Trademark Class 42: Technology and Software Services

A comprehensive guide to Class 42 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 42 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 42

Trademark Class 42 pertains to scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. The following services are also classified under Class 42:

The services of engineers and scientists who undertake evaluations, estimates, research and reports in the scientific and technological fields (including technological consultancy);
Scientific research services for medical purposes.

Therefore, Trademark Class 42 includes services provided by persons, individually or collectively, in relation to the theoretical and practical aspects of complex fields of activities; such services are provided by members of professions such as chemists, physicists, engineers, computer programmers, etc. The following services are NOT classified under Class 42:

business research and evaluations;
word processing and computer file management services;
financial and fiscal evaluations;
mining and oil extraction;
computer (hardware) installation and repair services;
services provided by the members of professions such as medical doctors, veterinary surgeons, psychoanalysts;
medical treatment services;
garden design;
legal services.

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Comprehensive list of services classified under Trademark Class 42

The following services must be classified under Trademark Class 42:

analysis for oil-field exploitation
architectural services
architectural consultation
authenticating works of art
bacteriological research
biological research
calibration [measuring]
cartography services
chemical analysis
chemical research
chemistry services
clinical trials
cloud seeding
cloud computing
computer rental
computer programming
computer software design
rental of computer software
computer system analysis
computer system design
computer software consultancy
computer virus protection services
computer technology consultancy
construction drafting
consultancy in the design and development of computer hardware
consultancy in the field of energy-saving
conversion of data or documents from physical to electronic media
cosmetic research
creating and maintaining web sites for others
data conversion of computer programs and data [not physical conversion]
design of interior decor
digitization of documents [scanning]
dress designing
duplication of computer programs
electronic data storage
energy auditing
engineering
geological surveys
geological prospecting
geological research
graphic arts design
handwriting analysis [graphology]
hosting computer sites [web sites]
industrial design
information technology [IT] consultancy
providing information on computer technology and programming via a web site420201
installation of computer software
land surveying / land surveys
maintenance of computer software
mechanical research
meteorological information
monitoring of computer systems by remote access
off-site data backup
oil prospecting
oil-field surveys
oil-well testing
outsource service providers in the field of information technology
packaging design
physics [research]
quality control
quality evaluation of standing timber
quality evaluation of wool
recovery of computer data
research and development of new products for others
research in the field of environmental protection
provision of scientific information, advice and consultancy in relation to carbon offsetting
scientific laboratory services
scientific research
providing search engines for the internet
server hosting
software as a service [SaaS]
styling [industrial design]
surveying
technical research
technical project studies
technological consultancy
telecommunications technology consultancy
material testing
textile testing
underwater exploration
updating of computer software
urban planning
vehicle roadworthiness testing
water analysis
weather forecasting
rental of web servers
web site design consultancy

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