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November 2020
International Trademark Classification Office, Trademark Division
The International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) which is based on Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks is common international classification among countries party.
Due to the worldwide impact of the Covid-19 situation, the thirtieth session of the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union to decide the revision of the current edition (11th edition, version 2020), originally scheduled to be held in Geneva, from Monday, April 27 to Friday, May 1, 2020, was not be convened as planned.
In order to maintain the revision cycle of the Nice Classification as much as possible during this unprecedented period, the International Bureau took place the voting from Wednesday, April 1 to Friday, May 1, 2020 through the Nice Electronic Forum with the stipulation that proposals that received unanimous support are only adopted.
As the results of the e-voting, all proposals that received unanimous support are regarded as adopted for inclusion into the next version of the International Classification of Goods and Services 11th edition, version 2021, which will enter into force as foreseen on January 1, 2021.Japan Patent Office releases the “International Classification of Goods and Services in Japanese translation with Similar Group Codes” corresponding to the International Classification of Goods and Services 11th edition, version 2021 as follows.
The International Classification of Goods and Services, 11th edition, version 2021 is applied to the applications on or after January 1st, 2021.
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