Trademark Class 41 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 41?

Trademark Class 41 covers services related to education, training, entertainment, and cultural or sporting activities. It is a key class for businesses involved in imparting knowledge or organizing events for public engagement.

Examples include educational institutions, event organizers, and cultural organizations offering recreational or artistic services.

Class 41 ensures the protection of trademarks related to services that enrich the mind and foster enjoyment.

What are key features of Class 41?

Key features include a focus on intellectual development, creativity, and recreational activities that enhance individual and community well-being.

Class 41 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 41 encompasses services aimed at providing knowledge, entertainment, and cultural enrichment. Businesses in this class engage audiences through educational programs, performances, or exhibitions.

It also includes organizing and managing sporting activities and events, catering to both participants and spectators.

Practical examples of Class 41

Examples include schools offering specialized training, companies managing sports tournaments, or theaters hosting drama productions.

What Does Class 41 Include?

Class 41 encompasses services related to education, training, entertainment, and cultural enrichment. This class focuses on activities designed to educate, amuse, or engage individuals, as well as services that present visual art or literature to the public for cultural or educational purposes.

Key Offerings in Class 41

These services also include placing exhibitions for cultural or educational benefits, preparation and holding conferences, congresses, and symposiums. Translation and interpretation services are also included here, plus the publishing of books and texts not used for advertising. News reporting, photographic reporting, and general photography are also placed under this category.

Class 41: The services include film direction and production services, other than advertising films. The cultural, educational, and entertaining activities of amusement parks, circuses, zoos, galleries of art or culture, and museums all fall under this category. Sporting and fitness training services, and animal training; computer-based online and online gaming service which provides more and varied alternative sources of participation to physical, entertainment, and recreational pastime.

The class further includes betting services, lottery organization, and ticketing services for amusement, educational, and sporting events. Some writing services, for example, screenplay writing, and song composition are also included in Class 41, indicating its propensity towards creative and cultural affairs. Such a wide spectrum of classification supports industries that engage in learning, entertainment, and artistic endeavors.

Trademark Class 41 does not include

Although Class 41 includes services related to education, entertainment, and cultural activities, it specifically excludes other services that fall within other trademark classes. This exclusion helps outline the scope of Class 41 and ensures businesses place their products or services into the correct class.

For example, the organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes and the writing or publication of publicity texts are classified under Class 35, as they are primarily business-oriented. Similarly, news agency services, as well as radio and television broadcasting and videoconferencing services, belong to Class 38, given their focus on communication and media transmission.

Additional Exclusions

It is the class 42 which will mention writing services where any form of special documentation or a report is created for technical reasons, whereas class 43 contains any service relating to day-nursery and crèche facilities, health spas to provide health-conscious relaxation and all forms of class 44 to 45 like wedding ceremonies through planning and arrangements fall under the general heading of personal or social services.

Such understanding of the exclusions will therefore ensure the fitting of trademark applications into the correct class to avoid any possibility of misclassifications and proper protection of services.

