The concept of Trademark classification dates back to the late 19th century when the need to categorize goods and services for Trademark registration became evident? It’s a testament to the lasting importance of effective Trademark management in an ever-evolving marketplace.
What kind of beverages and drinks fall under Trademark Class 32?
Class 32 includes a broad span of products, including non-alcoholic beverages, beer, mineral and carbonated waters, fruit drinks, syrups, and various beverage preparations. Interestingly, ice is also part of this classification.
Non-alcoholic beverages within this category are defined by their alcohol content, containing no more than 0.5% alcohol by volume. However, it’s important to note that class 32 does not cover coffee, tea, or cocoa.
Specification in detail:
- Beer, classified here, is an alcoholic beverage typically made from malt and often containing hops, yeast, and water.
- Mineral water, another member of this class, is enriched with minerals like calcium, magnesium, and sodium.
- Aerated water refers to artificially carbonated water, which often adds a bubbly touch to various beverages.
- Fruit drinks, on the other hand, are non-alcoholic beverages infused with fruit juices, offering a refreshing and fruity taste.
- Finally, class 32 also includes syrups and other preparations designed for creating a diverse array of beverages.
Trademark Class 32
Trademark Class 32 pertains to beers; mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
The following goods are also classified under Class 32:
- De-alcoholised beverages.
Trademark Class 32 includes non-alcoholic beverages, as well as beer.
The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 32:
- Beverages for medical purposes;
- Milk beverages (milk predominating);
- Beverages with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea base.
List of goods classified under Trademark Class 32
- Aerated fruit juices
- Aerated juices
- Aerated mineral waters
- Aerated water
- Aerated water (Preparations for making -)
- Aerated water [soda water]
- Aerated waters
- Alcohol free aperitifs
- Alcohol-free beers
- Alcohol free beverages
- Alcohol free cider
- Alcohol free wine
- Ale
- Ales
- Aloe juice beverages
- Aloe vera drinks, non-alcoholic
- Aloe vera juices
- Aperitifs, non-alcoholic
- Apple juice beverages
- Apple juice drinks
- Barley wine [Beer]
- Barley wine [beer]
- Beer
- Beer and brewery products
- Beer-based beverages
- Beer-based cocktails
- Beer wort
- Beers
- Beers enriched with minerals
- Beverages consisting of a blend of fruit and vegetable juices
- Beverages consisting principally of fruit juices
- Beverages containing vitamins
- Beverages (Non-alcoholic -)
- Beverages (Preparations for making -)
- Beverages (Whey -)
- Birch water
- Bitter lemon
- Black beer
- Black beer [toasted-malt beer]
- Blackcurrant cordial
- Blackcurrant juice
- Bock beer
- Bottled drinking water
- Bottled water
- Brown rice beverages other than milk substitutes
- Carbohydrate drinks
- Carbonated mineral water
- Carbonated non-alcoholic drinks
- Carbonated soft drinks
- Carbonated water
- Carbonated waters
- Cider, non-alcoholic
- Cocktails, non-alcoholic
- Coconut-based beverages
- Coconut juice
- Coconut water
- Coconut water as a beverage
- Coconut water as beverage
- Coffee-flavored ale
- Coffee-flavored beer
- Coffee-flavored soft drinks
- Cola
- Cola drinks
- Colas [soft drinks]
- Concentrated fruit juice
- Concentrated fruit juices
- Concentrates for making fruit drinks
- Concentrates for making fruit juices
- Concentrates for use in the preparation of soft drinks
- Concentrates used in the preparation of soft drinks
- Condensed smoked plum juice
- Cordials
- Cordials [non-alcoholic]
- Cordials (non-alcoholic beverages)
- Craft beer
- Craft beers
- Cranberry juice
- Cream soda
- De-alcoholised beer
- De-alcoholised drinks
- De-alcoholised wines
- De-alcoholized beer
- De-alcoholized drinks
- De-alcoholized wines
- Dilutable preparations for making beverages
- Distilled drinking water
- Douzhi (fermented bean drink)
- Drinking mineral water
- Drinking spring water
- Drinking water
- Drinking water with vitamins
- Drinking waters
- Dry ginger ale
- Effervescing beverages (Pastilles for -)
- Effervescing beverages (Powders for -)
- Energy drinks
- Energy drinks containing caffeine
- Energy drinks [not for medical purposes]
- Essences for making beverages
- Essences for making flavoured mineral water [not in the nature of essential oils]
- Essences for making non-alcoholic beverages [not in the nature of essential oils]
