Trademark Class 12: Vehicles

A comprehensive guide to Class 12 of the Trademark Filing Classification. Trademarks must be applied or registered under classes and each class represents a distinct class of goods or services. In this post, we comprehensively cover the goods which fall under Class 12 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 12

Trademark Class 12 pertains to vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water.

The following goods are also classified under Class 12:

  • Motors and engines for land vehicles
  • Couplings and transmission components for land vehicles
  • Air cushion vehicles.

Therefore, Trademark Class 12 includes mainly all types of vehicles and of all categories (Land, Air and Water).

What Class 12 does not cover

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 12:

  • Certain special vehicles not for transportation purposes
  • Certain parts of vehicles
  • Railway material of metal
  • Motors, engines, couplings and transmission components other than for land vehicles
  • Parts of motors and engines
Nice Classification

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 12

323 goods listed under Class 12.

  • adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes
  • aerial conveyors
  • aeronautical apparatus, machines and appliances
  • aeroplanes
  • air bags [safety devices for automobiles]
  • air cushion vehicles
  • air pumps [vehicle accessories]
  • air vehicles
  • aircraft
  • airships
  • ambulances
  • amphibious airplanes
  • anti-dazzle devices for vehicles*
  • anti-glare devices for vehicles*
  • anti-skid chains
  • anti-theft alarms for vehicles
  • anti-theft devices for vehicles
  • armored vehicles
  • armoured vehicles
  • audible warning systems for cycles
  • automobile bodies
  • automobile chains
  • automobile chassis
  • automobile hoods
  • automobile tires [tyres]
  • automobiles
  • axle journals
  • axles for vehicles
  • baby carriages
  • balance weights for vehicle wheels
  • bands for wheel hubs
  • barges
  • baskets adapted for cycles
  • bicycle bells
  • bicycle brakes
  • bicycle chains
  • bicycle frames
  • bicycle handle bars
  • bicycle pumps
  • bicycle rims
  • bicycle saddles
  • bicycle spokes
  • bicycle stands
  • bicycle tires [tyres]
  • bicycles
  • boat hooks
  • boats
  • bodies for vehicles
  • bogies for railway cars
  • brake discs for vehicles
  • brake linings for vehicles
  • brake pads for automobiles
  • brake segments for vehicles
  • brake shoes for vehicles
  • brakes for bicycles, cycles
  • brakes for vehicles
  • buffers for railway rolling stock
  • bumpers for automobiles
  • cable cars
  • cable transport apparatus and installations
  • caissons [vehicles]
  • camping cars
  • caps for vehicle petrol [gas] tanks
  • caravans
  • carriages [railways]
  • carrier tricycles
  • cars
  • cars for cable transport installations
  • carts
  • casings for pneumatic tires [tyres]
  • casters for trolleys [vehicles] [carts (Am.)]
  • casting carriages
  • casting cars
  • chains for bicycles, cycles
  • chairlifts
  • cigar lighters for automobiles
  • cleaning trolleys
  • cleats [nautical]
  • clutches for land vehicles
  • concrete mixing vehicles
  • connecting rods for land vehicles, other than parts of motors and engines
  • couplings for land vehicles
  • covers for baby carriages
  • covers for vehicle steering wheels
  • crankcases for land vehicle components, other than for engines
  • cranks for cycles
  • cycle bells
  • cycle brakes
  • cycle cars
  • cycle chains
  • cycle frames
  • cycle handle bars
  • cycle hubs
  • cycle mudguards
  • cycle pumps
  • cycle rims
  • cycle saddles
  • cycle spokes
  • cycle stands
  • cycle tires [tyres]
  • cycles
  • davits for boats
  • delivery tricycles
  • dining cars
  • dining cars [carriages]
  • dinner wagons [carriages]
  • direction indicators for bicycles
  • direction signals for vehicles
  • dirigible balloons
  • dirigible balloons [airships]
  • disengaging gear for boats
  • doors for vehicles
  • dredgers [boats]
  • dress guards for bicycles, cycles
  • driving chains for land vehicles
  • driving motors for land vehicles
  • ejector seats for aircraft
  • electric vehicles
  • elevating tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles]
  • engine mounts for land vehicles
  • engines for land vehicles
  • fenders for ships
  • ferry boats
  • fitted perambulator covers
  • flanges for railway wheel tires [tyres]
  • flanges of railway wheel tires
  • flanges of railway wheel tires [tyres]
  • flanges of railway wheel tyres
  • fork lift trucks
  • frames for bicycles, cycles
  • freewheels for land vehicles
  • funiculars
  • funnels for locomotives
  • funnels for ships
  • gear boxes for land vehicles
  • gearing for land vehicles
  • gears for cycles
  • golf cars [vehicles]
  • golf carts [vehicles]
  • hand cars
  • handle bars for bicycles, cycles
  • handling carts
  • head-rests for vehicle seats
  • headlight wipers
