Register Your Trademark in Class 15

Trademark Class 15 – Musical Instruments

Trademark registration is crucial for businesses dealing in musical instruments and their accessories. Whether you manufacture classical Indian instruments like sitars and tablas or modern electronic musical instruments like synthesizers and electric guitars, Trademark Class 15 is the designated classification for your products. This article will provide an in-depth look at Trademark Class 15, its significance, and the registration process, helping you secure your brand identity in the competitive music industry.

What is Trademark Class 15?

Trademark Class 15 specifically covers musical instruments and their components. This includes everything from traditional acoustic instruments to modern electronic ones, along with their accessories.

Goods included in Trademark Class 15:

Musical instruments (string, wind, percussion, and electronic)
Music and instrument stands
Conductors’ batons
Mechanical and electronic pianos
Musical boxes
Drumsticks and percussion accessories
Guitars, violins, flutes, and saxophones

Related Trademark Classes:

Trademark Class 15 is often associated with other classes, depending on the nature of the product. These include:

Items Excluded from Trademark Class 15:

Certain musical-related goods and services fall under other trademark classes:

Why is Trademark Class 15 Important?

Registering your brand under the correct trademark class ensures exclusive rights to your trademark within that industry. This prevents competitors from using similar brand names for similar products, protecting your brand identity and market presence.

Some well-known trademarks under Trademark Class 15 include:

Gibson – Guitars, basses, and accessories
Yamaha – Musical instruments
Fender – Electric and acoustic guitars
Steinway & Sons – Pianos
Roland – Electronic musical instruments
C. F. Martin & Co. – String instruments

Trademark Registration Process for Class 15

Conduct a Trademark Search: Before applying, ensure your desired trademark is unique and not already registered.
Prepare the Application: File an application with the Trademark Registry of India or the respective country's trademark office.
Trademark Examination: The registrar examines the application for compliance.
Publication in the Journal: If no objections arise, the trademark is published for public review.
Registration and Certification: If no oppositions are filed, your trademark is successfully registered.

Goods Classified Under Trademark Class 15

Here is a list of all trademark goods that fall under Class 15 protection:

