Trademark Class 39: Transport and Travel Arrangement

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A comprehensive guide to Class 39 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 36 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 39

Trademark Class 39 pertains to transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.

The following services are also classified under Class 39:

Services rendered by companies exploiting stations, bridges, rail-road ferries, etc., used by the transporter;
Services connected with the hiring of transport vehicles;
Services connected with maritime tugs, unloading, the functioning of ports and docks and the salvaging of wrecked ships and their cargoes;
Services connected with the packaging and parcelling of goods before dispatch;
Services consisting of information about journeys or the transport of goods by brokers and tourist agencies, information relating to tariffs, timetables and methods of transport;
Services relating to the inspection of vehicles or goods before transport.

Therefore, Trademark Class 39 includes services for the transport of people, animals or goods from one place to another (by rail, road, water, air or pipeline) and services necessarily connected with such transport, as well as services relating to the storing of goods in a warehouse or other building for their preservation or guarding.

The following services are NOT classified under Class 39:

Services relating to advertising transport undertakings such as the distribution of prospectuses or advertising on the radio;
Services relating to the issuing of travellers’ cheques or letters of credit by brokers or travel agents;
Services relating to insurances (commercial, fire or life) during the transport of persons or goods;
Services rendered by the maintenance and repair of vehicles, nor the maintenance or repair of objects connected with the transport of persons or goods;
Services relating to reservation of rooms in a hotel by travel agents or brokers.

List of services classified under Trademark Class 39

The following services must be classified under Trademark Class 36:

air transport
aircraft rental
rental of aircraft engines
ambulance transport
armored-car transport
barge transport
boat rental
boat transport
boat storage
booking of seats for travel
bottling services
bus transport
car rental
car transport
car parking
carting
chauffeur services
courier services [messages or merchandise]
arranging of cruises
delivery of goods
delivery of newspapers / newspaper delivery
delivery of goods by mail order
distribution of energy
rental of diving bells
rental of diving suits
providing driving directions for travel purposes
electricity distribution
escorting of travellers
ferry-boat transport
flower delivery
franking of mail
rental of freezers
freight [shipping of goods]
freight forwarding
freight brokerage [forwarding (Am.)] / freight brokerage
freighting
garage rental
gift wrapping
guarded transport of valuables
hauling
horse rental
ice-breaking
launching of satellites for others
lighterage services
marine transport
message delivery
rental of motor racing cars
motor coach rental
rental of navigational systems
operating canal locks
packaging of goods
parcel delivery
parking place rental
passenger transport
physical storage of electronically-stored data or documents
piloting
pleasure boat transport
porterage
railway transport
railway coach rental
railway truck rental
refloating of ships
refrigerator rental / frozen-food locker rental
removal services
rescue operations [transport]
river transport
salvage of ships
salvaging
shipbrokerage
sightseeing [tourism]
stevedoring
storage of goods
storage / warehousing
storage information
rental of storage containers
taxi transport
towing
traffic information
tram transport / streetcar transport
transport by pipeline
transport
transport of travellers
transport and storage of waste / transport and storage of trash
transport brokerage
transport reservation
transportation information
transportation logistics
transporting furniture
arranging of travel tours
travel reservation
underwater salvage
unloading cargo
vehicle breakdown assistance [towing]
vehicle rental
rental of vehicle roof racks
rental of warehouses
water supplying
water distribution
rental of wheelchairs
wrapping of goods