Trademark Class 11 Explained: Products for Lighting, Heating, and Cooking

Another great class under the Nice Classification System — Trademark Class 11 which relates to medical apparatus, dental apparatus (in Class 10). This class contains a broad spectrum of goods relating to lighting, heating, steam generating, refrigerating, cooking, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes. These products are real-life dependency items used for home or industry.

This section will take you through Trademark Class 11 goods, where you will learn about which products come under it, why you should register under this class, and how to apply for it.

Trademark Class 11 is a broad class of essential goods that are critical for the operation of homes, workplaces, and industrial activities If your business produces or sells items relating to lighting, heating, air conditioning or similar purposes, then it is likely that your goods are in Class 11. Class 11 covers a wide range of equipment from simple home appliances to complex industrial systems.

Below are the main categories of products covered under Class 11:

This category consists of products employed for lighting up. From simple lightbulbs to complicated outdoor lighting setups, it covers it all. Some examples include:

• Light Bulbs — Light bulbs — incandescent, LED and fluorescent.
• Lamps: Table lamps, Floor lamps and ceiling lamps.
• Streetlight: Streetlight and Solar light.
• Chandeliers and Light Fixtures: Applicable primarily in homes and commercial spaces

Since lighting apparatus is a common fixture in almost every home, office and regularly visited public space, it is important to protect your brand in this category from infringement.

Heating: Class 11 introduces heating systems which play a significant role in home and industry. Common products include:

• Radiators: For central heating.
• Electric heating(Column type, Space type, Infrared, etc.)
• Heat pumps: Appliances used to heat or cool air or water.
• Stoves And Ovens: For Heating or Cooking

Heating systems become an important part of the market with rising demand for energy-efficiencies products. This type of trademark will ensure customers that they are getting high-quality heating solutions and that they know the identity of the brand they are buying from.

Refrigerators, freezers and other blasting plant tools (what a big Slice of Class 11) Examples include:

Air Conditioning: Air conditioning units in residential and industrial sectors.

• Refrigerators: For food storage or medical refrigeration (so, refrigeration of vaccines)
• Cooling Appliances: Ceiling, Stand and Exhaust Fans
• Water Coolers: For home and workplace purposes.

In this era of sustainability and energy-efficiency at the forefront of the market– refrigeration and cooling sector is undergoing constant innovation. Trademarking these items provides peace of mind as you go about sharing your products with the world.

These products are necessary for the functioning of water supply and sanitary systems in homes, businesses and public places. Some examples include:

• Pipes and Plumbing Fittings: For distributing and draining drinking water
• Water Pumps: Circulate water in domestic and industrial applications.
• Water Filtration Systems — Pieces of equipment for purifying water
• Sanitary Ware including toilets, sinks, showers, bathtubs and faucets.

At a time when clean water is an important resource, products associated with water supply and sanitation are essential. Operated to protect businesses against counterfeits and unfair competition, trademarks in this category, help assure consumers that they can rely on their purchases;

Cooking (Part 2) — Grade 11 is also useful as it addresses the many products you may use in cooking and food preparation. Examples include:

• Microwave Ovens
• Cooktops and Stoves Gas, Electric, Induction Cookers
• Grills and Fryers
• Coffee Makers, Toasters, and Blenders

From a home kitchen to a commercial food establishment, these items are a necessity. Having a trademark in Class 11 makes all of your cooking equipment and appliances distinguishable from others in a competitive market.

