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The following information about trademark classes was taken from the US
Trademark Office's Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure section 1401.02(a).
GOODS
CLASS 1
(Chemicals)
Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in
agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins,
unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and
soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning
substances; adhesives used in industry.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly chemical products used in industry, science and
agriculture, including those which go to the making of products belonging to
other classes.
Includes, in particular:
- compost;
- salt for preserving other than for foodstuffs.
Does not include, in particular:
- raw natural resins (Cl. 02);
- chemical products for use in medical science (Cl. 05);
- fungicides, herbicides and preparations for destroying vermin (Cl. 05);
- adhesives for stationery or household purposes (Cl. 16);
- salt for preserving foodstuffs (Cl. 30);
- straw mulch (Cl. 31).
CLASS 2
(Paints)
Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against
deterioration of wood;
colourants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for
painters, decorators, printers and artists.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly paints, colourants and preparations used for the
protection against corrosion.
Includes, in particular:
- paints, varnishes and lacquers for industry, handicrafts and arts;
- dyestuffs for clothing;
- colourants for foodstuffs and beverages.
Does not include, in particular:
- unprocessed artificial resins (Cl. 01);
- laundry blueing (Cl. 03);
- cosmetic dyes (Cl. 03);
- mordants for seed (Cl. 05);
- paint boxes (articles for use in school) (Cl. 16);
- insulating paints and varnishes (Cl. 17).
CLASS 3
(Cosmetics and cleaning preparations)
Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning,
polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils,
cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly cleaning preparations and toilet preparations.
Includes, in particular:
- deodorants for personal use;
- sanitary preparations being toiletries.
Does not include, in particular:
- chemical chimney cleaners (Cl. 01);
- degreasing preparations for use in manufacturing processes (Cl. 01);
- deodorants other than for personal use (Cl. 05);
- sharpening stones and grindstones (handtools) (Cl. 08).
CLASS 4
(Lubricants and fuels)
Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; dust absorbing, wetting and binding
compositions; fuels (including motor spirit) and illuminants; candles, wicks.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly industrial oils and greases, fuels and
illuminants.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special industrial oils and greases (consult the Alphabetical List
of Goods).
CLASS 5
(Pharmaceuticals)
Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary preparations; dietetic substances
adapted for medical use, food for babies; plasters, materials for dressings;
material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for
destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly pharmaceuticals and other preparations for medical
purposes.
Includes, in particular:
- sanitary preparations for medical purposes and for personal hygiene;
- deodorants other than for personal use;
- cigarettes without tobacco, for medical purposes.
Does not include, in particular:
- sanitary preparations being toiletries (Cl. 03);
- deodorants for personal use (Cl. 03);
- supportive bandages (Cl. 10).
CLASS 6
(Metal goods)
Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable
buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables
and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and
tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes;
ores.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly unwrought and partly wrought common metals as well
as simple products made of them.
Does not include, in particular:
- bauxite (Cl. 01);
- mercury, antimony, alkaline and alkaline-earth metals (Cl. 01);
- metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and
artists (Cl. 02).
CLASS 7
(Machinery)
Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles);
machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles);
agricultural implements other than hand-operated;
incubators for eggs.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly machines, machine tools, motors and engines.
Includes, in particular:
- parts of motors and engines (of all kinds);
- electric cleaning machines and apparatus.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special machines and machine tools (consult the Alphabetical List
of Goods);
- hand tools and implements, hand operated (Cl. 08);
- motors and engines for land vehicles (Cl. 12).
CLASS 8
(Hand tools)
Hand tools and implements (hand operated); cutlery; side arms; razors.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly hand operated implements used as tools in the
respective professions.
Includes, in particular:
- cutlery of precious metals;
- electric razors and clippers (hand instruments).
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special instruments (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Cl. 07);
- surgical cutlery (Cl. 10);
- paperknives (Cl. 16);
- fencing weapons (Cl. 28).
