Nice class 8

Explanatory note

Class 8 includes mainly hand-operated tools and implements for performing tasks, such as drilling, shaping, cutting and piercing.

This class includes, in particular:

• hand-operated agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools
• hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists and other craftspersons, for example, hammers, chisels and gravers
• handles for hand-operated hand tools, such as knives and scythes
• electric and non-electric hand implements for personal grooming and body art, for example, razors, implements for hair curling, tattooing, and for manicure and pedicure
• hand-operated pumps
• table cutlery, such as knives, forks and spoons, including those made of precious metals

This class does not include, in particular:

• machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Cl. 7)
• surgical cutlery (Cl. 10)
• pumps for bicycle tyres (Cl. 12), pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games (Cl. 28)
• side arms being firearms (Cl. 13)
• paper knives, paper shredders for office use (Cl. 16)
• handles for objects that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, walking stick handles, umbrella handles (Cl. 18), broom handles (Cl. 21)
• serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles, and kitchen utensils, for example, mixing spoons, pestles and mortars, nutcrackers and spatulas (Cl. 21)
• fencing weapons (Cl. 28)