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• acetylene burners
• acetylene generators
• acetylene flares
• air deodorising apparatus
• air cooling apparatus
• air reheaters
• air driers [dryers] / air driers / air dryers
• air conditioning installations / installations for conditioning air
• air filtering installations
• air conditioners for vehicles
• air conditioning apparatus
• air valves for steam heating installations
• air purifying apparatus and machines
• air sterilisers
• alcohol burners
• anti-dazzle devices for automobiles [lamp fittings]
• anti-glare devices for vehicles [lamp fittings] / anti-dazzle devices for vehicles [lamp fittings]
• anti-splash tap nozzles
• aquarium filtration apparatus
• aquarium heaters
• aquarium lights
• arc lamps
• ash conveyor installations, automatic
• autoclaves [electric pressure cookers] / pressure cookers [autoclaves], electric
• bakers’ ovens
• barbecues
• bath tubs
• bath tubs for sitz baths
• bath fittings
• bath installations / bath plumbing fixtures
• bed warmers
• beverage cooling apparatus
• bicycle lights
• bidets
• blankets, electric, not for medical purposes
• boiler pipes [tubes] for heating installations
• boilers, other than parts of machines
• brackets for gas burners
• bread toasters / toasters
• bread baking machines
• bread-making machines
• burners for lamps
• burners
• carbon for arc lamps
• electrically heated carpets
• ceiling lights
• central heating radiators
• chandeliers
• chimney flues
• chimney blowers
• Chinese lanterns / fairy lights for festive decoration
• chromatography apparatus for industrial purposes
• clean chambers [sanitary installations]
• coffee roasters
• coffee percolators, electric
• coffee machines, electric
• coils [parts of distilling, heating or cooling installations]
• cookers
• cooking utensils, electric
• cooking apparatus and installations
• cooking rings
• coolers for furnaces / cooling vats for furnaces
• cooling installations for water
• cooling installations for liquids
• cooling installations and machines
• cooling appliances and installations
• cooling installations for tobacco
• curling lamps
• cycle lights
• dampers [heating]
• deep fryers, electric
• defrosters for vehicles
• apparatus for dehydrating food waste
• dental ovens
• deodorising apparatus, not for personal use
• desalination plants
• desiccating apparatus
• discharge tubes, electric, for lighting
• disinfectant dispensers for toilets / disinfectant distributors for toilets
• disinfectant apparatus
• disposable sterilization pouches
• distillation columns
• distillation apparatus
• diving lights
• drip irrigation emitters [irrigation fittings]
• drying apparatus
• drying apparatus for fodder and forage / forage drying apparatus
• drying apparatus and installations
• evaporators
• expansion tanks for central heating installations
• extractor hoods for kitchens
• fabric steamers
• fans [air-conditioning]
• fans [parts of air-conditioning installations]
• electric fans for personal use
• feeding apparatus for heating boilers
• filaments for electric lamps
• filters for air conditioning
• filters for drinking water
• fireplaces, domestic
• fittings, shaped, for furnaces / fittings, shaped, for ovens / shaped fittings for furnaces / shaped fittings for ovens
• flare stacks for use in the oil industry
• flares
• flues for heating boilers
• flushing tanks
• food steamers, electric
• footmuffs, electrically heated
• footwarmers, electric or non-electric
• forges, portable
• fountains
• freezers
• friction lighters for igniting gas
• fruit roasters
• fuel economisers* / fuel economizers*
• fumigation apparatus, not for medical purposes
• furnace grates / fire bars
• furnace ash boxes / ash pits for furnaces
• furnaces, other than for laboratory use / ovens, other than for laboratory use
• gas lighters
• gas scrubbing apparatus
• gas scrubbers [parts of gas installations] / scrubbers [parts of gas installations]
• gas burners
• gas boilers
• gas lamps
• gas condensers, other than parts of machines
• germicidal burners
• germicidal lamps for purifying air
• glue-heating appliances
• hair driers [dryers] / hair driers / hair dryers
• hand drying apparatus for washrooms
• headlights for automobiles
• hearths
• heat accumulators
• heat regenerators
• heat exchangers, not parts of machines
• heat pumps
• heated display cabinets
• heaters for baths
• heaters for vehicles
• heaters for heating irons
• heaters, electric, for feeding bottles
• heating apparatus
• heating installations
• heating installations [water] / hot water heating installations
• heating boilers
• heating apparatus for solid, liquid or gaseous fuels
• heating apparatus, electric
• heating elements
• heating plates
• heating apparatus for defrosting windows of vehicles
• heating filaments, electric
• heating cushions [pads], electric, not for medical purposes / heating pads [cushions], electric, not for medical purposes
• hot air ovens
• hot air apparatus
• hot air bath fittings
• hot plates
• hot water bottles
• luminous house numbers
• humidifiers for central heating radiators
• hydrants
• hydromassage bath apparatus
• ice machines and apparatus
• ice boxes / ice chests
• immersion heaters
• incandescent burners
• incinerators
• ionization apparatus for the treatment of air or water
• kettles, electric
• kiln furniture [supports]
• kilns
• kitchen ranges [ovens]
• laboratory burners
• laboratory lamps
• lamp mantles / lamp casings
• lamp glasses
• lamp chimneys
• lamp globes / globes for lamps
• lamp reflectors
• lamp shades
• electric lamps
• lamps
• lamps for directional signals of automobiles
• lampshade holders
• lanterns for lighting
• laundry room boilers / washing coppers
• laundry dryers, electric
• lava rocks for use in barbecue grills
• level controlling valves in tanks
• light bulbs
• light bulbs, electric
• light bulbs for directional signals for vehicles
• light diffusers
• light-emitting diodes [LED] lighting apparatus
• lighters
• lighting installations for air vehicles
• lighting apparatus and installations
• lighting apparatus for vehicles
• lights for vehicles
• lights, electric, for Christmas trees / electric lights for Christmas trees
• lights for automobiles / automobile lights
• loading apparatus for furnaces
• magnesium filaments for lighting
• malt roasters
• microwave ovens [cooking apparatus]
• microwave ovens for industrial purposes
• milk cooling installations
• miners’ lamps
• mixer taps for water pipes
• multicookers
• nuclear reactors / atomic piles
• oil lamps
• oil burners
• oil-scrubbing apparatus
• ornamental fountains
• oven fittings made of fireclay
• oxyhydrogen burners
• pasteurisers
• petrol burners
• pipes [parts of sanitary installations] / water-pipes for sanitary installations
• plate warmers
• pocket torches, electric / pocket searchlights
• pocket warmers
• polymerisation installations
• pressure cooking saucepans, electric
• pressure water tanks
• processing installations for fuel and nuclear moderating material / installations for processing nuclear fuel and nuclear moderating material
• purification installations for sewage
• radiator caps
• radiators, electric
• radiators [heating]
• refining towers for distillation
• refrigerating cabinets
• refrigerating apparatus and machines
• refrigerating chambers / walk-in refrigerators
• refrigerating containers
• refrigerating appliances and installations
• refrigerating display cabinets
• refrigerators
• regulating accessories for water or gas apparatus and pipes
• regulating and safety accessories for gas pipes
• regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus
• regulating and safety accessories for gas apparatus
• roasters
• roasting jacks
• roasting spits
• roasting apparatus / griddles [cooking appliances] / grills [cooking appliances]
• rotisseries
• safety lamps
• safety accessories for water or gas apparatus and pipes
• sanitary apparatus and installations
• sauna bath installations
• shower cubicles
• showers
• sinks
• sockets for electric lights
• solar thermal collectors [heating]
• solar furnaces
• spa baths [vessels]
• steam boilers, other than parts of machines
• steam generating installations
• steam accumulators
• steam facial apparatus [saunas]
• sterilizers
• stills
• stoves
• stoves [heating apparatus]
• street lamps / standard lamps
• structural plates for ovens / framework of metal for ovens
• swimming pool chlorinating apparatus
• tanning apparatus [sun beds]
• taps [cocks, spigots] [faucets (Am.)] for pipes / faucets for pipes (Am.) / pipe line cocks [spigots]
• taps [faucets]
• thermostatic valves [parts of heating installations]
• tobacco roasters
• toilet bowls
• toilet seats
• toilets, portable
• toilets [water-closets] / water closets
• torches for lighting / flashlights [torches] / searchlights
• luminous tubes for lighting
• Turkish bath cabinets, portable
• ultraviolet ray lamps, not for medical purposes
• urinals [sanitary fixtures]
• vehicle headlights
• vehicle reflectors
• ventilation hoods
• ventilation [air-conditioning] installations and apparatus
• ventilation [air-conditioning] installations for vehicles
• ventilation hoods for laboratories
• waffle irons, electric
• warming pans
• wash-hand basins [parts of sanitary installations] / wash-hand bowls [parts of sanitary installations]
• washers for water taps
• water heaters
• water distribution installations
• water conduits installations
• water purification installations
• water filtering apparatus
• water sterilizers
• water purifying apparatus and machines
• water heaters [apparatus]
• water softening apparatus and installations
• water supply installations
• water flushing installations / flushing apparatus
• water intake apparatus
• watering installations, automatic
• watering machines for agricultural purposes
• whirlpool-jet apparatus
• electric appliances for making yogurt

