Trademark Class 39

A detailed guide to Class 39 in the trademark categorization system. Trademarks need to be applied for or registered under distinct groups, with each group representing a unique range of goods and services. In this guide, we will focus on the category of goods that fall under Class 39. For a broader view of all trademark groups, you can refer to our extensive trademark category finder.

Trademark Class 39: Transport and Travel Arrangement

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.

Comprehensive list of goods classified under Trademark Class 39

• 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