Trademark Class 24: Textiles and Fabric
Textiles and substitutes for textiles; household linen; and curtains of textile or plastic. Fabric sold by the metre belongs here; finished garments, including sarees and dhotis, are Class 25.
What Class 24 covers in practice.
Class 24 covers textiles and fabrics in the piece, whether woven, knitted or non-woven, and plastic material used as a substitute for fabric, together with fabric goods for household use. That includes cotton, silk, polyester and rayon fabrics, brocades, batik, calico, velvet and lace fabrics, and household linen such as bedsheets, pillowcases, quilts, blankets, towels, table linen, curtains of textile or plastic, mosquito nets and sleeping bags. Textile labels, flags, banners, handkerchiefs, upholstery fabrics and loose furniture covers also sit here.
The note sends electric blankets to Class 10 or 11, fabrics for special uses such as bookbinding cloth, insulating fabric and geotextiles to Classes 16, 17 and 19, paper table linen to Class 16, bamboo and bead curtains to Class 20, and horse blankets to Class 18. Garments, including sarees, are Class 25, and carpets and rugs Class 27. Indian filers include Surat and Ahmedabad fabric mills and traders, power-loom and handloom weavers, home-furnishing brands, towel makers, and block-print and dress-material sellers.
Not in Class 24
Goods and services often confused with this class, and the class they actually belong to.
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Sarees, shirts and other finished garments Class 25 ↗
Saris are listed in Class 25 as clothing; Class 24 keeps fabric in the piece and household linen.
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Carpets, rugs, door mats and bath mats Class 27 ↗
Floor coverings, including bath mats and door mats, are listed in Class 27, even though bath towels are Class 24.
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Pillows, cushions and mattresses Class 20 ↗
The Class 20 note includes bedding such as mattresses and pillows; Class 24 keeps only the covers, sheets and other linen.
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Paper napkins and paper tablecloths Class 16 ↗
The note sends table linen of paper to Class 16.
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Electric blankets Class 11 ↗
The note sends electrically heated blankets not for medical purposes to Class 11, and those for medical purposes to Class 10.
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Bamboo curtains and bead curtains Class 20 ↗
The note sends bamboo curtains and bead curtains for decoration to Class 20; only curtains of textile or plastic are Class 24.
What actually falls under Class 24.
The official heading is a legal category, not a shopping list — here are specific products and services from Class 24 people actually search for.
Bed blankets and travelling rugs
Floor rugs and carpets are Class 27, and electric blankets are Class 10 or 11.
Bedsheets / textile household linen
Brocade and batik fabrics
Curtains of textile or plastic
Bamboo curtains and bead curtains for decoration are Class 20.
Fabric / cloth (by the metre)
Unstitched fabric and textile piece-goods are Class 24. Finished garments, including sarees (listed as saris in Class 25) and shirts, are Class 25.
Flags and banners of textile
Flags and banners of paper are Class 16.
Handkerchiefs of textile
Textile handkerchiefs are Class 24, but pocket squares are listed in Class 25 and paper handkerchiefs in Class 16.
Loose sofa and furniture covers
Mattress covers
The mattress itself is Class 20.
Mosquito nets (textile)
Pillowcases and cushion covers
Filled pillows and cushions are Class 20.
Quilts / razai
Sleeping bags
Sleeping bags are Class 24, although tents are Class 22.
Table linen / tablecloths
Towels (textile)
Upholstery fabrics
Woven labels of textile
Labels of paper or cardboard are Class 16, and labels of plastic Class 20.
Which class is my product or service in?
Straight answers for the specific items people search for under Class 24.
Saris are listed by name in Class 25 as clothing, even though a sari is not stitched. Fabric sold by the metre is a textile in Class 24, and unstitched dress material sold as cloth is generally treated the same way. Brands that sell sarees alongside dress material and running fabric usually file in both Class 24 and Class 25.
The covers are Class 24 and the filled article is Class 20. Pillowcases, pillow shams, cushion covers, mattress covers and bedsheets are household linen in Class 24, while pillows, cushions, bolsters and mattresses are bedding in Class 20. A home-furnishing brand selling complete bed sets normally needs both classes.
Class 27. Carpets, rugs, door mats, bath mats and other floor coverings, along with textile wallpaper, are listed in Class 27. Class 24 covers bath linen such as towels, and blankets and travelling rugs used as lap robes rather than on the floor. Wall hangings of textile are Class 24, but wall hangings not of textile are Class 27.
It depends on the material. Labels of textile, including woven labels, and sew-on tags of textile are Class 24. Labels of paper or cardboard, such as printed swing tags, are Class 16, and labels and sew-on tags of plastic are Class 20. A label maker producing woven, paper and plastic labels may need all three classes.
Dyeing, printing or finishing fabric for others on job work is a treatment-of-materials service in Class 40, which lists textile dyeing, cloth dyeing, applying finishes to textiles and pattern printing. Class 24 protects a brand used on fabric you sell. A Surat or Ahmedabad process house that also sells its own branded fabric should consider both classes.
Textiles and substitutes for textiles; household linen; and curtains of textile or plastic. Fabric sold by the metre belongs here; finished garments, including sarees and dhotis, are Class 25.
Common examples include: Bed blankets and travelling rugs, Bedsheets / textile household linen, Brocade and batik fabrics, Curtains of textile or plastic, Fabric / cloth (by the metre), Flags and banners of textile, Handkerchiefs of textile, Loose sofa and furniture covers.
Fabric / cloth (by the metre) falls under Trademark Class 24 — Textiles and Fabric. Unstitched fabric and textile piece-goods are Class 24. Finished garments, including sarees (listed as saris in Class 25) and shirts, are Class 25.
Bedsheets / textile household linen falls under Trademark Class 24 — Textiles and Fabric.
Towels (textile) falls under Trademark Class 24 — Textiles and Fabric.
Curtains of textile or plastic falls under Trademark Class 24 — Textiles and Fabric. Bamboo curtains and bead curtains for decoration are Class 20.
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