Trademark Class 32 in Nepal — Beverages (What It Covers & How to File)

NICE Class 32 covers beers, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral and aerated waters, fruit juices and drinks, and syrups for making drinks. It is the beverages goods class — with one notable quirk: beer is here, but other alcoholic drinks are Class 33. In Nepal, home to a booming bottled-water and soft-drink market, you register a Class 32 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in.

Key Takeaways

• Class 32 is the beverages class — beer, bottled and mineral water, soft drinks, fruit juices and beverage syrups.
• Beer is in Class 32, but wines, spirits and other alcoholic drinks are Class 33.
• It includes energy and sports drinks and non-alcoholic drink preparations.
• It excludes milk-based drinks (Class 29), coffee, cocoa and tea drinks (Class 30), and medical/dietetic beverages (Class 5).
• Nepal's bottled-water, soft-drink, juice and beer brands file in Class 32.
• Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.

What does Trademark Class 32 cover?

Class 32 covers beers; non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters; fruit beverages and fruit juices; and syrups and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. The unifying idea is drinks — mostly non-alcoholic, plus beer. It includes de-alcoholised drinks, soft drinks, sports and energy beverages, and non-alcoholic essences and fruit extracts used to make drinks. Beer is the single alcoholic exception in this class; every other alcoholic drink is Class 33.

Full list of goods in Class 32

Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 32 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 62 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:

• Barley wine [beer]
• Beer
• Beer wort
• Beer-based cocktails
• Carbonated water / aerated water
• Dried hops for brewing beer
• Energy drinks
• Extracts of hops for making beer
• Frozen hops for brewing beer
• Fruit juices / fruit juice
• Ginger beer / ginger ale
• Grape ales
• Hop pellets for brewing beer
• Isotonic beverages
• Kvass
• Lemonades
• Lithia water
• Malt beer
• Malt wort
• Mineral water [beverages]
• Must
• Non-alcoholic aloe vera drinks
• Non-alcoholic aperitifs
• Non-alcoholic beer
• Non-alcoholic beer-based cocktails
• Non-alcoholic beverages
• Non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with coffee / non-alcoholic beverages flavored with coffee
• Non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with tea / non-alcoholic beverages flavored with tea
• Non-alcoholic cider
• Non-alcoholic cocktails
• Non-alcoholic dried fruit beverages
• Non-alcoholic essences for making beverages
• Non-alcoholic fruit extracts
• Non-alcoholic fruit juice beverages
• Non-alcoholic fruit nectars
• Non-alcoholic fruit vinegar beverages
• Non-alcoholic honey-based beverages
• Orgeat
• Pastilles for effervescing beverages
• Powders for effervescing beverages
• Powders for making soft drinks
• Preparations for making carbonated water / preparations for making aerated water
• Preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages
• Protein-enriched sports beverages
• Rice-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
• Sarsaparilla [non-alcoholic beverage]
• Seltzer water
• Shandy
• Sherbets [beverages] / sorbets [beverages]
• Smoothies
• Soda water
• Soft drinks
• Soya-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
• Starch-based dry mixes for beverage preparation
• Syrups for beverages
• Syrups for lemonade
• Table waters
• Tomato juice [beverage]
• Unfermented grape must
• Vegetable juices [beverages]
• Waters [beverages]
• Whey beverages

What Class 32 does not include

Drinks are split across several classes. Note these exclusions:

The rule of thumb: beer, water, soft drinks and juices are Class 32, but wine and spirits are Class 33, milk drinks are Class 29, and coffee/tea drinks are Class 30.

Who files in Class 32 in Nepal?

Class 32 is a busy consumer class in Nepal. It is filed by bottled-water brands — a huge and fast-growing market given water-quality concerns — soft-drink and carbonated-beverage makers, fruit-juice producers, energy-drink brands, and the country's breweries (beer sits here). Because bottled water and soft drinks compete heavily on name recognition, a registered trademark is essential. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.

How to register a trademark in Class 32

Search the register for earlier beverage marks, confirm Class 32 fits (and that a spirit isn't really Class 33 or a milk drink Class 29), prepare your mark and specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines, publishes for the 90-day opposition window, and registers 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?

Sometimes. A drinks business that sells juices and water (Class 32) and wine or spirits (Class 33), or a food-and-drink brand adding tea (Class 30), needs multiple classes. Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your range first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 31 (Agriculture) and Class 33 (Alcoholic Beverages).

A Nepal example

Take a Nepali bottled-water brand that also makes juices and a soft drink. The water, juices and soft drink are all Class 32, where its name is registered. But if it later launches a wine or spirit, that is Class 33, and a bottled iced tea would still be Class 32 while a milk-based drink would be Class 29. One beverage brand can span Class 32 for its non-alcoholic range and beer, and Class 33 if it adds spirits — filing only in Class 32 leaves any future spirits line exposed. In bottled water, where the name is the trust signal, the Class 32 filing is essential.

Getting Class 32 right: common mistakes

The defining Class 32 quirk is beer versus other alcohol. Beer is Class 32, but wines, spirits and other alcoholic drinks are Class 33 — a brewery that adds a spirit needs Class 33 too. A second common error is filing milk- or coffee-based drinks in Class 32: a milk drink is Class 29 and a coffee or tea drink is Class 30, even though all are beverages.

A third pitfall is dietetic or medical drinks: an ordinary energy drink is Class 32, but a medically adapted or dietetic beverage is Class 5. Specify the actual drinks you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 32 registration is precise, and add Class 33, 29 or 30 where your range extends there.

Why precise Class 32 filing matters

Bottled water and soft drinks are fiercely brand-driven, and a trusted name signals safety and quality, so a precise registration protects real value. Naming your real goods — "bottled drinking water", "fruit juices", "beer" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 33 spirits and Class 29/30 drinks. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority in a crowded market. For a water, juice or beer brand, an early, precisely scoped Class 32 filing protects the name customers reach for.

In short

Class 32 is the beverages class — beer, bottled and mineral water, soft drinks, juices and beverage syrups. The quirk to remember: beer is Class 32, but all other alcohol is Class 33, milk drinks are Class 29, and coffee and tea drinks are Class 30. Get that right, name your real goods, and file early to protect a water, juice or beer brand. In bottled water especially, where the name is the whole trust signal, an early filing is what stops a copycat trading on your reputation.

Class 32 filing checklist

• Confirm your drink is non-alcoholic or beer — other alcohol is Class 33.
• Check the exclusions — Class 33, 29, 30 or 5.
• Search the register for similar beverage marks.
• Draft a precise goods specification.
• Add Class 33, 29 or 30 where your range extends there.
• File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.

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Register your Class 32 trademark

Protect your water, juice, soft-drink or beer brand. Find your class with the NICE Class Finder, screen with the Conflict Checker, then register your trademark with our team. Talk to an IP expert if your range spans non-alcoholic drinks, beer and spirits.