- Essences for making non-alcoholic drinks, not in the nature of essential oils
- Essences for making non-alcoholic beverages
- Extracts for making beverages
- Extracts for making non-alcoholic beverages
- Extracts of hops for making beer
- Extracts of unfermented must
- Flavor enhanced water
- Flavored beer
- Flavored beers
- Flavored mineral water
- Flavored waters
- Flavoured beers
- Flavoured carbonated beverages
- Flavoured mineral water
- Flavoured waters
- Frozen carbonated beverages
- Frozen fruit-based beverages
- Frozen fruit-based drinks
- Frozen fruit beverages
- Frozen fruit drinks
- Fruit-based beverages
- Fruit-based soft drinks flavored with tea
- Fruit beverages
- Fruit beverages and fruit juices
- Fruit beverages (non-alcoholic)
- Fruit drinks
- Fruit extracts (Non-alcoholic -)
- Fruit-flavored beverages
- Fruit flavored drinks
- Fruit-flavored soft drinks
- Fruit flavored soft drinks
- Fruit-flavoured beverages
- Fruit flavoured carbonated drinks
- Fruit flavoured drinks
- Fruit flavoured waters
- Fruit juice
- Fruit juice bases
- Fruit juice beverages
- Fruit juice beverages (Non-alcoholic -)
- Fruit juice concentrates
- Fruit juice drinks
- Fruit juice for use as beverages
- Fruit juices
- Fruit nectars
- Fruit nectars, non-alcoholic
- Fruit nectars, nonalcoholic
- Fruit smoothies
- Fruit squashes
- Functional water-based beverages
- Ginger ale
- Ginger beer
- Ginger juice beverages
- Glacial water
- Grape juice
- Grape juice beverages
- Grape must, unfermented
- Grapefruit juice
- Green vegetable juice beverages
- Guarana drinks
- Guava juice
- Honey-based beverages (Non-alcoholic -)
- Hop extracts for manufacturing beer
- Hop extracts for use in the preparation of beverages
- Hops (Extracts of -) for making beer
- Iced fruit beverages
- Imitation beer
- India pale ales (IPAs)
- IPA (Indian Pale Ale)
- Isotonic beverages
- Isotonic beverages [not for medical purposes]
- Isotonic drinks
- Isotonic non-alcoholic drinks
- Juice drinks
- Juice (Fruit -)
- Juices
- Kvass
- Kvass [non-alcoholic beverages]
- Kvass [non-alcoholic beverage]
- Lager
- Lagers
- Lemon barley water
- Lemon juice for use in the preparation of beverages
- Lemon squash
- Lemonade
- Lemonades
- Lime juice cordial
- Lime juice for use in the preparation of beverages
- Lithia water
- Low alcohol beer
- Low-alcohol beer
- Low calorie soft drinks
- Low-calorie soft drinks
- Malt beer
- Malt syrup for beverages
- Malt wort
- Mango juice
- Maple water
- Melon juice
- Mineral and aerated waters
- Mineral enriched water [beverages]
- Mineral water
- Mineral water [beverages]
- Mineral water (Non-medicated -)
- Mineral waters
- Mineral waters [beverages]
- Mixed fruit juice
- Mixed fruit juices
- Mixes for making sorbet beverages
- Mung bean beverages
- Must
- Nectars (Fruit -), non-alcoholic
- Non alcoholic aperitifs
- Non-alcoholic beer
- Non-alcoholic beer flavored beverages
- Non-alcoholic beers
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- Non-alcoholic beverages containing fruit juices
- Non-alcoholic beverages containing vegetable juices
- Non-alcoholic beverages flavored with tea
- Non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with tea
- Non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with coffee
- Non-alcoholic beverages flavored with coffee
- Non-alcoholic beverages with tea flavor
- Non-alcoholic carbonated beverages
- Non-alcoholic cinnamon punch with dried persimmon (sujeonggwa)
- Non-alcoholic cocktail bases
- Non-alcoholic cocktail mixes
- Non-alcoholic cocktails
- Non-alcoholic cordials
- Non-alcoholic dried fruit beverages
- Non-alcoholic drinks
- Non-alcoholic drinks enriched with vitamins and mineral salts
- Non-alcoholic essences for making non-alcoholic beverages, not in the nature of essential oils
- Non-alcoholic essences for making beverages
- Non-alcoholic flavored carbonated beverages
- Non-alcoholic fruit cocktails
- Non-alcoholic fruit drinks
- Non-alcoholic fruit extracts
- Non-alcoholic fruit extracts used in the preparation of beverages
- Non-alcoholic fruit juice beverages
- Non-alcoholic fruit punch
- Non-alcoholic grape juice beverages
- Non-alcoholic honey-based beverages
- Non-alcoholic malt beverages
- Non-alcoholic malt drinks
- Non-alcoholic malt free beverages [other than for medical use]
- Non-alcoholic preparations for making beverages
- Non-alcoholic punch
- Non-alcoholic punches
- Non-alcoholic rice punch (sikhye)
- Non-alcoholic soda beverages flavoured with tea
- Non-alcoholic sparkling fruit juice drinks
- Non-alcoholic syrups for making beverages
- Non-alcoholic vegetable juice drinks
