NICE Class 2 covers paints, varnishes and lacquers; preservatives against rust and wood deterioration; colorants and dyes; inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; and metals in foil and powder form for painting, decorating, printing and art. It is a goods class centred on coatings and colorants. In Nepal you register a Class 2 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in.
Key Takeaways
- Class 2 is the paints and coatings class — paints, varnishes, lacquers, wood and metal preservatives, colorants and printing inks.
- It includes raw natural resins and metals in foil or powder form used for painting, decorating, printing and art.
- It excludes laundry and cosmetic dyes (Class 3), stationery and artists' inks (Class 16), and insulating paints (Class 17).
- Nepal's construction-driven paint sector files most heavily in this class.
- Register with the Department of Industry under the Patent, Design and Trademark Act 1965 for a renewable 7-year term.
- Search Class 2 before filing — the paint market has many similar names.
What does Trademark Class 2 cover?
Class 2 covers paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against the deterioration of wood; colorants and dyes; inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; and metals in foil and powder form for painting, decorating, printing and art. The unifying idea is coatings and colouring materials — substances applied to protect or colour a surface, and the dyes and inks used to add colour. Thinners and fixatives sold specifically for these paints and varnishes also sit in Class 2.
Full list of goods in Class 2
Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 2 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 124 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:
- Alizarine dyes
- Aluminium paints
- Aluminium powder for painting
- Aniline dyes
- Annotto [dyestuff] / annatto [dyestuff]
- Anti-corrosive bands
- Anti-corrosive preparations
- Anti-fouling paints
- Anti-graffiti coatings [paints]
- Anti-rust greases
- Anti-rust oils
- Anti-rust preparations
- Anti-tarnishing preparations for metals
- Anti-urine paints
- Asbestos paints
- Auramine
- Bactericidal paints
- Badigeon
- Binding preparations for paints / agglutinants for paints
- Bitumen varnish
- Black japan
- Bronze powder for painting
- Bronzing lacquers
- Canada balsam
- Caramel [food colouring] / caramel [food coloring]
- Carbon black [pigment]
- Carbonyl for wood preservation
- Ceramic paints
- Coatings [paints]
- Coatings for roofing felt [paints]
- Cobalt oxide [colorant]
- Cochineal carmine
- Colophony*
- Colorants for the restoration of furniture in the form of markers
- Colorants*
- Colourings for beer / colorings for beer
- Colourings for beverages / colorings for beverages
- Colourings for butter / colorings for butter
- Colourings for liqueurs / colorings for liqueurs
- Conductive inks
- Conductive paints
- Copal
- Copal varnish
- Creosote for wood preservation
- Distempers
- Dyes*
- Dyestuffs
- Dyewood / dye-wood
- Dyewood extracts / wood dyestuffs
- Edible ink cartridges, filled, for printers
- Edible inks
- Edible varnish for decorating food
- Enamels [varnishes]
- Enamels for painting / enamel paints
- Engraving ink
- Fireproof paints
- Fixatives [varnishes]
- Fixatives for watercolours / fixatives for watercolors
- Food colouring / food coloring
- Gamboge for painting
- Glazes [paints, lacquers]
- Glitter for use in paint
- Gum resins
- Gum-lac / shellac
- Indigo [colorant]
- Ink cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers
- Ink for leather
- Ink for printers and photocopiers
- Lacquers*
- Lamp black [pigment]
- Lime wash
- Malt caramel [food colouring] / malt caramel [food coloring]
- Malt colorants
- Marking ink for animals
- Masking fluid for use in watercolour painting / masking fluid for use in watercolor painting
- Mastic [natural resin]
- Metal foil for use in painting, decorating, printing and art
- Metals in powder form for use in painting, decorating, printing and art
- Mordants*
- Natural resins, raw
- Oil paints for use in art
- Oils for the preservation of wood
- Orange lead / litharge
- Paints*
- Paper for dyeing eggs
- Pigments
- Primers
- Printers' pastes [ink]
- Printing ink
- Protective preparations for metals
- Red lead / minium
- Repositionable paint patches
- Saffron [colorant]
- Sandarac
- Shoe dyes
- Siccatives [drying agents] for paints
- Sienna earth
- Silver emulsions [pigments]
- Silver paste
- Silvering powders
- Soot [colorant]
- Stains for leather / mordants for leather
- Sumac for varnishes
- Tattooing ink
- Thickeners for paints
- Thinners for lacquers
- Thinners for paints
- Titanium dioxide [pigment]
- Toner cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers
- Toner for printers and photocopiers
- Turmeric [colorant]
- Turpentine [thinner for paints]
- Undercoating for vehicle chassis / undersealing for vehicle chassis
- Varnishes*
- Watercolour paints for use in art / watercolor paints for use in art
- White lead
- Whitewash
- Wood coatings [paints]
- Wood floor finishes
- Wood mordants
- Wood preservatives
- Wood stains
- Yellowwood [colorant]
- Zinc oxide [pigment]
What Class 2 does not include
Several colour- and coating-related products are classified elsewhere. Watch these common misfilings:
| Product | Correct class |
|---|---|
| Mordants for metals | Class 1 |
| Unprocessed artificial resins | Class 1 |
| Semi-processed resins | Class 17 |
| Laundry bluing and laundry preparations | Class 3 |
| Cosmetic dyes (for hair, etc.) | Class 3 |
| Paintboxes and artists' materials for school | Class 16 |
| Inks for stationery use | Class 16 |
| Insulating paints | Class 17 |
The rule of thumb: a surface coating or colouring material is Class 2, but a colorant sold for the body (cosmetic), the laundry, or the classroom is classified by that use instead.