CLASS 9
(Electrical and scientific apparatus)
Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic,
optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and
teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus for recording, transmission or
reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs;
automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash
registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers;
fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- apparatus and instruments for scientific research in laboratories;
- apparatus and instruments for controlling ships, such as apparatus and
instruments, for measuring and for transmitting orders;
- the following electrical apparatus and instruments:
- certain electrothermic tools and apparatus, such as electric soldering
irons, electric flat irons which, if they were not electric, would belong
to Class 8;
- apparatus and devices which, if not electrical, would be listed in
various classes, i.e., electrically heated clothing, cigar-lighters for
automobiles;
- protractors;
- punched card office machines;
- amusement apparatus adapted for use with television receivers only.
Does not include, in particular:
- the following electrical apparatus and instruments:
- electromechanical apparatus for the kitchen (grinders and mixers for
foodstuffs, fruit-presses, electrical coffee mills, etc.), and certain
other apparatus and instruments driven by an electrical motor, all coming
under Class 7;
- electric razors and clippers (hand instruments) (Cl. 08); electric
toothbrushes and combs (Cl. 21);
- electrical apparatus for space heating or for the heating of liquids,
for cooking, ventilating, etc. (Cl. 11);
- clocks and watches and other chronometric instruments (Cl. 14);
- control clocks (Cl. 14).
CLASS 10
(Medical apparatus)
Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments,
artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopedic articles; suture materials.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly medical apparatus, instruments and articles.
Includes, in particular:
- special furniture for medical use;
- hygienic rubber articles (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- supportive bandages.
CLASS 11
(Environmental control apparatus)
Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating,
drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- air conditioning apparatus;
- bedwarmers, hot water bottles, warming pans, electric or nonelectric;
- electrically heated cushions (pads) and blankets, not for medical
purposes;
- electric kettles;
- electric cooking utensils.
Does not include, in particular:
- steam producing apparatus (parts of machines) (Cl. 07);
- electrically heated clothing (Cl. 09).
CLASS 12
(Vehicles)
Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- motors and engines for land vehicles;
- couplings and transmission components for land vehicles;
- air cushion vehicles.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain parts of vehicles (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- railway material of metal (Cl. 06);
- motors, engines, couplings and transmission components other than for land
vehicles (Cl. 07);
- parts of motors and engines (of all kinds (Cl. 07).
CLASS 13
(Firearms)
Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosives; fireworks.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly firearms and pyrotechnical products.
Does not include, in particular:
CLASS 14
(Jewelry)
Precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated
therewith, not included in other classes; jewelry, precious stones; horological
and chronometric instruments.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly precious metals, goods in precious metals and, in
general, jewelry, clocks and watches.
Includes, in particular:
- jewelry (i.e. imitation jewelry and jewelry of precious metal and stones);
- cuff links, tie pins.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain goods in precious metals (classified according to their function
or purpose), for example:
- metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and
artists (Cl. 02);
- amalgam of gold for dentists (Cl. 05);
- cutlery (Cl. 08);
- electric contacts (Cl. 09);
- pen nibs of gold (Cl. 16);
- objects of art not in precious metals (classified according to the
material of which they consist).
CLASS 15
(Musical Instruments)
Musical instruments.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- mechanical pianos and their accessories;
- musical boxes;
- electrical and electronical musical instruments.
Does not include, in particular:
- apparatus for the recording, transmission, amplification and reproduction
of sound (Cl. 09).
CLASS 16
(Paper goods and printed matter)
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other
classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery;
adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint
brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and
teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not
included in other classes); playing cards; printers' type; printing blocks.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly paper, goods made from that material and office
requisites.
Includes, in particular:
- paper knives;
- duplicators;
- plastic sheets, sacks and bags for wrapping and packaging.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain goods made of paper and cardboard (consult the Alphabetical List
of Goods);
- colours (Cl. 02);
- hand tools for artists (for example: spatulas, sculptors' chisels) (Cl.
08).
