Trademark Class 28: Games and Sporting Goods

Trademark Class 28 Covers sporting goods and recreational items. It includes gymnastic and sporting articles, games, playthings, and decorations for Christmas trees. It gives protection to such light amusement and festivities products.
Registration under Class 28 gives fully exclusive rights for your brand in the sports and games industries. It protects your range of products, including gym equipment and toys as well as Christmas decorations from unauthorized use, ensuring your brand's distinctiveness in the home market and abroad.
Such protection is Class 28, and if any kind of business manufactures or distributes apparatus for sports, games, or festive decorations, then it needs such protection. Essentially, it helps a business avoid competitors who can enter the market into which the brand has already established presence, making this business a unique brand.
With each 10-year renewal, class 28 protects your brand safe and visible forever.

Here are the Items under Class 28

Sporting articles and equipment	archery implements, ascenders [mountaineering equipment], bags especially designed for skis and surfboards, baseball gloves, batting gloves [accessories for games], billiard cues, billiard cue tips, billiard tables, bladders of balls for games, bob-sleighs, body boards, body-building apparatus/body-training apparatus/body rehabilitation apparatus, bowling apparatus and machinery, bows for archery, boxing gloves, chest expanders [exercisers]/exercisers [expanders], clay pigeon traps, clay pigeons [targets], climbers' harness, coin-operated billiard tables, cricket bags, discuses for sports, divot repair tools [golf accessories]/pitch mark repair tools [golf accessories], dumb-bells/bar-bells, edges of skis, elbow guards [sports articles], electronic targets, fencing weapons, fencing masks, fencing gauntlets/fencing gloves, gloves for games, golf clubs, golf bags, with or without wheels, golf gloves, gut for rackets, appliances for gymnastics, hang gliders, harness for sailboards, hockey sticks, ice skates, in-line roller skates, knee guards [sports articles], masts for sailboards, men's athletic supporters [sports articles], nets for sports, paintball guns [sports apparatus], paintballs [ammunition for paintball guns] [sports apparatus], paragliders, machines for physical exercises, poles for pole vaulting, protective paddings [parts of sports suits], punching bags, rackets/bats for games, roller skates, rollers for stationary exercise bicycles, rosin used by athletes, sailboards, scrapers for skis, seal skins [coverings for skis], shin guards [sports articles], shuttlecocks, skateboards, skating boots with skates attached, ski bindings, skis, sleighs [sports articles], sling shots [sports articles], snowboards, snowshoes, sole coverings for skis, spring boards [sports articles], starting blocks for sports, stationary exercise bicycles, strings for rackets, surf boards, surf skis, surfboard leashes, tables for table tennis, targets, tennis nets, tennis ball throwing apparatus, trampolines, waterskis, wax for skis, weight lifting belts [sports articles].
Hunting and fishing equipment	artificial fishing bait, bite indicators [fishing tackle], bite sensors [fishing tackle], butterfly nets, camouflage screens [sports articles], creels [fishing traps], decoys for hunting or fishing/lures for hunting or fishing, fish hooks, fishing tackle, floats for fishing, gut for fishing, harpoon guns [sports articles], hunting game calls, landing nets for anglers, lines for fishing, reels for fishing, rods for fishing, scent lures for hunting or fishing.
Swimming equipment	flippers for swimming/swimming webs [flippers], swimming jackets, swimming belts, swimming kick boards.
Festive decorations and artificial Christmas trees	bells for Christmas trees, candle holders for Christmas trees.
Christmas trees of synthetic material, Christmas tree stands	explosive bonbons [Christmas crackers]/cosaques [toy fireworks], ornaments for Christmas trees, except illumination articles and confectionery, artificial snow for Christmas trees.
Fairground and playground apparatus	fairground ride apparatus, slides [playthings].
Toys, games, playthings and novelties	air pistols [toys], amusement machines, automatic and coin-operated, backgammon games, balls for games, billiard table cushions, billiard balls, billiard markers, bingo cards, board games, building blocks [toys], building games, caps for pistols [toys], chalk for billiard cues, chess games, chessboards, chips for gambling, confetti, conjuring apparatus, counters [discs] for games, cups for dice, darts, dice, dolls, dolls' feeding bottles, dolls' houses, dolls' rooms, dolls' beds, dolls' clothes, dominoes, draughtboards/checkerboards, draughts [games]/checkers [games], flying discs [toys], games, apparatus for games, gaming machines for gambling, horseshoe games, jigsaw puzzles, kaleidoscopes, kite reels, kites, mah-jong, marbles for games, mobiles [toys], novelties for parties, dances [party favors, favours], pachinkos, paper party hats, parlour games/parlor games, percussion caps [toys]/detonating caps [toys], piñatas, play balloons, playing balls, playing cards, plush toys, practical jokes [novelties], puppets/marionettes, quoits, radio-controlled toy vehicles, rattles [playthings], ring games, rocking horses, roulette wheels, scale model vehicles, scale model kits [toys], scooters [toys], scratch cards for playing lottery games, skittles [games]/ninepins, skittles, slot machines [gaming machines], snow globes, soap bubbles [toys], spinning tops [toys], stuffed toys, swimming pools [play articles], swings, tables for indoor football, teddy bears, theatrical masks, toy pistols, toy masks, toy vehicles, toys for domestic pets, toys, twirling batons, water wings/floats for bathing and swimming.
Video game apparatus	arcade video game machines, controllers for game consoles, portable games with liquid crystal displays, video game machines.

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Class 9 - Computers and Scientific Devices, Class 16 - Paper Goods, Class 20 - Furniture, Class 25 - Clothing, Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services, Class 41 - Education and Entertainment Services, and Class 42 - Science and Technology Services.

NOTE: Class 28 is NOT used if you are registering:

Christmas tree candles
Diving equipment
Electrical lights (garlands) for decorating Christmas trees
Fishing nets
Clothing for sports and gymnastics
Chocolate and confectionery decorations for Christmas trees

FAQ's

Class 28 primarily covers games and playthings, sporting articles, gymnastic equipment, and decorations for Christmas trees. This includes a wide variety of items from toys, board games, and video game apparatus to sports equipment like balls, rackets, and protective gear.

Yes, electronic games and consoles, including handheld game devices and accessories for video game consoles, are included in Class 28.

Traditional sports equipment, including balls for various sports, rackets, bats, and clubs, can be trademarked under Class 28.

Fitness and exercise equipment, such as weights, treadmills, and yoga mats, are covered under Class 28, provided they are intended for personal, non-medical use.

Toys and playthings designed specifically for pets, including chew toys, balls, and interactive toys, are included in Class 28.

Decorations for Christmas trees, including artificial Christmas trees and non-edible ornaments, fall within the scope of Class 28.

Protective gear for sports, such as helmets, knee pads, and shin guards, is included in Class 28, as long as they are designed for use in sporting activities.

Yes, water sports equipment, including surfboards, bodyboards, and inflatable swimming pools intended for recreational use, are covered under Class 28.