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Trademark Class 8

Trademark Class 8 covers hand-operated tools and implements used for various manual tasks such as cutting, drilling, shaping, and grooming. Trademark registration for manual tools and non-electric implements has to be done under Trademark Class 8. Businesses dealing with products like hand tools, cutlery, and grooming instruments should choose Trademark Class 8 while opting for registration.

Class 8 pertains primarily to hand-operated tools and implements used for manual tasks such as cutting, drilling, shaping, and grooming. It also covers non-electric cutlery and non-firearm side arms.

  • This Class includes, in particular:

  • Hand tools used in agriculture, gardening, and landscaping
  • Manually operated tools for craftsmen, including hammers, chisels, and engraving tools
  • Handles designed for hand-operated tools like knives and scythes
  • Grooming and body art tools—both electric and non-electric—such as razors, hair curling tools, tattooing instruments, and manicure/pedicure implements
  • Hand-operated pumps
  • Table cutlery including knives, forks, and spoons, even those made from precious metals
  • This Class does not include, in particular:

  • Power-driven machinery and motorised tools (Class 7)
  • Surgical cutlery (Class 10)
  • Bicycle or sports ball pumps (Class 12 and 28)
  • Firearm side arms (Class 13)
  • Paper knives and shredders for office use (Class 16)
  • Handles for products classified based on their use—like walking sticks, umbrellas (Class 18), or brooms (Class 21)
  • Serving tools like tongs and ladles, and kitchen utensils such as spatulas and mortars (Class 21)
  • Weapons used in fencing (Class 28)

Who Should Register Under Trademark Class 8?

Businesses and individuals dealing with hand-operated tools and implements should register under Trademark Class 8. This includes:

  • Manufacturers of manual agricultural, gardening, and landscaping tools
  • Producers of hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists, and craftspersons (e.g., hammers, chisels)
  • Sellers of table cutlery (knives, forks, spoons), razors, and grooming tools
  • Brands making manual tattooing, manicure, and pedicure tools
  • Companies offering hand-operated pumps or non-electric tools for household or industrial use

One of the famous brands registered under trademark Class 8 is Bajaj. While best known for vehicles, Bajaj also manufactures hand tools, cutlery, and implements—registered under Class 8, which covers hand-operated tools, razors, and cutlery.

