Trademark Class 38

A detailed guide to Class 38 in the trademark categorization framework. Trademarks must be filed or registered under specific groups, each representing a distinct range of goods and services. In this section, we will explore the trademark categorization of services that are specifically included under Class 38. For a broader view of all trademark groupings, you can visit our complete trademark category search tool.

Trademark Class 38: Telecommunications

Trademark Class 38 pertains to services allowing at least one person to communicate with another by a sensory means. Such services include those which: 1. allow one person to talk to another, 2. transmit messages from one person to another, and 3. place a person in oral or visual communication with another (radio and television).

The following services are also classified under Class 38:

• Services which consist essentially of the diffusion of radio or television programmes.

The following services must NOT be classified under Class 38:

• Radio advertising services;
• Telephone marketing (telemarketing) services;

Comprehensive list of goods classified under Trademark Class 38

• rental of access time to global computer networks
• providing access to databases
• cable television broadcasting
• communications by telegrams
• communications by telephone
• communications by cellular phones
• communications by computer terminals
• communications by fibre optic networks / communications by fiber optic networks
• computer aided transmission of messages and images
• electronic mail
• electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services]
• facsimile transmission
• rental of facsimile apparatus
• information about telecommunication
• providing internet chatrooms
• message sending
• rental of message sending apparatus
• rental of modems
• news agencies / wire service
• providing online forums
• paging services [radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication]
• radio broadcasting
• radio communications
• satellite transmission
• streaming of data
• rental of telecommunication equipment
• providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
• providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
• telecommunications routing and junction services
• teleconferencing services
• telegraph services
• telephone services
• rental of telephones
• television broadcasting
• telex services
• transmission of telegrams
• transmission of greeting cards online
• transmission of digital files
• providing user access to global computer networks
• videoconferencing services
• voice mail services
• wireless broadcasting