CLASS 17
(Rubber goods)
Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials
and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in
manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of
metal.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly electrical, thermal and acoustic insulating
materials and plastics, being for use in manufacture in the form of sheets,
blocks and rods.
Includes, in particular:
- rubber material for recapping tyres;
- padding and stuffing materials of rubber or plastics;
- floating anti-pollution barriers.
CLASS 18
(Leather goods)
Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not
included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and travelling bags;
umbrellas, parasols and walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly leather, leather imitations, travel goods not
included in other classes and saddlery.
Does not include, in particular:
- clothing, footwear, headgear (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods).
CLASS 19
(Nonmetallic building materials)
Building materials (nonmetallic); nonmetallic rigid pipes for building;
asphalt, pitch and bitumen; nonmetallic transportable buildings; monuments, not
of metal.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly nonmetallic building materials.
Includes, in particular:
- semi-worked woods (for example: beams, planks, panels);
- veneers;
- building glass (for example: floor slabs, glass tiles);
- glass granules for marking out roads;
- letter boxes of masonry.
Does not include, in particular:
- cement preservatives and cement-waterproofing preparations (Cl. 01);
- fireproofing preparations (Cl. 01).
CLASS 20
(Furniture and articles not otherwise classified)
Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of
wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber,
mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of
plastics.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly furniture and its parts and plastic goods, not
included in other classes.
Includes, in particular:
- metal furniture and furniture for camping;
- bedding (for example: mattresses, spring mattresses, pillows);
- looking glasses and furnishing or toilet mirrors;
- registration number plates not of metal;
- letter boxes not of metal or masonry.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special types of mirrors, classified according to their function
or purpose (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- special furniture for laboratories (Cl. 09);
- special furniture for medical use (Cl. 10);
- bedding linen (Cl. 24);
- eiderdowns (Cl. 24).
CLASS 21
(Housewares and glass)
Household or kitchen utensils and containers (not of precious metal or coated
therewith); combs and sponges; brushes (except paint brushes); brush-making
materials; articles for cleaning purposes; steelwool; unworked or semi-worked
glass (except glass used in building); glassware, porcelain and earthenware not
included in other classes.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly small, hand-operated, utensils and apparatus for
household and kitchen use as well as toilet utensils, glassware and articles in
porcelain.
Includes, in particular:
- utensils and containers for household and kitchen use, for example:
kitchen utensils, pails, and pans of iron, aluminum, plastics and other
materials, small hand-operated apparatus for mincing, grinding, pressing,
etc.;
- candle extinguishers, not of precious metal;
- electric combs;
- electric toothbrushes;
- dish stands and decanter stands.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain goods made of glass, porcelain and earthenware (consult the
Alphabetical List of Goods);
- cleaning preparations, soaps, etc. (Cl. 03);
- small apparatus for mincing, grinding, pressing, etc., driven by
electricity (Cl. 07);
- razors and shaving apparatus, clippers (hand instruments), metal
implements and utensils for manicure and pedicure (Cl. 08);
- cooking utensils, electric (Cl. 11);
- toilet mirrors (Cl. 20).
CLASS 22
(Cordage and fibers)
Ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not
included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or
plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly rope and sail manufacture products, padding and
stuffing materials and raw fibrous textile materials.
Includes, in particular:
- cords and twines in natural or artificial textile fibres, paper or
plastics.
Does not include, in particular:
- certain nets, sacs and bags (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- strings for musical instruments (Cl. 15).
CLASS 23
(Yarns and threads)
Yarns and threads, for textile use.
CLASS 24
(Fabrics)
Textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes; bed and table
covers.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly textiles (piece goods) and textile covers for
household use.
Includes, in particular:
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special textiles (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- electrically heated blankets (Cl. 10);
- table linen of paper (Cl. 16);
- horse blankets (Cl. 18).
CLASS 25
(Clothing)
Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Explanatory Note
Does not include, in particular:
- certain clothing and footwear for special use (consult the Alphabetical
List of Goods).
CLASS 26
(Fancy goods)
Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and
needles; artificial flowers.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly dressmakers' articles.
