What Trademark Class 43 Covers
Class 43 includes mainly services provided in relation to the preparation of food and drink for consumption, as well as services for providing temporary accommodation.
This class includes, in particular
- temporary accommodation reservations, for example, hotel reservations
- boarding for animals
- rental of meeting rooms, tents and transportable buildings
- retirement home services
- day-nursery and crèche services
- decorating of food, food sculpting
- rental of cooking apparatus
- rental of chairs, tables, table linen, glassware
- hookah lounge services
- personal chef services
What Class 43 Does Not Cover
These look close to Class 43 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.
- business management of hotels (Class 35)
- rental services for real estate, such as houses or flats, for residential use (Class 36)
- housekeeping (cleaning) services (Class 37)
- travel and transport reservation services (Class 39)
- beer brewing and wine making for others, custom manufacturing of bread (Class 40)
- food smoking, food and drink preservation (Class 40)
- educational, instruction and entertainment services, including those that might involve ancillary lodging or food and drink, provided by, for example, boarding schools, nursery schools, sport camps, discotheques and nightclubs (Class 41)
- providing museum facilities (Class 41)
- convalescent home and rest home services (Class 44)
- babysitting, pet sitting (Class 45)
Services in Trademark Class 43
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.
| Basic No. | Service |
|---|---|
| 430004 | accommodation bureau services [hotels, boarding houses] |
| 430203 | animal pound services |
| 430138 | bar services |
| 430134 | boarding for animals |
| 430104 | boarding house bookings |
| 430066 | boarding house services |
| 430215 | booking and arranging of access to airport lounges |
| 430024 | café services |
| 430025 | cafeteria services |
| 430198 | cake decorating |
| 430027 | canteen services |
| 430098 | day-nursery [crèche] services |
| 430197 | decorating of food |
| 430010 | food and drink catering |
| 430208 | food reviewing services [provision of information about food and drinks] |
| 430193 | food sculpting |
| 430213 | ghost kitchen services |
| 430145 | holiday camp services [lodging] |
| 430201 | hookah lounge services |
| 430073 | hotel accommodation services |
| 430105 | hotel reservations |
| 430183 | motel services |
| 430200 | personal chef services |
| 430214 | providing airport lounges |
| 430026 | providing campground facilities |
| 430199 | providing information and advice in relation to the preparation of meals |
| 430202 | reception services for temporary accommodation [conferment of keys] |
| 430194 | reception services for temporary accommodation [management of arrivals and departures] |
| 430186 | rental of chairs, tables, table linen, glassware |
| 430190 | rental of cooking apparatus |
| 430191 | rental of drinking water dispensers |
| 430210 | rental of furniture |
| 430205 | rental of holiday accommodation / rental of vacation accommodation |
| 430216 | rental of hot pots |
| 430206 | rental of kitchen sinks |
| 430192 | rental of lighting apparatus* |
| 430187 | rental of meeting rooms |
| 430211 | rental of office furniture |
| 430207 | rental of portable dressing rooms |
| 430212 | rental of robots for preparing beverages |
| 430028 | rental of temporary accommodation |
| 430189 | rental of tents |
| 430160 | rental of transportable buildings |
| 430102 | restaurant services |
| 430013 | retirement home services |
| 430107 | self-service restaurant services |
| 430108 | snack-bar services |
| 430209 | take-away restaurant services |
| 430204 | temporary accommodation provided by halfway houses |
| 430162 | temporary accommodation reservations |
| 430071 | tourist home services |
| 430196 | udon and soba restaurant services |
| 430195 | washoku restaurant services |
A slash separates alternative wordings of the same item. An asterisk marks an item whose name also appears in other classes, depending on its purpose.
Filing a Trademark in Class 43
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 43 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.
| Applicant | E-filing, per class | Physical filing, per class |
|---|---|---|
| Individual, start-up or small enterprise | ₹4,500 | ₹5,000 |
| Any other applicant | ₹9,000 | ₹10,000 |
Government fee for Form TM-A under the First Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Professional charges are separate.
- Search the mark in Class 43 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.
Official documents behind this page
- WIPO, Nice Classification, 13th Edition, Version 2026In force from 1 January 2026: class heading, explanatory note and the list of goods and services. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which holds the copyright in the Classification.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, rule 20Goods and services are classified as in the current edition of the Nice Classification published by WIPO.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, First Schedule, entry 1Fee for Form TM-A, payable for each class.
- Trade Marks Act, 1999, section 18(2)One application may cover different classes, with the fee payable for each class.
Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.