Who files in Class 2 in Nepal?
Class 2 is a busy class in Nepal because of the construction and real-estate boom. It is filed by paint and coatings manufacturers, wood-preservative and anti-rust suppliers, printing-ink makers, and importers building a branded range for the Nepali market. Decorative-paint brands compete hard on name recognition, which makes both registration and a clearance search important. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.
How to register a trademark in Class 2
The process mirrors any Nepal filing: search the register for earlier paint and coatings marks, confirm Class 2 fits, prepare your mark and a precise goods specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines the application, publishes it for the 90-day opposition window, and registers it for a renewable 7-year term. See how to register a trademark in Nepal and how to search first.
Do you need more than one class?
Often, yes. A coatings business might file in Class 2 for the paint itself and in Class 1 for chemical inputs, or add a services class if it also offers painting services. Because Nepal files one class per application with fees per class, map your full range before filing. See choosing the right class and the neighbouring Class 1 (Chemicals) and Class 3 (Cosmetics & Cleaning).
Why precise Class 2 filing matters
In a crowded paint market, a vague or mis-scoped Class 2 filing costs you twice. Claim too little and a rival can operate just outside your specification; claim the whole class heading and you invite an examiner objection or a needless conflict with an unrelated coatings mark. The stronger path is a specification that names your real goods — "emulsion paints", "wood varnishes", "printing inks" — so protection is broad enough to matter yet precise enough to defend. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge that Class 2 application is the date that secures your priority, so filing early and accurately is what actually protects a paint brand as it scales across the country.
Class 2 filing checklist
- Confirm your product is a coating or colorant, not a cosmetic or stationery item.
- Check the exclusions — is it really Class 3, 16 or 17?
- Search the register for similar paint and coatings marks.
- Draft a precise goods specification.
- Consider whether Class 1 or a services class is also needed.
- File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.
A Nepal example
Take a Kathmandu-based decorative paint manufacturer. Its emulsions, enamels, wood varnishes and the thinners sold for them all fall in Class 2, so its primary trademark is filed there. But the story rarely ends at one class. If the same brand sells paint brushes and rollers, those are Class 16, not Class 2 — the applicator is classified separately from the paint. And if it offers a painting or coating service to construction firms, that service belongs in a services class. A single, recognisable paint brand can therefore need Class 2 for the products, Class 16 for the tools, and a services class for the work — each filed on its own.
Getting Class 2 right: common mistakes
The classic Class 2 error is treating every "colour" product as a paint. Cosmetic colorants such as hair dye are Class 3, and stationery and writing inks are Class 16 — only surface coatings, industrial colorants and printing inks are Class 2. Another frequent slip is filing an insulating paint in Class 2; because it is defined by its insulating function, it is classified in Class 17.
A subtler mistake is confusing raw and processed resins. Raw natural resins are Class 2, but unprocessed artificial resins are Class 1 and semi-processed resins are Class 17 — three different classes for materials a supplier might loosely call "resin". As with every class, specify the actual goods rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 2 registration is precise and hard to challenge. Where a range spans coatings and their chemical inputs, file in both Class 2 and Class 1.
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Register your Class 2 trademark
Protect your paint or coatings brand properly. Find your class with the NICE Class Finder, screen for conflicts with the Conflict Checker, then register your trademark with our team. Talk to an IP expert if your range spans coatings and chemical inputs.
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