Trademark Class 37: Building Construction and Repairs

A comprehensive guide to Class 37 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 services which fall under Class 37 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 37

Trademark Class 37 pertains to building construction; repair; installation services.

The following services are also classified under Class 37:

• 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.

Therefore, Trademark Class 37 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.

The following services must NOT be classified under Class 37:

• Services consisting of storage of goods such as clothes or vehicles.
• Services connected with dyeing of cloth or clothes.

List of services classified under Trademark Class 37