Trademark Class 45: Legal and Security Services

Trademark Class 45

Trademark Class 45 pertains to legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals.

The following services are also classified under Class 45:

Services rendered by lawyers, legal assistants, and personal advocates, to individuals, groups of individuals, organizations and enterprises
Investigation and surveillance services relating to the safety of persons and entities
Services provided to individuals in relation with social events, such as social escort services, matrimonial agencies, funeral services.

The following services are NOT classified under Class 45:

professional services giving direct aid in the operations or functions of a commercial undertaking
services relating to financial or monetary affairs and services dealing with insurance
escorting of travellers
security transport
services consisting of all forms of education of persons
performances of singers or dancers
computer services for the protection of software
services provided by others to give medical, hygienic or beauty care for human beings or animals
certain rental services

Nice Classification

List of services classified under Trademark Class 45

50 services listed under Class 45.

adoption agency services
alternative dispute resolution services
arbitration services
baby sitting
baggage inspection for security purposes
chaperoning
clothing rental
copyright management
crematorium services
dating services
detective agencies
embalming services
escorting in society [chaperoning]
evening dress rental
fire-fighting
funerals
funerary undertaking
genealogical research
guard services
horoscope casting
house sitting
inspection of factories for safety purposes
intellectual property consultancy
legal administration of licences
legal document preparation services
legal research
licensing of computer software [legal services]
licensing of intellectual property
litigation services
lost property return
marriage agencies
mediation
missing person investigations
monitoring intellectual property rights for legal advisory purposes
monitoring of burglar and security alarms
night guard services
on-line social networking services
opening of security locks
organization of religious meetings
personal background investigations
personal body guarding
pet sitting
planning and arranging of wedding ceremonies
registration of domain names [legal services]
releasing doves for special occasions
rental of fire alarms
rental of fire extinguishers
rental of safes
security consultancy
tracking of stolen property

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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