A comprehensive guide to Class 12 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 goods which fall under Class 12 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 12

Trademark Class 12 pertains to vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water.

The following goods are also classified under Class 12:

• Motors and engines for land vehicles;
• Couplings and transmission components for land vehicles;
• Air cushion vehicles.

Therefore, Trademark Class 12 includes mainly all types of vehicles and of all categories (Land, Air and Water).

The following goods must NOT be classified under Class 12:

• Certain special vehicles not for transportation purposes;
• Certain parts of vehicles;
• Railway material of metal;
• Motors, engines, couplings and transmission components other than for land vehicles;
• Parts of motors and engines;

List of goods classified under Trademark Class 12

The following goods must be classified under Trademark Class 12:

• adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes
• aeronautical apparatus, machines and appliances
• aeroplanes
• air vehicles
• air pumps [vehicle accessories]
• air cushion vehicles
• air bags [safety devices for automobiles]
• aircraft
• ambulances
• amphibious airplanes
• anti-dazzle devices for vehicles* / anti-glare devices for vehicles*
• anti-skid chains
• anti-theft devices for vehicles
• anti-theft alarms for vehicles
• armoured vehicles / armored vehicles
• audible warning systems for cycles
• automobile hoods
• automobile chains
• automobile chassis
• automobile tires [tyres]
• automobile bodies
• axle journals
• axles for vehicles
• balance weights for vehicle wheels
• bands for wheel hubs
• barges
• baskets adapted for cycles
• bicycle stands / stands for bicycles, cycles [parts of bicycles, cycles]
• bicycle tires [tyres] / cycle tires [tyres] / tires for bicycles, cycles / tyres for bicycles, cycles
• bicycle saddles / cycle saddles
• bicycle bells
• bicycles / cycles
• boat hooks
• boats
• bodies for vehicles
• bogies for railway cars
• brake linings for vehicles
• brake shoes for vehicles
• brake segments for vehicles
• brake pads for automobiles
• brake discs for vehicles
• brakes for bicycles, cycles / bicycle brakes / cycle brakes
• brakes for vehicles
• buffers for railway rolling stock
• bumpers for automobiles
• cable transport apparatus and installations
• caissons [vehicles]
• camping cars / motor homes
• caps for vehicle petrol [gas] tanks
• caravans
• carriages [railways]
• cars for cable transport installations
• carts
• casings for pneumatic tires [tyres]
• casters for trolleys [vehicles] [carts (Am.)]
• casting carriages / casting cars / ladle carriages / ladle cars
• chains for bicycles, cycles / bicycle chains / cycle chains
• chairlifts
• cigar lighters for automobiles
• hydraulic circuits for vehicles
• cleaning trolleys
• cleats [nautical]
• clutches for land vehicles
• concrete mixing vehicles
• connecting rods for land vehicles, other than parts of motors and engines
• couplings for land vehicles
• covers for baby carriages / fitted perambulator covers / pushchair covers / stroller covers [pushchairs]
• covers for vehicle steering wheels
• crankcases for land vehicle components, other than for engines
• cranks for cycles
• cycle mudguards
• cycle hubs
• cycle stands
• cycle cars
• cycle bells
• davits for boats
• delivery tricycles / carrier tricycles
• dining cars
• dining cars [carriages] / dinner wagons [carriages]
• direction indicators for bicycles
• direction signals for vehicles / turn signals for vehicles
• dirigible balloons [airships] / airships / dirigible balloons
• disengaging gear for boats
• doors for vehicles
• dredgers [boats]
• dress guards for bicycles, cycles
• driving motors for land vehicles
• driving chains for land vehicles
• ejector seats for aircraft
• engine mounts for land vehicles
• engines for land vehicles / motors for land vehicles
• fenders for ships
• ferry boats
• flanges for railway wheel tires [tyres] / flanges of railway wheel tires [tyres] / flanges of railway wheel tires / flanges of railway wheel tyres
• frames for bicycles, cycles / bicycle frames / cycle frames
• freewheels for land vehicles
• funiculars
• funnels for ships
• funnels for locomotives
• gear boxes for land vehicles
• gearing for land vehicles
• gears for cycles
• golf carts [vehicles] / golf cars [vehicles]
• handle bars for bicycles, cycles / bicycle handle bars / cycle handle bars
