On October 15, 2018, Jay Myers published the article Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee Publishes Guideline on International Classification for the 73rd edition of the INTABulletin. The article provides a link to an INTA "Guideline" entitled Considerations Regarding Identifications of Goods and Services in an International Trademark Filing Program, which was authored by Jay together with a subcommittee that he leads within INTA's Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee.
"Among other objectives, the International Classification (IC) Subcommittee of the Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee (HTLPC) has been tasked to review and monitor amendments of existing laws, regulations, and trademark practices concerning the classification of goods and services, the issue of subclasses, and harmonization initiatives by trademark offices, the Five Trademark Offices (TM5), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) relating to international classification, including taxonomy structures, class scopes, classification of items, and classification tools."
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