  • hoods for baby carriages
  • hoods for vehicle engines
  • hoods for vehicles
  • horns for vehicles
  • hose carts
  • hot air balloons
  • hub caps
  • hubs for vehicle wheels
  • hydraulic circuits for vehicles
  • hydroplanes
  • inclined ways for boats
  • inner tubes for bicycles, cycles
  • inner tubes for pneumatic tires [tyres]
  • jet engines for land vehicles
  • kick sledges
  • ladle carriages
  • ladle cars
  • launches
  • lifting cars [lift cars]
  • locomotives
  • lorries
  • luggage carriers for vehicles
  • luggage nets for vehicles
  • luggage trucks
  • masts for boats
  • military vehicles for transport
  • mine cart wheels
  • mopeds
  • motor buses
  • motor cars
  • motor coaches
  • motor homes
  • motorcycles
  • motors for cycles
  • motors for land vehicles
  • motors, electric, for land vehicles
  • mudguards
  • non-skid devices for vehicle tires
  • non-skid devices for vehicle tires [tyres]
  • non-skid devices for vehicle tyres
  • oarlocks
  • oars
  • omnibuses
  • paddles for canoes
  • panniers adapted for cycles
  • parachutes
  • pedals for cycles
  • pneumatic tires [tyres]
  • pontoons
  • portholes
  • power tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles]
  • prams [baby carriages]
  • propulsion mechanisms for land vehicles
  • pumps for bicycles, cycles
  • pushchair covers
  • pushchair hoods
  • pushchairs
  • railway couplings
  • rearview mirrors
  • reduction gears for land vehicles
  • refrigerated vehicles
  • refrigerated waggons [railroad vehicles]
  • refrigerated wagons [railroad vehicles]
  • remote control vehicles, other than toys
  • repair outfits for inner tubes
  • reversing alarms for vehicles
  • rims for vehicle wheels
  • rims for wheels of bicycles, cycles
  • rolling stock for funicular railways
  • rolling stock for railways
  • rowlocks
  • rudders
  • sack-barrows
  • saddle covers for bicycles or motorcycles
  • saddlebags adapted for bicycles
  • saddles for bicycles, cycles or motorcycles
  • safety belts for vehicle seats
  • safety seats for children, for vehicles
  • scooters [vehicles]
  • screw-propellers
  • screw-propellers for boats
  • screws [propellers] for ships
  • sculls
  • seaplanes
  • seat covers for vehicles
  • security harness for vehicle seats
  • ships
  • ships' hulls
  • ships' steering gears
  • shock absorbers for automobiles
  • shock absorbing springs for vehicles
  • shopping trolleys [carts (Am.)]
  • side cars
  • ski carriers for cars
  • ski lifts
  • sleeping berths for vehicles
  • sleeping cars
  • sleighs [vehicles]
  • snowmobiles
  • space vehicles
  • spare tire covers
  • spare tyre covers
  • spare wheel covers
  • spars for ships
  • spikes for tires [tyres]
  • spoilers for vehicles
  • spoke clips for wheels
  • spokes for bicycles, cycles
  • sports cars
  • sprinkling trucks
  • stands for bicycles, cycles [parts of bicycles, cycles]
  • steering gears for ships
  • steering wheels for vehicles
  • stern oars
  • stroller covers [pushchairs]
  • strollers
  • studs for tires [tyres]
  • sun-blinds adapted for automobiles
  • suspension shock absorbers for vehicles
  • tailboard lifts [parts of land vehicles]
  • telpher railways [cable cars]
  • tilt trucks
  • tilting-carts
  • timbers [frames] for ships
  • tipping apparatus, parts of trucks and waggons
  • tipping bodies for lorries [trucks]
  • tires for bicycles, cycles
  • tires for vehicle wheels
  • tires, solid, for vehicle wheels
  • torque converters for land vehicles
  • torsion bars for vehicles
  • traction engines
  • tractors
  • trailer hitches for vehicles
  • trailers [vehicles]
  • tramcars
  • transmission chains for land vehicles
  • transmission shafts for land vehicles
  • transmissions, for land vehicles
  • treads for retreading tires [tyres]
  • treads for vehicles [roller belts]
  • treads for vehicles [tractor type]
  • tricycles
  • trolleys*
  • trucks
  • tubeless tires [tyres] for bicycles, cycles
  • turbines for land vehicles
  • turn signals for vehicles
  • two-wheeled trolleys
  • tyres for bicycles, cycles
  • tyres for vehicle wheels
  • tyres, solid, for vehicle wheels
  • undercarriages for vehicles
  • upholstery for vehicles
  • valves for vehicle tires [tyres]
  • vans [vehicles]
  • vehicle bumpers
  • vehicle chassis
  • vehicle covers [shaped]
  • vehicle running boards
  • vehicle seats
  • vehicle suspension springs
  • vehicle wheel hubs
  • vehicle wheel rims
  • vehicle wheel spokes
  • vehicle wheel tires [tyres]
  • vehicle wheels
  • vehicles for locomotion by land, air, water or rail
  • waggons
  • water vehicles
  • wheelbarrows
  • wheelchairs
  • wheels for bicycles, cycles
  • windows for vehicles
  • windscreen wipers
  • windscreens
  • windshield wipers
  • windshields
  • yachts

Source: the Nice Classification (NCL) list of indications published by WIPO. The list guides the class you file in; the Registry decides the class on the facts of your mark.

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