Trademark Class 42: Technology and Software Services

A comprehensive guide to Class 42 of the Trademark Filing Classification. Trademarks must be applied or register under trademark class and each class represents a distinct class of goods or services. In this post, we comprehensively cover the services which fall under Class 42 of trademark classification. For more information on how to correctly file your trademark, visit our main page on Trademark Registration in India.

Trademark Class 42 pertains to scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software.

The following services are also classified under Class 42:

• The services of engineers and scientists who undertake evaluations, estimates, research and reports in the scientific and technological fields (including technological consultancy);
• Scientific research services for medical purposes.

Therefore, Trademark Class 42 includes services provided by persons, individually or collectively, in relation to the theoretical and practical aspects of complex fields of activities; such services are provided by members of professions such as chemists, physicists, engineers, computer programmers, etc.

The following services are NOT classified under Class 42:

• business research and evaluations;
• word processing and computer file management services;
• financial and fiscal evaluations;
• mining and oil extraction;
• computer (hardware) installation and repair services;
• services provided by the members of professions such as medical doctors, veterinary surgeons, psychoanalysts;
• medical treatment services;
• garden design;
• legal services.