Includes, in particular:
Does not include, in particular:
- certain special types of hooks (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- certain special types of needles (consult the Alphabetical List of Goods);
- yarns and threads for textile use (Cl. 23).
CLASS 27
(Floor coverings)
Carpets, rugs, mats and matting, linoleum and other materials for covering
existing floors; wall hangings (nontextile).
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly products intended to be added as furnishings to
previously constructed floors and walls.
CLASS 28
(Toys and sporting goods)
Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other
classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- fishing tackle;
- equipment for various sports and games.
Does not include, in particular:
- Christmas tree candles (Cl. 04);
- diving equipment (Cl. 09);
- amusement apparatus adapted for use with television receivers only (Cl.
09);
- electrical lamps (garlands) for Christmas trees (Cl. 11);
- playing cards (Cl. 16);
- fishing nets (Cl. 22);
- clothing for gymnastics and sports (Cl. 25);
- confectionery and chocolate decorations for Christmas trees (Cl. 30).
CLASS 29
(Meats and processed foods)
Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, dried and cooked
fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, fruit sauces; eggs, milk and milk
products; edible oils and fats.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly foodstuffs of animal origin as well as vegetables
and other horticultural comestible products which are prepared for consumption
or conservation.
Includes, in particular:
- milk beverages (milk predominating).
Does not include, in particular:
- certain foodstuffs of plant origin (consult the Alphabetical List of
Goods);
- baby food (Cl. 05);
- dietetic substances adapted for medical use (Cl. 05);
- salad dressings (Cl. 30);
- fertilised eggs for hatching (Cl. 31);
- foodstuffs for animals (Cl. 31);
- living animals (Cl. 31).
CLASS 30
(Staple foods)
Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and
preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey,
treacle; yeast, baking-powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments);
spices; ice.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly foodstuffs of plant origin prepared for
consumption or conservation as well as auxiliaries intended for the improvement
of the flavour of food.
Includes, in particular:
- beverages with coffee, cocoa or chocolate base;
- cereals prepared for human consumption (for example: oat flakes and those
made of other cereals).
Does not include, in particular:
- certain foodstuffs of plant origin (consult the Alphabetical List of
Goods);
- salt for preserving other than for foodstuffs (Cl. 01);
- medicinal teas and dietetic substances adapted for medical use (Cl. 05);
- baby food (Cl. 05);
- raw cereals (Cl. 31);
- foodstuffs for animals (Cl. 31).
CLASS 31
(Natural agricultural products)
Agricultural, horticultural and forestry products and grains not included in
other classes; living animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural
plants and flowers; foodstuffs for animals, malt.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly land products not having been subjected to any
form of preparation for consumption, living animals and plants as well as
foodstuffs for animals.
Includes, in particular:
- raw woods;
- raw cereals;
- fertilized eggs for hatching;
- mollusca and crustacea (live).
Does not include, in particular:
- cultures of micro-organisms and leeches for medical purposes (Cl. 05);
- semi-worked woods (Cl. 19);
- artificial fishing bait (Cl. 28);
- rice (Cl. 30);
- tobacco (Cl. 34).
CLASS 32
(Light beverages)
Beers; mineral and aerated waters and other nonalcoholic drinks; fruit drinks
and fruit juices; syrups and other preparations for making beverages.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly nonalcoholic beverages, as well as beer.
Includes, in particular:
Does not include, in particular:
- beverages for medical purposes (Cl. 05);
- milk beverages (milk predominating) (Cl. 29);
- beverages with coffee, cocoa or chocolate base (Cl. 30).
CLASS 33
(Wine and spirits)
Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Explanatory Note
Does not include, in particular:
- medicinal drinks (Cl. 05);
- de-alcoholised drinks (Cl. 32).
CLASS 34
(Smokers' articles)
Tobacco; smokers' articles; matches.
Explanatory Note
Includes, in particular:
- tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes).