Class 11 goods — lighting equipment, sanitary systems and other popular products seen in homes or businesses — are referred to as practical items. Given the level of success, it means other businesses will want their own touch of the product, so they need a staking claim to safeguard themselves. Trademark Class 11 allows your customers to readily identify your products and the quality they are associated with.

These are products of this class and, in particular, those closely connected with refrigeration, water supply, and cooking, that are highly in demand and profit-generating, and therefore very likely to be counterfeited. Trademark has an important role here acting as a legal protective measure that allows you to sue any businesses or parties attempting to commodity counterfeit versions of your own goods.

Class 11 trademark registration is essential to develop brand awareness and recognition. Now, if the consumers identify your durable products, your efficient products, or your innovative products with your brand, a registered trademark is going to make certain that they do that. This is important because consumer trust and loyalty are built and in industries where safety and functionality are a major factor, it becomes even more important.

If you intend to expand your business into international markets, registering your trademark under Class 11 offers protection in multiple jurisdictions. Using the Madrid Protocol, you can apply for trademark protection in several countries, ensuring that your brand is recognized and protected worldwide.

The process for applying for a trademark in Class 11 is similar to any other class. Here are the key steps to follow:

Do a trademark search before applying, and make sure no one else is using a similar mark name or logo for a similar product. This helps you avoid the instance of your application being denied or contested further down the line.

Before you apply, conduct a trademark search to make sure there are no others using a similar name or logo for a similar product. By doing this you will avoid having your application rejected or creating disputes further down the line.

Once all the required documents are ready, apply to the respective trademark office either online or in physical form depending on the jurisdiction of application.

The trademark office then goes through the application to ensure everything is in order. Your trademark will then be published for opposition purposes, provided everything went smoothly. During this phase, other businesses can challenge your trademark if they think it may infringe upon theirs.

If there are no oppositions, your trademark will be formally registered. Trademark protection under Class 11 will generally be for a period of 10 years, after which you can renew it and keep getting protection.