Trademark Class 8: Hand Tools and Implements

Trademark Class 8 includes a lot of tools and instruments handled by hand. Here you find hand tools, side arms, razors, and cutlery. This is how you can enjoy complete protection of your brand in these practical and personal-use spheres.
With registration under Class 8, your brand can solely own exclusive rights in the hand tools and cutlery industries. This serves as a form of protection to everyday hand tools, precision razors and cutlery against unauthorised use; your brand will uphold its integrity nationally and internationally.
Class 8 protection also comes in handy for businesses in the hand tool and cutlery sectors. Class 8 protection prevents the competitor from using your brand because the increased market presence strengthens your brand uniqueness.
Available for renewal every 10 years, Class 8 protects your mark forever as your brand remains safe and recognisable for generations to come.

Here are the Items under Class 8

Hygienic and beauty implements for humans and animals	emery files, eyelash curlers, farriers' knives, flat irons, hand implements for hair curling.
Hair styling appliances	crimping irons, curling tongs, body art tools, ear-piercing apparatus, apparatus for tattooing.
Manicure and pedicure tools	cuticle tweezers/cuticle nippers, fingernail polishers, electric or non-electric/nail buffers, electric or non-electric, manicure sets, manicure sets, electric, nail files, nail extractors, nail clippers, electric or non-electric, nail nippers, nail drawers [hand tools], nail files, electric, needle files, pedicure sets.
Hair cutting and removal implements	beard clippers, depilation appliances, electric and non-electric, hair clippers for personal use, electric and non-electric, hair-removing tweezers, Razors, razor cases, razor blades, razors, electric or non-electric, shaving cases.
Edged and blunt weapons	bayonets, blades [weapons], daggers, harpoons, harpoons for fishing, punch rings [knuckle dusters]/knuckle dusters, sabres, side arms, other than firearms, sword scabbards, swords, truncheons/bludgeons/police batons.
Food preparation implements, kitchen knives and cutlery	cheese slicers, non-electric, choppers [knives], cutlery, implements for decanting liquids [hand tools], egg slicers, non-electric, forks, ladles [hand tools], ladles for wine, mincing knives [hand tools]/fleshing knives [hand tools]/meat choppers [hand tools], nutcrackers, oyster openers, paring knives, pizza cutters, non-electric, rammers [hand tools]/pestles for pounding, scaling knives, silver plate [knives, forks and spoons], spoons, sugar tongs, table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons]/tableware [knives, forks and spoons], table forks, vegetable choppers, vegetable slicers/vegetable knives/vegetable shredders.
Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, and for construction, repair and maintenance	can openers, non-electric/tin openers, non-electric, cutters, goffering irons, hand tools, hand-operated, hand pumps, ice picks, irons [non-electric hand tools], knives, machetes, money scoops, needle-threaders, palette knives, paring irons [hand tools], penknives, priming irons [hand tools], ratchets [hand tools], scissors, shear blades, shearers [hand instruments], shears, instruments for punching tickets, tool belts [holders], tweezers, wick trimmers [scissors].
Animal slaughtering and butchering implements,	cattle stunning appliances/cattle stunning apparatus, hunting knives, instruments and tools for skinning animals, apparatus and instruments for skinning butcher's animals, apparatus and instruments for slaughtering butchers' animals.
Agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools	agricultural implements, hand-operated, border shears, budding knives, diggers [hand tools], ditchers [hand tools], earth rammers [hand tools], fruit pickers [hand tools], garden tools, hand-operated, grafting tools [hand tools], hainault scythes, hoes [hand tools], insecticide vaporizers [hand tools]/insecticide atomizers [hand tools]/insecticide sprayers [hand tools], lawn clippers [hand instruments], livestock marking tools/cattle marking tools, mattocks, pickaxes, picks [hand tools], plant parasite killing apparatus/destructing apparatus for plant parasites, pruning knives, pruning scissors/secateurs, pruning shears, rakes [hand tools], rams [hand tools], sand trap rakes, scythe rings, scythes, shovels [hand tools], sickles, spades [hand tools], syringes for spraying insecticides, thistle extirpators [hand tools], tree pruners, trowels [gardening], weeding forks [hand tools].
Fire tending implements	fire irons, fireplace bellows [hand tools], Hand tools for construction, repair and maintenance, awls, bits [parts of hand tools], braiders [hand tools], branding irons, caulking irons, centre punches [hand tools], crow bars, dies [hand tools]/screw stocks [hand tools]/screw-thread cutters [hand tools], engraving needles, expanders [hand tools], fish tapes [hand tools]/draw wires [hand tools], foundry ladles [hand tools], fullers [hand tools], fulling tools [hand tools], guns [hand tools], guns, hand-operated, for the extrusion of mastics, hackles [hand tools], lasts [shoemakers' hand tools], levers, marline spikes, mortars for pounding, numbering punches, pincers/nippers/tongs, pliers, polishing irons [glazing tools]/glazing irons, punch pliers [hand tools], punches [hand tools], spatulas [hand tools], squares [hand tools], stretchers for wire and metal bands [hand tools]/metal band stretchers [hand tools]/wire stretchers [hand tools], trowels, vices.
Animal shearing implements	cattle shearers, hair clippers for animals [hand instruments], Hammers, mallets and sledgehammers, hammers [hand tools], mallets [hand instruments], masons' hammers, pickhammers/bushhammers, sledgehammers, stone hammers.
Fastening and joining tools	annular screw plates, clamps for carpenters or coopers, riveters [hand tools], riveting hammers [hand tools], screwdrivers, spanners [hand tools]/wrenches [hand tools], tap wrenches.
Cutting, drilling, grinding, sharpening and surface treatment hand tools	abrading instruments [hand instruments], adzes [tools], augers [hand tools], axes, bill-hooks, bits [hand tools], blade sharpening instruments, blades for planes, blades [hand tools], borers, bow saws, breast drills, carpenters' augers, chisels, cleavers, cutter bars, cutting bars, cutting tools [hand tools], drawing knives, drill holders [hand tools], drills, edge tools [hand tools], embossers [hand tools], emery grinding wheels, extension pieces for braces for screw taps, files [tools], frames for handsaws, gimlets [hand tools], glaziers' diamonds [parts of hand tools], gouges [hand tools], graving tools [hand tools], grindstones [hand tools]/sharpening wheels [hand tools], hand drills [hand tools], hatchets, holing axes/mortise axes, hollowing bits [parts of hand tools], hoop cutters [hand tools], jig-saws, leather strops, milling cutters [hand tools], mitre [miter (Am.)] boxes [hand tools], mortise chisels, moulding irons/molding irons, nail punches, perforating tools [hand tools], pin punches, plane irons, planes, rabbeting planes, rasps [hand tools], razor strops, reamer sockets, reamers, saw blades [parts of hand tools], saw holders, saws [hand tools], scrapers [hand tools], scraping tools [hand tools], scythe stones/whetstones, sharpening stones, sharpening steels/knife steels, sharpening instruments, stamping-out tools [hand tools]/stamps [hand tools], stropping instruments, taps [hand tools], tube cutters [hand tools], tube cutting instruments, whetstone holders, wire strippers [hand tools].
Lifting Tools	lifting jacks, hand-operated lifters.