List of Goods Classified under Trademark Class 8

1abrading instruments [hand instruments]
2adzes [tools]
3agricultural forks [hand tools]
4agricultural implements, hand-operated
5air pumps, hand-operated
6annular screw plates
7apparatus for destroying plant parasites, hand-operated
8apparatus for tattooing
9augers [hand tools]
10awls
11axes
12bayonets
13beard clippers
14bench vices [hand implements]
15bill-hooks
16bits [hand tools]
17bits [parts of hand tools]
18blade sharpening instruments
19blades [hand tools]
20blades [weapons]
21blades for planes
22border shears
23borers
24bow saws
25box cutters
26braiders [hand tools]
27branding irons
28breast drills
29budding knives
30carpenters' augers
31carving forks
32carving knives
33cattle shearers
34caulking irons
35centre punches [hand tools] / center punches [hand tools]
36ceramic knives
37cheese slicers, non-electric
38chisels*
39choppers being knives
40clamps for carpenters or coopers
41cleavers
42clothes irons
43crimping irons
44crow bars
45curling tongs
46cuticle tweezers / cuticle nippers
47cutlery*
48cutter bars [hand tools]
49cutting tools [hand tools]
50daggers
51depilation appliances, electric and non-electric
52dies [hand tools] / screw stocks [hand tools] / screw-thread cutters [hand tools]
53diggers [hand tools]
54ditchers [hand tools]
55drawing knives
56drill holders [hand tools]
57ear-piercing apparatus
58earth rammers [hand tools]
59edge tools [hand tools]
60egg slicers, non-electric
61embossers [hand tools]
62emergency hammers
63emery boards
64emery files
65emery grinding wheels
66engraving needles
67expanders [hand tools]
68extension pieces for braces for screw taps
69eyelash curlers
70farriers' knives
71files [tools]
72fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric / nail buffers, electric or non-electric
73fire irons
74fireplace bellows [hand tools]
75fish tapes [hand tools] / draw wires [hand tools]
76food processors, hand-operated
77foundry ladles [hand tools]
78frames for handsaws
79fruit corers
80fruit pickers [hand tools]
81fruit pitters, hand-operated
82fruit segmenters
83fullers [hand tools]
84fulling tools [hand tools]
85garden tools, hand-operated
86gimlets [hand tools]
87glaziers' diamonds [parts of hand tools]
88goffering irons
89gouges [hand tools]
90grafting tools [hand tools]
91graving tools [hand tools]
92grindstones [hand tools] / sharpening wheels [hand tools]
93guns [hand tools]
94guns, hand-operated, for the extrusion of mastics
95hackles [hand tools]
96hainault scythes
97hair braiders, electric
98hair clippers for animals [hand instruments]
99hair clippers for personal use, electric and non-electric
100hair straightening irons
101hair-removing tweezers
102hammers [hand tools]
103hand drills, hand-operated
104hand implements for hair curling
105hand pumps*
106hand tools, hand-operated
107hand-operated corn cob strippers
108hand-operated fruit slicers
109handles for hand-operated hand tools
110harpoons*
111hatchets
112hobby knives [scalpels]
113hoes [hand tools]
114holing axes / mortise axes
115hollowing bits [parts of hand tools]
116hoop cutters [hand tools]
117hunting knives
118ice picks
119implements for decanting liquids [hand tools]
120insecticide vaporizers [hand tools] / insecticide atomizers [hand tools] / insecticide sprayers [hand tools]
121instruments and tools for skinning animals
122instruments for punching tickets
123irons [non-electric hand tools]
124jig-saws
125kitchen mandolines
126knife handles
127knives*
128ladles [hand tools]
129laser hair removal apparatus, other than for medical purposes
130lasts [shoemakers' hand tools]
131lawn clippers [hand instruments]
132leather strops
133levers
134lifting jacks, hand-operated
135livestock marking tools / cattle marking tools
136long reach loppers
137machetes
138mallets [hand instruments]
139manicure sets
140manicure sets, electric
141marline spikes
142masons' hammers
143mattocks
144meat claws
145metal band stretchers [hand tools]
146metal wire stretchers [hand tools]
147milling cutters [hand tools]
148mincing knives / fleshing knives / meat choppers being knives
149mitre boxes [hand tools] / miter boxes [hand tools]
150money scoops
151mortars for pounding [hand tools]
152mortise chisels
153moulding irons / molding irons
154multi-tool knives
155nail clippers, electric or non-electric
156nail drawers [hand tools]
157nail extractors, hand-operated / nail pullers, hand-operated
158nail files
159nail files, electric
160nail nippers
161nail punches
162needle files
163non-electric caulking guns
164numbering punches
165oyster openers
166palette knives
167paring irons [hand tools]
168paring knives
169pedicure sets
170penknives
171perforating tools [hand tools]
172pickaxes
173pickhammers / bushhammers
174picks [hand tools]
175pin punches
176pincers* / nippers / tongs*
177pizza cutters, non-electric
178plane irons
179planes
180pliers
181polishing irons [glazing tools] / glazing irons
182portable handlooms, hand-operated
183priming irons [hand tools]
184pruning knives
185pruning scissors / secateurs
186punch pliers [hand tools]
187punch rings [knuckle dusters] / knuckle dusters
188punches [hand tools]
189rabbeting planes
190rakes [hand tools]
191rammers [hand tools] / pestles for pounding [hand tools]
192rams [hand tools]
193rasps [hand tools]
194ratchets [hand tools]
195razor blades
196razor cases
197razor strops
198razors, electric or non-electric
199reamer sockets
200reamers
201riveters [hand tools]
202riveting hammers [hand tools]
203sabres
204sand trap rakes
205saw blades [parts of hand tools]
206saw holders
207saws [hand tools]
208scaling knives
209scissors*
210scrapers [hand tools]
211scrapers for skis
212scraping tools [hand tools]
213screwdrivers, non-electric
214sculptors' chisels
215scythe handles
216scythe rings
217scythe stones / whetstones
218scythes
219sharpening instruments
220sharpening steels / knife steels
221sharpening stones
222shaving cases
223shear blades
224shearers [hand instruments]
225shears*
226shovels [hand tools]
227sickles
228side arms, other than firearms
229silver plate [knives, forks and spoons]
230ski edge sharpening tools, hand-operated
231sledgehammers
232spades [hand tools]
233spanners [hand tools] / wrenches [hand tools]
234spatulas [hand tools]
235spatulas for use by artists
236spoons*
237squares [hand tools]
238stamping-out tools [hand tools] / stamps [hand tools]
239sterile body piercing instruments
240stirring sticks for mixing paint
241stone hammers
242stropping instruments
243sword scabbards
244swords
245syringes for spraying insecticides
246table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons] / tableware [knives, forks and spoons]
247table forks
248table knives, forks and spoons for babies
249table knives, forks and spoons of plastic
250tap wrenches
251taps [hand tools]
252tattoo needles
253thistle extractors [hand tools]
254tin openers, non-electric / can openers, non-electric
255tool belts
256tool vests
257tree pruners
258trowels
259trowels [gardening]
260truncheons / bludgeons / police batons
261tube cutters [hand tools]
262tube cutting instruments
263tube squeezers, hand-operated, other than for household purposes
264tweezers
265vegetable choppers
266vegetable knives
267vegetable peelers, hand-operated
268vegetable slicers, hand-operated / vegetable shredders, hand-operated
269vegetable spiralizers, hand-operated
270vices / vises
271weeding forks [hand tools]
272whetstone holders
273wick trimmers [scissors]
274wine bottle foil cutters, hand-operated
275wire strippers [hand tools]

