Trademark Class 37: Construction services; installation and repair services

Class 37 includes mainly services in the field of construction, as well as services involving the restoration of objects to their original condition or their preservation without altering their physical or chemical properties.

This class includes, in particular

• construction and demolition of buildings, roads, bridges, dams or transmission lines, as well as services in the field of construction, for example, interior and exterior painting, plastering, plumbing, heating equipment installation, and roofing
• shipbuilding
• rental of construction tools, machines and equipment, for example, rental of bulldozers, rental of cranes
• various repair services, for example, those in the fields of electricity, computer hardware, furniture, instruments, tools
• various restoration services, for example, building restoration, furniture restoration and restoration of works of art
• maintenance services for preserving an object in its original condition without changing any of its properties, for example, furniture maintenance, vehicle maintenance, swimming-pool maintenance and maintenance of computer hardware
• cleaning of different objects, for example, windows, vehicles, clothing, as well as the laundering and pressing of clothing

These look close to Class 37 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.

• physical storage of goods (Class 39)
• transformation of an object or substance that involves a process of change in its essential properties, for example, the cutting, dyeing, fireproofing of cloth (Class 40), the casting, plating, treating of metal (Class 40), custom tailoring, dressmaking, embroidering (Class 40), food and drink preservation (Class 40)
• drafting construction plans, architectural services (Class 42)
• installation, maintenance and updating of computer software (Class 42), creation and hosting of websites (Class 42)

Use these wordings in the specification of your application. Each carries its basic number in the Nice list. A description outside the list is allowed, but it must be specific enough for the Registry to classify.

The Trade Marks Registry classifies goods and services by the current edition of the Nice Classification (rule 20, Trade Marks Rules, 2017). One application in Form TM-A can cover Class 37 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.

• Search the mark in Class 37 and in the related classes before filing.
• Describe the services in the words of the list wherever they fit.
• File in every class you trade in; protection does not extend to a class you left out.