Class	Term
Class 15	Accordions
Class 15	Acoustic bass guitars
Class 15	Acoustic basses
Class 15	Acoustic guitars
Class 15	Autoplaying electric pianos
Class 15	Autoplaying electronic pianos
Class 15	Bagpipes
Class 15	Bags specially adapted for holding musical instruments
Class 15	Balalaikas [stringed musical instruments]
Class 15	Bamboo flutes
Class 15	Bamboo vertical pipes (hichiriki)
Class 15	Bamboo vertical pipes (shoh)
Class 15	Bandonians
Class 15	Bandonions
Class 15	Banjos
Class 15	Barrel organs
Class 15	Bass drum sticks
Class 15	Bass drums
Class 15	Bass drumsticks
Class 15	Bass guitars
Class 15	Basses [musical instruments]
Class 15	Bassoon
Class 15	Bassoons
Class 15	Batons (Conductors' -)
Class 15	Bellows for musical instruments
Class 15	Bongo drums
Class 15	Bow nuts for musical instruments
Class 15	Bows for musical instruments
Class 15	Brass instruments
Class 15	Bridges for musical instruments
Class 15	Buccins
Class 15	Buccins [trumpets]
Class 15	Bugles
Class 15	Capos
Class 15	Carillons [musical instruments]
Class 15	Carrying cases for musical instruments
Class 15	Cases adapted for musical instruments
Class 15	Cases for musical instruments
Class 15	Castanets
Class 15	Catgut for musical instruments
Class 15	Celestes
Class 15	Cello endpin stoppers
Class 15	Cellos
Class 15	Chimes [musical instruments]
Class 15	Chin rests for violins
Class 15	Chinese flute membranes
Class 15	Chinese flutes
Class 15	Chinese ocarinas (Xun)
Class 15	Chinese vertical bamboo flutes (Xiao)
Class 15	Chinese zither stands
Class 15	Chinese zithers
Class 15	Clarinets
Class 15	Clarionets
Class 15	Clarions
Class 15	Clavicymbals
Class 15	Colophony for stringed musical instruments
Class 15	Computer controlled musical instruments
Class 15	Concertinas
Class 15	Conductors' batons
Class 15	Conga drums
Class 15	Contrabasses
Class 15	Cornets
Class 15	Cornets [musical instruments]
Class 15	Covers adapted for guitars
Class 15	Covers (Shaped -) for musical instruments
Class 15	Cowbells being musical instruments
Class 15	Cymbals
Class 15	Dampers for musical instruments
Class 15	Devices for tuning musical instruments
Class 15	Didgeridoos
Class 15	Digital pianos
Class 15	Djembes
Class 15	Double basses
Class 15	Double bassoons
Class 15	Drum kits
Class 15	Drum machines
Class 15	Drum pedals
Class 15	Drum pedals [musical instruments]
Class 15	Drum practice pads
Class 15	Drum sticks
Class 15	Drumheads
Class 15	Drums
Class 15	Drums [musical instrument]
Class 15	Drums [musical instruments]
Class 15	Drumsticks
Class 15	Dulcimers
Class 15	Ebonite mouth pieces for musical instruments
Class 15	Electric and electronic musical instruments
Class 15	Electric bass guitars
Class 15	Electric basses
Class 15	Electric carillons
Class 15	Electric carillons [musical instruments]
Class 15	Electric guitars
Class 15	Electric keyboards [musical instruments]
Class 15	Electric musical instruments
Class 15	Electric pianos
Class 15	Electrical musical instruments
Class 15	Electronic apparatus for synthesising music [musical instrument]
Class 15	Electronic automatically controlled rhythm machines
Class 15	Electronic background music machines
Class 15	Electronic drum pads
Class 15	Electronic drums
Class 15	Electronic keyboards [musical instruments]
Class 15	Electronic melody instruments
Class 15	Electronic musical apparatus for practice
Class 15	Electronic musical apparatus for instruction
Class 15	Electronic musical apparatus for accompaniment
Class 15	Electronic musical apparatus and instruments
Class 15	Electronic musical instrument tuners
Class 15	Electronic musical instruments
Class 15	Electronic musical keyboards
Class 15	Electronic musical synthesizers
Class 15	Electronic organs
Class 15	Electronic pianos
Class 15	Electronic practice mutes for musical instruments
Class 15	Electronic rhythm machines
Class 15	Electronic sound effects machines [synthesizers]
Class 15	Electronic synthesizers
Class 15	Electronic synthesizers being musical instruments
Class 15	Electronically operated computer controlled musical apparatus
Class 15	Electronically operated musical apparatus
Class 15	Electronically operated musical instruments
Class 15	End pins for cellos
Class 15	End pins for double basses
Class 15	English horns
Class 15	Erhu (a two-stringed bowed musical instrument)
Class 15	Erhu bows
Class 15	Erhu strings
Class 15	Euphoniums
Class 15	Finger plectrums
Class 15	Fingerboards for stringed musical instruments
Class 15	Flutes
Class 15	Flutes (Bamboo -)
Class 15	Flutes being musical instruments
Class 15	French horns
Class 15	Glockenspiel
Class 15	Glockenspiels
Class 15	Gongs
Class 15	Grand pianos
Class 15	Guiros
Class 15	Guitar armrests
Class 15	Guitar capos
Class 15	Guitar picks
Class 15	Guitar saddles
Class 15	Guitar shoulder straps
Class 15	Guitar straps
Class 15	Guitar strings
Class 15	Guitar strings incorporating steel
Class 15	Guitar strings made from steel
Class 15	Guitar toggle switch tips
Class 15	Guitar tuning cranks
Class 15	Guitars
Class 15	Handbells
Class 15	Handbells [musical instruments]
Class 15	Harmonicas
Class 15	Harmoniums
Class 15	Harp strings
Class 15	Harps
Class 15	Harpsichords
Class 15	Hats with bells [musical instruments]
Class 15	Hichiriki [Japanese vertical flutes]
Class 15	Horns
Class 15	Horns [musical instruments]
Class 15	Horsehair for bows for musical instruments
Class 15	Horsehair for use in making violin bows
Class 15	Horsehair for violin bows
Class 15	Huqin [Chinese violins]
Class 15	Instrument mutes
Class 15	Instruments (Musical -)
Class 15	Intensity regulators for mechanical pianos
Class 15	Iron xylophones
Class 15	Japanese bamboo clarinets (shakuhachi)
Class 15	Japanese drums (taiko)
Class 15	Japanese flutes (yokobue)
Class 15	Japanese hand drums (tsuzumi)
Class 15	Japanese lutes [biwa]
Class 15	Japanese picks [tsume]
Class 15	Japanese plectrums [bachi]
Class 15	Japanese traditional musical instruments
Class 15	Jews' harps [musical instruments]
Class 15	Kazoos
Class 15	Kazoos [not being toys]
Class 15	Kettledrum frames
Class 15	Kettledrums
Class 15	Keyboard instruments
Class 15	Keyboard instruments [musical]
Class 15	Keyboards for musical instruments
Class 15	Keys for musical instruments
Class 15	Korean zither with six strings [Geo-mun-go]
