, mats of woven rope for ski slopes, non-slip mats, reed mats.
Vehicles mats and carpets	carpets for automobiles/automobile carpets.
Artificial ground coverings	artificial turf.
Wall and ceiling coverings	tapestry [wall hangings], not of textile/wall hangings, not of textile, textile wallpaper, wallpaper.

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Class 19 - Building Materials, Class 24 - Textiles, Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services, Class 37 - Construction and Repair Services, and Class 42 - Science and Technology Services.

NOTE: Class 27 is NOT used if you are registering:

wooden flooring

FAQ's

Class 27 includes a broad range of floor coverings such as carpets, rugs, mats, matting, linoleum, and other materials used for covering existing floors. It also covers wall hangings that are not made from textile materials.

Yes, all types of carpets, whether they are made from natural fibers like wool and cotton or synthetic materials like nylon and polyester, are included in Class 27.

Bath mats, door mats, and similar functional mats designed for specific locations within a home or commercial space are covered under Class 27.

Mats and carpets specifically designed for use in vehicles, including automobiles, are included in Class 27.

Yes, artificial turf used as a ground covering for sports fields, gardens, and other outdoor spaces is covered under Class 27.

Yes, wall and ceiling coverings, including non-textile tapestries and wallpaper, fall within the scope of Class 27.

Items not included in Class 27 are primarily those not used as floor or wall coverings, such as wooden flooring, which would fall under a different classification.

Class 27 is specifically focused on items used for covering floors and walls, whereas Class 24 includes textiles and textile goods used for a broader range of purposes, including clothing and home furnishings.