Why Choose Vakilsearch for Trademark Registration under Class 8?

Vakilsearch provides complete trademark registration services tailored for businesses dealing with manual tools and non-electric implements. If your business manufactures or sells hand tools, cutlery, grooming instruments, or similar products, registering your trademark under Class 8 is essential to protect your brand in a hands-on, quality-driven market.

Our senior Intellectual Property lawyers manage the entire process—conducting detailed trademark search, filing your application, ensuring formality check clearance, handling examinations and hearings, and obtaining your trademark registration certificate. With fast-track filing in just 6 hours, an efficient online process, and ongoing support for objections, renewals, and assignments, Vakilsearch ensures your Class 8 brand is protected with expert guidance and minimal hassle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Class 8 covers hand-operated tools and instruments such as gardening tools, hand saws, scissors, razors, manicure sets, and cutlery. It also includes grooming tools like non-electric hair clippers, tweezers, and nail files.

If you manufacture motorised tools, surgical instruments, or kitchen utensils that don’t have cutting functions, Class 8 is not suitable. Instead, consider Classes 7 (for powered machines), 10 (for medical tools), or 21 (for general kitchen items).

Yes. Non-electric razors, hair removal tools, shaving kits, and personal grooming tools fall under Class 8. This includes tattooing tools and manicure/pedicure kits, as long as they are manually operated.

Yes, table knives, forks, and spoons—including those made of precious metals—are part of Class 8. This makes it essential for brands producing dining cutlery or customized flatware to register in this class.

Registering under Class 8 protects your brand identity and product line in the manual tools and cutlery sector. It gives legal rights to prevent misuse of your trademark and ensures exclusive recognition in the competitive marketplace.

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