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Class 7 - Machines, Class 21 - Household Utensils, Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services, Class 37 - Construction and Repair Services, Class 40 - Material Treatment Services, Class 42 - Science and Technology Services, Class 45 - Legal and Security Services.

NOTE: Class 8 is NOT used if you are registering:

machine tools and implements which are driven by a motor
surgical cutlery
side arms being firearms
paper knives
fencing weapons

FAQ's

Class 8 covers hand-operated tools and implements, cutlery, side arms, and razors. This includes garden tools, hand tools for repair and construction, knives, scissors, and personal grooming tools like manual razors.

Yes, kitchen knives can be trademarked under Class 8 as they fall under the category of cutlery, which is included in this class.

No, electric razors are not included in Class 8. This class is reserved for hand-operated implements, and electric razors fall under a different category due to their powered nature.

Registration requires a clear description of the tool, its use, distinctive features, and standard application documentation, highlighting its hand-operated nature and functionality.

If your tool is hand-operated and used for tasks like cutting, shaping, or manual labor, it's likely eligible for Class 8. Consider the tool's specific function and operation mode.

Yes, trademarks can cover both hand tools and related accessories, as long as the accessories are also hand-operated and directly related to the tools' use.

The trademark should be distinctive, not easily confused with existing marks, and accurately represent the hand-operated tools or implements.

Ensure the application clearly defines the tool's unique features and uses, demonstrates its hand-operated nature, and complete the registration process for legal protection.