Trademark Class Finder

Search all 45 classes of the Nice Classification by what you sell, not by legal wording. India follows the Nice Classification under the Trade Marks Rules, 2017, and the class you file in decides what your registration actually protects — get it wrong and you own a right that does not cover your business. Type a product or service below.

Trademark class finder

Find the right trademark class before you file

India follows the Nice Classification: 45 classes, 1 to 34 for goods and 35 to 45 for services. You must file in the class that matches what you actually sell. Filing in the wrong class is one of the most common and most expensive mistakes, because the fee is per class and a wrong class protects nothing.

  • 45 classes
  • 1–34 goods
  • 35–45 services
Search by what you sell

How trademark classes work in India

A trademark is never registered “in general”. It is registered for specified goods or services, and those are sorted into 45 classes by the Nice Classification, an international system India follows under the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Classes 1 to 34 cover goods. Classes 35 to 45 cover services. Your registration gives you rights in the classes you filed in — and, as a practical matter, very little outside them.

That single fact is where most avoidable trademark problems in India begin.

The class decides the scope of the right

A clothing label registered only in Class 25 owns the mark for clothing, footwear and headwear. It does not own the mark for the retail store that sells the clothing, which is Class 35. If a competitor later opens a retail chain under a confusingly similar name, the Class 25 registration is a weaker weapon than the owner assumed it would be. The same logic runs through every sector.

Goods or services — the distinction people get wrong first

If you make or sell a physical thing, you are in classes 1 to 34. If you do something for someone, you are in 35 to 45. Many businesses are both, and filing only for the half you think of first is the most common error we see. A bakery that sells packaged breads and also runs a café needs Class 30 for the goods and Class 43 for the café service. A cosmetics brand that also runs salons needs Class 3 and Class 44.

The four classes that cause the most confusion

Class 35 covers advertising, business management and — crucially — retail and wholesale services. It does not cover the products being retailed. A marketplace or a store brand usually needs Class 35 and the classes of the goods it is known for.

Class 9 versus Class 42 is the software question. Downloadable software and mobile apps sit in Class 9. Software provided as a hosted service, along with design and development work, sits in Class 42. A modern SaaS product with a downloadable client often needs both.

Class 43 covers services for providing food and drink, and temporary accommodation — restaurants, cafés, hotels. Packaged food sold under the same brand is a separate filing in Class 29, 30 or 32 depending on what it is.

Class 41 covers education, training, entertainment and cultural activities, which is where course providers, ed-tech brands and content businesses belong — not Class 42, despite the technology.

Multi-class filings, and what they cost

India allows a single application covering several classes. The government fee is charged per class, so a three-class filing costs three times the single-class government fee, but it stays one application with one number and one renewal date. For most growing businesses this is the right structure. Fee detail is on our trademark registration page, with government fees shown separately from professional fees.

What happens if you file in the wrong class

You cannot move an application to a different class after filing. The class is part of the application’s identity. If it is wrong you file again, pay again, and lose the earlier priority date for the goods you actually sell — which matters if someone else filed in the meantime. This is the reason a few minutes with a class finder is worth more than it looks.

The class is only half the job

The other half is the specification — the actual list of goods or services inside the class. A specification that is too narrow leaves gaps a competitor can walk into. One that is too broad invites an objection, or a registration that is vulnerable to non-use cancellation for the parts you never traded in. The finder above gets you to the right class; drafting the specification is where an attorney earns their fee.

How to use this finder

Type what you sell in plain words — “handbags”, “yoga classes”, “protein powder”, “mobile app” — and the matching classes appear with the goods and services each one covers. Note every class that applies to your business, not just the first one. Then run a search on those classes before you file: the class tells you where to look, and a proper trademark search tells you whether the road is clear.

Trademark class questions

How many trademark classes are there in India?
Forty-five. Classes 1 to 34 are goods, classes 35 to 45 are services. India follows the Nice Classification, which is used by more than 90 countries, so the class numbers are the same when you later file abroad.
Can one trademark application cover more than one class?
Yes. India permits multi-class applications. You file once, and the government fee is charged per class. The application keeps one number and one renewal date.
Can I change the class after filing?
No. The class cannot be amended after filing. If the class is wrong, you file a fresh application, which means a new priority date for those goods.
Which class do I need for a restaurant?
Class 43, for services providing food and drink. If you also sell packaged food or beverages under the same brand, add the relevant goods class — 29, 30 or 32.
Which class covers a mobile app?
Class 9 for a downloadable app. If the same product is also offered as a hosted or cloud service, Class 42 usually applies as well.
Does registering in one class stop someone using my name in another?
Usually not, unless the mark is well known within the meaning of the Act. Protection generally follows the classes you registered in, which is why identifying every class your business touches matters more than most applicants expect.

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