Trademark Class 45

A comprehensive guide to Class 45 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 45 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 45: Legal and Security Services

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

Comprehensive list of goods classified under Trademark Class 45

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