Does not include, in particular:
- cigarettes without tobacco, for medical purposes (Cl. 05);
- certain smokers' articles in precious metal (Cl. 14) (consult the
Alphabetical List of Goods).
SERVICES
CLASS 35
(Advertising and business)
Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services rendered by persons or organizations
principally with the object of:
- help in the working or management of a commercial undertaking, or
- help in the management of the business affairs or commercial functions of
an industrial or commercial enterprise, as well as services rendered by
advertising establishments primarily undertaking communications to the
public, declarations or announcements by all means of diffusion and
concerning all kinds of goods or services.
Includes, in particular:
- services consisting of the registration, transcription, composition,
compilation, or systematization of written communications and registrations,
and also the exploitation or compilation of mathematical or statistical
data;
- services of advertising agencies and services such as the distribution of
prospectuses, directly or through the post, or the distribution of samples.
This class may refer to advertising in connection with other services, such
as those concerning bank loans or advertising by radio;
- the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods
(excluding the transport thereof), enabling customers to conveniently view
and purchase those goods.
Does not include, in particular:
- activity of an enterprise the primary function of which is the sale of
goods, i.e., of a so-called commercial enterprise;
- services such as evaluations and reports of engineers which do not
directly refer to the working or management of affairs in a commercial or
industrial enterprise (consult the Alphabetical List of Services);
- professional consultations and the drawing up of plans not connected with
the conduct of business (Cl. 42).
CLASS 36
(Insurance and financial)
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services rendered in financial and monetary
affairs and services rendered in relation to insurance contracts of all kinds.
Includes, in particular:
- services relating to financial or monetary affairs comprise the following:
- services of all the banking establishments, or institutions connected
with them such as exchange brokers or clearing services;
- services of credit institutions other than banks such as cooperative
credit associations, individual financial companies, lenders, etc.;
- services of "investment trusts," of holding companies;
- services of brokers dealing in shares and property;
- services connected with monetary affairs vouched for by trustees;
- services rendered in connection with the issue of travellers' cheques
and letters of credit;
- services of realty administrators of buildings, i.e., services of letting
or valuation, or financing;
- services dealing with insurance such as services rendered by agents or
brokers engaged in insurance, services rendered to insured, and insurance
underwriting services.
CLASS 37
(Building construction and repair)
Building construction; repair; installation services.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services rendered by contractors or subcontractors
in the construction or making of permanent buildings, as well as services
rendered by persons or organizations engaged in the restoration of objects to
their original condition or in their preservation without altering their
physical or chemical properties.
Includes, in particular:
- services relating to the construction of buildings, roads, bridges, dams
or transmission lines and services of undertakings specializing in the field
of construction such as those of painters, plumbers, heating installers or
roofers;
- services auxiliary to construction services like inspections of
construction plans;
- services of shipbuilding;
- services consisting of hiring of tools or building materials;
- repair services, i.e., services which undertake to put any object
into good condition after wear, damage, deterioration or partial destruction
(restoration of an existing building or another object that has become
imperfect and is to be restored to its original condition);
- various repair services such as those in the fields of electricity,
furniture, instruments, tools, etc.;
- services of maintenance for preserving an object in its original condition
without changing any of its properties (for the difference between this
class and Class 40 see the explanatory note of Class 40).
Does not include, in particular:
- services consisting of storage of goods such as clothes or vehicles (Cl.
39);
- services connected with dyeing of cloth or clothes (Cl. 40).
CLASS 38
(Telecommunications)
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services allowing at least one person to
communicate with another by a sensory means. Such services include those which:
- allow a person to talk to another,
- transmit messages from one person to another, and
- place a person in oral or visual communication with another (radio and
television).
Includes, in particular:
- services which consist essentially of the diffusion of radio or television
programmes.
Does not include, in particular:
- radio advertising services (Cl. 35).
CLASS 39
(Transportation and storage)
Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services rendered in transporting people or goods
from one place to another (by rail, road, water, air or pipeline) and services
necessarily connected with such transport, as well as services relating to the
storing of goods in a warehouse or other building for their preservation or
guarding.