Class 15	Korean zither with twelve strings [Ga-ya-geum]
Class 15	Koto [Japanese stringed musical instruments]
Class 15	Languets
Class 15	Lutes
Class 15	Lyres
Class 15	Mallets for musical instruments
Class 15	Mandolas
Class 15	Mandolins
Class 15	Maracas
Class 15	Marimba
Class 15	Marimbas
Class 15	Mechanical, electric and electronic musical instruments
Class 15	Mechanical musical instruments
Class 15	Mechanical pianos
Class 15	Melodicas
Class 15	Metal bells [musical instruments]
Class 15	Morin khuur [Mongolian bowed stringed instrument]
Class 15	Mouthpiece caps for musical instruments
Class 15	Mouthpieces for musical instruments
Class 15	Movements for musical boxes
Class 15	Music boxes
Class 15	Music pitch pipes
Class 15	Music rests for musical instruments
Class 15	Music rolls [piano]
Class 15	Music stands
Class 15	Music stands adapted for use with musical instruments
Class 15	Music synthesizers
Class 15	Musical accessories
Class 15	Musical boxes
Class 15	Musical boxes in the form of porcelain bisque figurines
Class 15	Musical boxes [not toys]
Class 15	Musical chimes being musical instruments
Class 15	Musical instrument cases
Class 15	Musical instrument harnesses
Class 15	Musical instrument stands
Class 15	Musical instrument straps
Class 15	Musical instruments
Class 15	Musical instruments controlled by microprocessor
Class 15	Musical instruments controlled by computer
Class 15	Musical instruments for children
Class 15	Musical instruments in the nature of steel drums
Class 15	Musical instruments incorporating apparatus for producing audio signals
Class 15	Musical instruments incorporating arrangements for producing audio signals
Class 15	Musical instruments incorporating apparatus for modifying audio signals
Class 15	Musical instruments incorporating arrangements for modifying audio signals
Class 15	Musical keyboard carrying cases
Class 15	Musical synthesizers
Class 15	Musical wind instruments
Class 15	Mutes for musical instruments
Class 15	Oboes
Class 15	Ocarinas
Class 15	Organs
Class 15	Organs [musical instruments]
Class 15	Oriental fiddles [kokyu]
Class 15	Oriental harps [koto]
Class 15	Pedals for musical instruments
Class 15	Pegs for musical instruments
Class 15	Percussion instruments
Class 15	Percussion instruments [musical]
Class 15	Percussion musical instruments
Class 15	Perforated music rolls
Class 15	Perforated music rolls for use in player pianos
Class 15	Piano covers [shaped]
Class 15	Piano keyboards
Class 15	Piano keys
Class 15	Piano strings
Class 15	Pianofortes
Class 15	Pianos
Class 15	Piccolos
Class 15	Picks for stringed instruments
Class 15	Picks for stringed musical instruments
Class 15	Pipa [Chinese guitars]
Class 15	Pipas (Chinese lutes)
Class 15	Pitch pipes (Musical -)
Class 15	Playable electronic sound synthesizers
Class 15	Player pianos
Class 15	Plectra
Class 15	Plectrums
Class 15	Plugs for converting open hole flutes to closed hole flutes
Class 15	Protectors for Chinese flute membranes
Class 15	Punched cards containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Punched disks containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Punched paper containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Punched paper tape rolls containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Punched paper tapes containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Punched tapes containing music for use with pianoforte
Class 15	Racks adapted to hold musical instruments
Class 15	Rainmaker [musical instruments]
Class 15	Rattles being musical instruments
Class 15	Rattles [musical instruments]
Class 15	Recorders [musical instruments]
Class 15	Reeds
Class 15	Reeds being parts of musical instruments
Class 15	Reeds for musical instruments
Class 15	Reeds for use in woodwind mouthpieces
Class 15	Reeds [musical instruments]
Class 15	Reproducing pianos
Class 15	Robotic drums
Class 15	Rolls (Perforated music -)
Class 15	Rosin for stringed musical instruments
Class 15	Saxophones
Class 15	Serpentines
Class 15	Sheet music stands
Class 15	Sheet music (Turning apparatus for -)
Class 15	Sheng [Chinese musical wind instruments]
Class 15	Shofars
Class 15	Short bamboo flutes [Danso]
Class 15	Singing bowls
Class 15	Sistrums
Class 15	Sitars
Class 15	Skins for drums
Class 15	Snare drums
Class 15	Snare wires for use with snare drums
Class 15	Snares
Class 15	Sound boards
Class 15	Sound effects machines being musical instruments
Class 15	Stands for musical instruments
Class 15	Stands (Music -)
Class 15	Steel drums [musical instruments]
Class 15	Sticks (Drum -)
Class 15	Sticks for bows for musical instruments
Class 15	Straps for musical instruments
Class 15	String instruments
Class 15	Stringed instruments
Class 15	Stringed musical instruments
Class 15	Strings for japanese style stringed instruments
Class 15	Strings for musical instruments
Class 15	Strings for western musical instruments
Class 15	Strings for Western style musical instruments
Class 15	Struck stringed instruments
Class 15	Suona [Chinese trumpets]
Class 15	Synthesizers (Music -)
Class 15	Synthesizers [musical instruments]
Class 15	Synthetic music apparatus
Class 15	Tambourines
Class 15	Three-stringed japanese guitars (shamisen)
Class 15	Timpani
Class 15	Tom-toms
Class 15	Tongues [parts of musical instruments]
Class 15	Tongues [reeds]
Class 15	Tonometers [tuning forks]
Class 15	Traditional Japanese musical instruments
Class 15	Triangles [musical instruments]
Class 15	Tripods for musical instruments
Class 15	Trombones
Class 15	Trumpets
Class 15	Tubas
Class 15	Tubular bells
Class 15	Tuners for electronic musical instruments
Class 15	Tuners for musical instruments
Class 15	Tuning apparatus for musical instruments
Class 15	Tuning devices for musical instruments
Class 15	Tuning forks
Class 15	Tuning hammers
Class 15	Turning apparatus for sheet music
Class 15	Ukeleles
Class 15	Ukuleles
Class 15	Valves for musical instruments
Class 15	Violas
Class 15	Violin chin rests
Class 15	Violins
Class 15	Western style musical instruments
Class 15	Whistles [musical instruments]
Class 15	Wind instruments
Class 15	Wind instruments [musical]
Class 15	Wind pipes for organs
Class 15	Woodwind instruments
Class 15	Woodwind musical instruments
Class 15	Xylophones
Class 15	Zampognas [bagpipes]
Class 15	Zithers