• handling carts
• head-rests for vehicle seats
• headlight wipers
• hoods for vehicle engines
• hoods for vehicles
• horns for vehicles
• hose carts
• hot air balloons
• hub caps
• hubs for vehicle wheels / vehicle wheel hubs
• hydroplanes
• inclined ways for boats
• jet engines for land vehicles
• kick sledges
• launches
• lifting cars [lift cars] / fork lift trucks
• locomotives
• lorries / trucks
• luggage carriers for vehicles
• luggage nets for vehicles
• masts for boats
• military vehicles for transport
• mine cart wheels
• mopeds
• motor buses
• motor coaches
• motor cars / automobiles / cars
• motorcycles
• motors for cycles
• motors, electric, for land vehicles
• mudguards
• non-skid devices for vehicle tires [tyres] / non-skid devices for vehicle tires / non-skid devices for vehicle tyres
• oars
• omnibuses
• paddles for canoes
• panniers adapted for cycles
• parachutes
• pedals for cycles
• pontoons
• portholes
• propulsion mechanisms for land vehicles
• pumps for bicycles, cycles / bicycle pumps / cycle pumps
• pushchair hoods / hoods for baby carriages
• pushchairs / baby carriages / prams [baby carriages] / strollers
• railway couplings
• rearview mirrors
• reduction gears for land vehicles
• refrigerated vehicles
• refrigerated waggons [railroad vehicles] / refrigerated wagons [railroad vehicles]
• remote control vehicles, other than toys
• repair outfits for inner tubes
• reversing alarms for vehicles
• rims for wheels of bicycles, cycles / bicycle rims / cycle rims
• rims for vehicle wheels / vehicle wheel rims
• rolling stock for funicular railways
• rolling stock for railways
• rowlocks / oarlocks
• rudders
• saddle covers for bicycles or motorcycles
• saddlebags adapted for bicycles
• saddles for bicycles, cycles or motorcycles
• safety belts for vehicle seats
• safety seats for children, for vehicles
• scooters [vehicles]
• screw-propellers for boats
• screw-propellers
• screws [propellers] for ships
• sculls / stern oars
• seaplanes
• seat covers for vehicles
• security harness for vehicle seats
• ships
• ships’ hulls
• shock absorbing springs for vehicles
• shock absorbers for automobiles
• shopping trolleys [carts (Am.)]
• side cars
• ski carriers for cars
• ski lifts
• sleeping berths for vehicles
• sleeping cars
• sleighs [vehicles]
• snowmobiles
• space vehicles
• spare wheel covers / spare tire covers / spare tyre covers
• spars for ships
• spikes for tires [tyres] / studs for tires [tyres]
• spoilers for vehicles
• spoke clips for wheels
• spokes for bicycles, cycles / bicycle spokes / cycle spokes
• sports cars
• sprinkling trucks
• steering gears for ships / ships’ steering gears
• steering wheels for vehicles
• sun-blinds adapted for automobiles
• suspension shock absorbers for vehicles
• tailboard lifts [parts of land vehicles] / elevating tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles] / power tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles]
• telpher railways [cable cars] / cable cars
• tilt trucks
• tilting-carts
• timbers [frames] for ships
• tipping bodies for lorries [trucks]
• tipping apparatus, parts of trucks and waggons
• pneumatic tires [tyres] / tires, solid, for vehicle wheels / tyres, solid, for vehicle wheels
• torque converters for land vehicles
• torsion bars for vehicles
• traction engines
• tractors
• trailer hitches for vehicles
• trailers [vehicles]
• tramcars
• transmission chains for land vehicles
• transmission shafts for land vehicles
• transmissions, for land vehicles
• treads for vehicles [tractor type] / treads for vehicles [roller belts]
• treads for retreading tires [tyres]
• tricycles
• trolleys* / hand cars
• tubeless tires [tyres] for bicycles, cycles
• inner tubes for pneumatic tires [tyres]
• inner tubes for bicycles, cycles
• turbines for land vehicles
• two-wheeled trolleys / luggage trucks / sack-barrows
• tyres for vehicle wheels / tires for vehicle wheels
• undercarriages for vehicles
• upholstery for vehicles
• valves for vehicle tires [tyres]
• vans [vehicles]
• vehicle wheels
• vehicle chassis
• vehicle bumpers
• vehicle running boards
• vehicle wheel tires [tyres]
• vehicle wheel spokes
• vehicle suspension springs
• vehicle seats
• vehicle covers [shaped]
• electric vehicles
• vehicles for locomotion by land, air, water or rail
• waggons
• water vehicles
• wheelbarrows
• wheelchairs
• wheels for bicycles, cycles
• windows for vehicles
• windscreens / windshields
• windshield wipers / windscreen wipers
• yachts