Includes, in particular:
- services rendered by companies exploiting stations, bridges, rail-road
ferries, etc., used by the transporter;
- services connected with the hiring of transport vehicles;
- services connected with maritime tugs, unloading, the functioning of ports
and docks and the salvaging of wrecked ships and their cargoes;
- services connected with the functioning of airports;
- services connected with the packaging and parcelling of goods before
dispatch;
- services consisting of information about journeys or the transport of
goods by brokers and tourist agencies, information relating to tariffs,
timetables and methods of transport;
- services relating to the inspection of vehicles or goods before transport.
Does not include, in particular:
- services relating to advertising transport undertakings such as the
distribution of prospectuses or advertising on the radio (Cl. 35);
- services relating to the issuing of travellers' cheques or letters of
credit by brokers or travel agents (Cl. 36);
- services relating to insurances (commercial, fire or life) during the
transport of persons or goods (Cl. 36);
- services rendered by the maintenance and repair of vehicles, nor the
maintenance or repair of objects connected with the transport of persons or
goods (Cl. 37);
- services relating to reservation of rooms in a hotel by travel agents or
brokers (Cl. 42).
CLASS 40
(Treatment of materials)
Treatment of materials.
Explanatory Note
This class includes mainly services not included in other classes, rendered
by the mechanical or chemical processing or transformation of objects or
inorganic or organic substances.
For the purposes of classification, the mark is considered a service mark
only in cases where processing or transformation is effected for the account of
another person. A mark is considered a trade mark in all cases where the
substance or object is marketed by the person who processed or transformed it.
Includes, in particular:
- services relating to transformation of an object or substance and any
process involving a change in its essential properties (for example, dyeing
a garment); consequently, a maintenance service, although usually in Class
37, is included in Class 40 if it entails such a change (for example, the
chroming of motor vehicle bumpers);
- services of material treatment which may be present during the production
of any substance or object other than a building; for example, services
which involve cutting, shaping, polishing by abrasion or metal coating.
Does not include, in particular:
- repair services (Cl. 37).
CLASS 41
(Education and entertainment)
Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural
activities.
Explanatory Note
This class contains mainly services rendered by persons or institutions in
the development of the mental faculties of persons or animals, as well as
services intended to entertain or to engage the attention.
Includes, in particular:
- services consisting of all forms of education of persons or training of
animals;
- services having the basic aim of the entertainment, amusement or
recreation of people.
CLASS 42
(Miscellaneous)
Providing of food and drink; temporary accommodation; medical, hygienic and
beauty care; veterinary and agricultural services; legal services; scientific
and industrial research; computer programming; services that cannot be placed in
other classes.
Explanatory Note
This class contains all services which could not be placed in other classes.
Includes, in particular:
- services rendered in procuring lodgings, rooms and meals, by hotels,
boarding houses, tourist camps, tourist houses, dude ranches, sanatoria,
rest homes and convalescence homes;
- services rendered by establishments essentially engaged in procuring food
or drink prepared for consumption; such services can be rendered by
restaurants, self-service restaurants, canteens, etc.;
- personal services rendered by establishments to meet individual needs;
such services may include social escorts, beauty salons, hairdressing
salons, funeral establishments or crematoria;
- services rendered by persons, individually or collectively, as a member of
an organization, requiring a high degree of mental activity and relating to
theoretical or practical aspects of complex branches of human effort; the
services rendered by these persons demand of them a deep and extensive
university education or equivalent experience; such services rendered by
representatives of professions such as engineers, chemists, physicists,
etc., are included in this class;
- services of travel agents or brokers ensuring hotel accommodation for travelers;
- services of engineers engaged in valuing, estimates, research and reports;
- services (not included in other classes) rendered by associations to their
own members.
Does not include, in particular:
- professional services giving direct aid in the operations or functions of
a commercial undertaking (Cl. 35);
- services for travellers rendered by travel agencies (Cl. 39);
- performances of singers or dancers in orchestras or operas (Cl. 41).
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