Conclusion

Trademark Class 15 is essential for protecting businesses involved in musical instruments and related accessories. Whether you are a manufacturer, retailer, or distributor, registering your trademark ensures legal protection, brand exclusivity, and market credibility. LegalBabu can assist you in hassle-free trademark registration, ensuring that your brand remains protected in the long run.

For expert consultation and guidance on Trademark Registration under Class 15, contact LegalBabu today!

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What does Trademark Class 15 include?

Trademark Class 15 covers musical instruments and their accessories, such as guitars, pianos, drums, and conductors' batons.
Can I register a brand for digital music under Class 15?

No, digital music files fall under Class 9, which includes sound recordings and software.
Do microphone manufacturers need to register under Class 15?

No, microphones fall under Class 9, as they are sound transmission devices.
Is trademark protection under Class 15 valid internationally?

If you register under the Madrid Protocol, your trademark can be protected in multiple countries.
What is the difference between Class 15 and Class 28?

Class 15 covers actual musical instruments, while Class 28 includes toy musical instruments.
How long does it take to register a trademark in Class 15?

The process usually takes 12-18 months, depending on objections and oppositions.
Can two companies have the same trademark in Class 15?

No, trademarks within the same class must be unique to avoid market confusion.
Do harmonium manufacturers need to register under Class 15?

Yes, harmoniums and similar traditional instruments are covered under Class 15.
What happens if my trademark is opposed?

You will need to file a response and possibly attend hearings to defend your trademark application.
Why should I consult a trademark expert?

Consulting an expert like LegalBabu ensures that your application is error-free and increases your chances of successful registration.

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