Trademark Class 32: Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Beers; non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages.
What Class 32 covers in practice.
Class 32 covers non-alcoholic drinks and beer. It includes packaged drinking water, mineral and soda water, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, sherbets, energy and isotonic drinks, smoothies, non-alcoholic beer and mocktails, and the syrups, powders and non-alcoholic essences sold for making these drinks. Beer stays here even though it is alcoholic, together with beer-based cocktails and brewing inputs such as hop pellets and beer wort.
The explanatory note draws several boundaries. Drinks where milk predominates, milk shakes and plant milks such as soya or almond milk are Class 29. Coffee-, tea- and cocoa-based drinks, and flavourings for beverages, are Class 30. Wine, spirits and every other alcoholic drink except beer are Class 33, and dietetic drinks adapted for medical purposes are Class 5. Indian filers include packaged water plants, soda and soft-drink bottlers, juice and sharbat makers, craft breweries and energy-drink brands.
Not in Class 32
Goods and services often confused with this class, and the class they actually belong to.
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Lassi, chaas and milkshakes Class 29 ↗
The Class 32 note sends milk beverages with milk predominating, and milk shakes, to Class 29.
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Soya, almond, oat and coconut milk Class 29 ↗
The note places milk substitutes such as almond, coconut, rice and soya milk in Class 29.
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Iced tea, kombucha and coffee-based drinks Class 30 ↗
The note excludes beverages with a coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea base, which are Class 30.
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Wine, spirits and non-beer alcoholic mixes Class 33 ↗
Only beer stays in Class 32; the note sends all other alcoholic beverages to Class 33.
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Oral rehydration salts and medical drinks Class 5 ↗
The note excludes dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes, which are Class 5 along with medicinal drinks.
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Water purifiers and RO units Class 11 ↗
Nice lists water purifying apparatus and reverse osmosis units in Class 11; Class 32 covers only water as a beverage.
What actually falls under Class 32.
The official heading is a legal category, not a shopping list — here are specific products and services from Class 32 people actually search for.
Beer
Energy drinks (non-medicinal)
Fruit juices
Fruit smoothies
Milk shakes and milk-predominant drinks are Class 29.
Isotonic and sports beverages
Dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes are Class 5.
Non-alcoholic aloe vera drinks
Aloe vera preparations for pharmaceutical purposes are Class 5.
Non-alcoholic beer
Class 32 like ordinary beer, not Class 33.
Non-alcoholic cocktails (mocktails)
Packaged drinking water
Powders for making soft drinks
Sherbets (sharbat) as beverages
Sherbets or sorbets as frozen ices are Class 30.
Soda water
Soft drinks / carbonated beverages
Soya-based beverages (not milk substitutes)
Soya milk used as a milk substitute is Class 29.
Syrups for making beverages
Vegetable juices (beverages)
Vegetable or tomato juice for cooking is Class 29.
Which class is my product or service in?
Straight answers for the specific items people search for under Class 32.
Class 29. The Class 32 note excludes milk beverages with milk predominating and milk shakes, which Nice places in Class 29 with curd, yogurt and other milk products. Lassi and chaas are curd-based drinks, so a dairy brand files them in Class 29. Fruit smoothies where milk is not the main ingredient remain in Class 32.
It depends on how it is sold. Isotonic beverages, energy drinks and protein-enriched sports beverages are Class 32, and the Class 5 note confirms that drinks not specified as being for medical purposes go to the beverage classes. A rehydration product sold for medical use, such as oral rehydration salts, belongs in Class 5, which covers dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes and medicinal drinks.
Usually not. Nice lists kombucha and iced tea in Class 30, because the Class 32 note sends beverages with a coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea base to Class 30. A soft drink that is merely flavoured with tea or coffee stays in Class 32, as Nice lists 'non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with tea' and 'flavoured with coffee' there. Cold coffee where milk predominates is Class 29.
Beer, including craft beer, non-alcoholic beer and beer-based cocktails, is Class 32, so a brewery making only beer does not need Class 33. Class 33 becomes relevant if it also makes alcoholic cider, wine, spirits or flavoured brewed alcoholic malt beverages that are not beer. Serving drinks in a taproom or brewpub is a bar service in Class 43, worth covering if the venue name is a brand in itself.
No. Class 32 covers water as a drink, such as packaged drinking water, mineral water, soda water and table waters. Water purifying apparatus and machines, including reverse osmosis (RO) units, are Class 11. A brand that sells both bottled water and purifiers needs Class 32 and Class 11, and should search for earlier similar marks in both classes before adopting the name.
Beers; non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages.
Common examples include: Beer, Energy drinks (non-medicinal), Fruit juices, Fruit smoothies, Isotonic and sports beverages, Non-alcoholic aloe vera drinks, Non-alcoholic beer, Non-alcoholic cocktails (mocktails).
Packaged drinking water falls under Trademark Class 32 — Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
Soft drinks / carbonated beverages falls under Trademark Class 32 — Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
Fruit juices falls under Trademark Class 32 — Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
Energy drinks (non-medicinal) falls under Trademark Class 32 — Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
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