- Non-alcoholic wine
- Non-alcoholic wines
- Non-carbonated soft drinks
- Nut and soy based beverages
- Nutritionally fortified beverages
- Nutritionally fortified water
- Oat-based beverages [not being milk substitutes]
- Orange barley water
- Orange juice
- Orange juice beverages
- Orange juice drinks
- Orange squash
- Organic fruit juice
- Orgeat
- Pale ale
- Part frozen slush drinks
- Pastilles for effervescing beverages
- Pineapple juice beverages
- Pomegranate juice
- Porter
- Powders for effervescing beverages
- Powders for the preparation of beverages
- Powders used in the preparation of fruit-based beverages
- Powders used in the preparation of fruit-based drinks
- Powders used in the preparation of soft drinks
- Powders used in the preparation of coconut water drinks
- Preparation for making non-alcoholic beverages
- Preparations for making aerated water
- Preparations for making beverages
- Preparations for making carbonated water
- Preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages
- Protein drinks
- Protein-enriched sports beverages
- Purified drinking water
- Quinine water
- Ramune (Japanese soda pops)
- Red ginseng juice beverages
- Rice-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
- Root beer
- Root beers
- Root beers, non-alcoholic beverages
- Saison beer
- Sarsaparilla [non-alcoholic beverage]
- Seltzer water
- Shandy
- Sherbet beverages
- Sherbets [beverages]
- Slush drinks
- Smoked plum beverages
- Smoked plum juice beverages
- Smoothies
- Smoothies containing grains and oats
- Smoothies [fruit beverages, fruit predominating]
- Smoothies [non-alcoholic fruit beverages]
- Soda pops
- Soda water
- Soft drinks
- Soft drinks flavored with tea
- Soft drinks for energy supply
- Sorbets [beverages]
- Sorbets in the nature of beverages
- Soy-based beverages, not being milk substitutes
- Soy beverage
- Soya-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
- Sparkling water
- Sports drinks
- Sports drinks containing electrolytes
- Spring water
- Spring waters
- Squashes [non-alcoholic beverages]
- Starch-based dry mixes for beverage preparation
- Still water
- Still waters
- Stout
- Stouts
- Syrup for making beverages
- Syrup for making lemonade
- Syrups and other non-alcoholic preparations for making beverages
- Syrups for beverages
- Syrups for lemonade
- Syrups for making beverages
- Syrups for making flavoured mineral waters
- Syrups for making fruit-flavored drinks
- Syrups for making non-alcoholic beverages
- Syrups for making soft drinks
- Syrups for making whey-based beverages
- Syrups used in the preparation of soft drinks
- Table water
- Table waters
- Tomato juice [beverage]
- Tomato juice beverages
- Tonic water
- Tonic water [non-medicated beverages]
- Unfermented preserved must
- Vegetable-based beverages
- Vegetable drinks
- Vegetable juice
- Vegetable juices [beverages]
- Vegetable juices [beverage]
- Vegetable smoothies
- Vitamin enriched sparkling water [beverages]
- Vitamin fortified non-alcoholic beverages
- Water
- Water-based beverages containing tea extracts
- Water enhanced with minerals
- Water (Lithia -)
- Water (Seltzer -)
- Watermelon juice
- Waters
- Waters [beverages]
- Waters (Table -)
- Wheat beer
- Whey beverages
How Does Class 32 Trademark Registration Benefit Your Brand?
Ensuring the security of your brand within Class 32 holds significant importance for several compelling reasons. When you register your Trademark, you gain the exclusive rights to utilize that Trademark in association with the products or services stated in the registration. This empowers you to prevent others from employing a comparable or perplexingly similar Trademark for their own beverages.
Trademark registration plays a significant role in nurturing brand familiarity and allegiance. Safeguarding your brand name or logo simplifies the process for consumers to identify and remember your offerings. This, in turn, facilitates the establishment of a dedicated customer base and, ultimately, boosts sales.
FAQs
What types of products are covered under Class 32?
Class 32 covers non-alcoholic beverages, including mineral and aerated waters, fruit drinks, fruit juices, and other similar products. It also includes non-alcoholic preparations for making beverages.
Do I need to classify my Trademark under Class 32 if I'm selling non-alcoholic beverages?
Yes, if your business involves the production or sale of non-alcoholic beverages, it’s advisable to classify your Trademark under Class 32. This ensures that your Trademark is protected specifically for the products within this category.