2.1 Classification system

Under earlier legislation, the different editions of the Nice Classification were incorporated into the Schedules to the Trade Mark Regulations 1954. However, as the Schedules are no longer in force, all references to the Schedules to the Trade Mark Regulations 1954 have been amended.

The IPONZ database and the journal now record the previous Schedule and Classification Systems as follows:

• Schedule 4 (bases of Fourth Edition of Nice Classification is referred to as Nice Classification Schedule 4)

• The Eighth Edition of the Nice Classification is referred to as Nice Classification Schedule 8
• The Ninth Edition of the Nice Classification is referred to as Nice Classification Schedule 9
• The Tenth Edition of the NICE classification is referred to as Classification Schedule 10

The Ninth Edition of the Nice Classification came into force on 1 January 2007⁴. The main changes to the Nice Classification as a result of the introduction of the Ninth Edition are set out in Appendix 1.

The tenth Edition of the NICE classification came into force on 1 January 2012. The main changes to the NICE Classification as a result of the introduction of the Tenth Edition are set out in Appendix 2.

Footnote

⁴ Trade Marks Amendment Regulations 2006