Classes 1 to 34 are goods trademarks, and classes 34 to 45 are service trademarks, and each class is divided into subclasses.

Trademark international registration

There are three ways for applicants to apply for registration of trademarks abroad: single country registration, regional registration and Madrid international trademark registration. Single-country registration, that is, according to the laws of each country to the trademark authority to submit an application for trademark registration. Regional registration, that is, to a regional trademark authority to apply for registration of trademarks, the effect of the regional member states.

Common regional trademark authorities are: the European Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO, Benelux Office, African Intellectual Property Organization OAPI, African Regional Industrial Property Organization ARIPO. Madrid international registration of trademarks, that is, in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks or the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, in the Madrid Union among the member states.

"Madrid Union" means the Special Union for the International Registration of Marks comprising the countries or intergovernmental organizations to which the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol apply. As of 2021, the Madrid Union*** has 108 Contracting Parties covering 124 countries. China, the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Australia, Switzerland and other major economies in the world are members of the Madrid Union.