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Paper and cardboard, printed matter, bookbinding materials, stationery, instructional materials, and office requisites.
Trademark Class 16 is one of the 34 goods classes in the Nice Classification system used internationally for trademark registration. This class covers paper & printed matter.
Paper and cardboard, printed matter, bookbinding materials, stationery, instructional materials, and office requisites.
These well-known brands have trademark registrations in Class 16 with the UK Intellectual Property Office, illustrating the range of products this class protects.
Filofax has been registered in the UK for personal organisers and stationery since the company's founding in the 1920s. The brand became a status symbol of 1980s yuppie culture in Britain, with its leather-bound ring-bin…
Read full case study →Ordnance Survey has been registered in the UK for maps and printed cartographic materials since the organisation's founding in 1791. Originally created by the Board of Ordnance to map Scotland following the Jacobite risi…
Read full case study →Penguin Books has been registered in the UK since Allen Lane founded the imprint in 1935 with the revolutionary idea of selling quality paperbacks for sixpence — the price of a packet of cigarettes. The Penguin logo and …
Read full case study →BIC gives Class 16 broad recognisability through pens, writing instruments and everyday stationery. The brand is simple, global and firmly rooted in the paper-and-office category.
Read full case study →MONTBLANC adds a premium writing and luxury stationery angle to Class 16. The mark is notable because it turns an ordinary product category into something more aspirational and gift-led.
Read full case study →POST-IT is a classic Class 16 mark because it is tightly associated with sticky notes, office stationery and the kind of paper products users immediately recognise. The mark is both famous and commercially specific, whic…
Read full case study →Common applicants include businesses in the paper & print sector. If your products or services fall within paper & printed matter, you should consider filing in this class. Many brands also file in related classes for broader protection.
As of the latest UK IPO data sync, there are 297,422 trademark applications and registrations in Class 16. 157,538 are currently active (registered), while 139,884 are inactive (expired, withdrawn, refused, or otherwise no longer in force). This makes Class 16 one of the most popular classes in the Nice Classification system for UK filings.
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Brands filing in Class 16 often also file in these classes for more comprehensive protection:
Trademark Class 16 covers paper & printed matter. Paper and cardboard, printed matter, bookbinding materials, stationery, instructional materials, and office requisites.
Class 16 includes: Books, Magazines, Stationery, Packaging. This is one of the 34 goods classes in the Nice Classification system.
There are 297,422 UK trademarks in Class 16, of which 157,538 are currently active and 139,884 are inactive.
UK IPO: £205 for the first class. EUIPO: €850 for one class. USPTO: $250–$350 per class. Additional classes are discounted. Use our cost calculator for a precise estimate.