Trademark Class 22: Cordage and fibers
Ropes and string, nets, tents and awnings, sacks, and raw textile fibres.
What class 22 covers
Class 22 is one of the 45 international classes used by the USPTO and most trademark offices worldwide, under the Nice Classification. Classes 1 to 34 cover goods — physical products — and classes 35 to 45 cover services. Class 22 is a goods class.
You register a mark for particular goods or services, not in the abstract. That is why the same word can be owned by unrelated businesses in different classes, and why picking the right class matters as much as picking the right name.
Typically included in class 22
- Ropes, cords and string
- Nets and netting
- Tents, awnings and tarpaulins
- Sails
- Sacks and bags for bulk transport
- Padding and stuffing materials
- Raw textile fibres
Business types that usually file here
- Rope and cordage makers
- Tent and camping brands
- Awning manufacturers
- Marine and sail suppliers
- Industrial bag suppliers
Notable brands operating in class 22
Companies whose goods or services fall wholly or partly within this class. This is a list of well-known names in the space, not a ranking — there is no authoritative public measure of trademark "size", and most of these businesses hold registrations across several classes rather than this one alone.
- Coleman
- Big Agnes
- NEMO Equipment
- MSR
- Kelty
- Eureka
- Sea to Summit
- Samson Rope
- New England Ropes
- Sterling Rope
- Wellington
- Everbilt
- Sunbrella
- Shelter Logic
- Harbor Freight
- Ancra
- Keeper
- Erickson
- US Netting
- Memphis Net & Twine
- Gourock
- Ravenox
- Yale Cordage
- Marlow Ropes
- Cortland
Choosing the right class
Three mistakes cost applicants the most in this area:
- Filing in too few classes. If you sell a product and also provide a service around it, that is often two classes. Registering only one leaves the other unprotected.
- Filing in too many. Each class costs a separate fee, and the USPTO expects you to be using the mark, or to have a genuine intent to use it, for everything you list.
- Ignoring related classes. Examiners routinely treat certain classes as related — clothing and clothing retail, for instance, or food products and restaurant services. A conflict in a related class can block you just as effectively as one in your own.
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