Full list of goods or services

410002 — academies [education],  
410211 — aikido instruction,  
410003 — amusement park services,  
410005 — animal training,  
410044 — arranging and conducting of colloquiums,  
410185 — arranging and conducting of concerts,  
410045 — arranging and conducting of conferences,  
410046 — arranging and conducting of congresses,  
410242 — arranging and conducting of entertainment events,  
410203 — arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums,  
410070 — arranging and conducting of seminars,  
410243 — arranging and conducting of sports events,  
410072 — arranging and conducting of symposiums,  
410076 — arranging and conducting of workshops [training],  
410077 — arranging of beauty contests,  
410258 — arranging of beauty contests for animals,  
410075 — boarding school education,  
410078 — booking of seats for shows,  
410186 — calligraphy services,  
410245 — captioning,  
410057 — cinema presentations / movie theatre presentations,  
410189 — coaching [training],  
410194 — conducting fitness classes,  
410214 — conducting guided climbing tours,  
410206 — conducting guided tours,  
410011 — correspondence courses,  
410216 — cultural, educational or entertainment services provided by art galleries,  
410232 — directing of shows,  
410191 — disc jockey services,  
410047 — discotheque services,  
410079 — dubbing,  
410233 — e-sports services,  
410219 — educational assistance services for persons with individual needs,  
410049 — educational examination,  
410221 — educational examination for users to qualify to pilot drones,  
410199 — educational services provided by schools,  
410092 — electronic desktop publishing,  
410007 — entertainer services,  
410004 — entertainment services,  
410256 — entertainment services provided in virtual environments,  
410247 — escape room [entertainment] / escape game [entertainment],  
410230 — face painting,  
410225 — film directing, other than advertising films,  
410217 — film distribution,  
410020 — film production, other than advertising films,  
410052 — gambling services,  
410094 — game services provided online from a computer network,  
410198 — games equipment rental,  
410234 — games library services,  
410021 — gymnastic instruction,  
410054 — health club services [health and fitness training],  
410055 — holiday camp services [entertainment],  
410095 — karaoke services,  
410218 — know-how transfer [training],  
410192 — language interpretation,  
410187 — layout services, other than for advertising purposes,  
410023 — lending library services,  
410224 — lighting technician services for events,  
410220 — martial arts instruction,  
410182 — microfilming,  
410041 — mobile library services / bookmobile services,  
410036 — modelling for artists,  
410008 — movie studio services,  
410235 — multimedia library services,  
410097 — music composition services,  
410244 — music education,  
410103 — news reporters services,  
410098 — nightclub services [entertainment],  
410058 — nursery schools,  
410091 — online publication of electronic books and journals,  
410028 — orchestra services,  
410257 — organization of animal racing events,  
410082 — organization of balls,  
410010 — organization of competitions [education or entertainment],  
410215 — organization of cosplay entertainment events,  
410231 — organization of electronic sports competitions,  
410051 — organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes,  
410188 — organization of fashion shows for entertainment purposes,  
410081 — organization of lotteries,  
410083 — organization of shows [impresario services],  
410059 — organization of sports competitions,  
410260 — organization of swingers' parties,  
410060 — party planning [entertainment],  
410193 — personal trainer services [fitness training],  
410236 — photographic imaging services by drone,  
410100 — photographic reporting,  
410101 — photography,  
410012 — physical education,  
410229 — physical fitness assessment services for training purposes,  
410061 — practical training [demonstration],  
410009 — presentation of circus performances,  
410056 — presentation of live performances,  
410027 — presentation of variety shows,  
410248 — presenting museum exhibitions,  
410196 — production of music,  
410249 — production of podcasts,  
410026 — production of radio and television programmes,  
410030 — production of shows,  
410084 — providing amusement arcade services,  
410042 — providing casino facilities [gambling],  
410254 — providing facilities for playing Live Action Role Playing [LARP] games,  
410208 — providing films, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services,  
410053 — providing golf facilities,  
410048 — providing information in the field of education,  
410050 — providing information in the field of entertainment,  
410064 — providing information relating to recreational activities,  
410062 — providing museum facilities,  
410099 — providing online electronic publications, not downloadable,  
410252 — providing online images, not downloadable,  
410200 — providing online music, not downloadable,  
410201 — providing online videos, not downloadable,  
410253 — providing online virtual guided tours,  
410261 — providing playgrounds for pets,  
410014 — providing recreation facilities,  
410035 — providing sports facilities,  
410209 — providing television programmes, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services / providing television programs, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services,  
410239 — providing training and educational examination for certification purposes,  
410227 — providing user rankings for entertainment or cultural purposes / providing user ratings for entertainment or cultural purposes,  
410226 — providing user reviews for entertainment or cultural purposes,  
410024 — publication of books,  
410016 — publication of texts, other than publicity texts,  
410015 — radio entertainment,  
410063 — recording studio services,  
410080 — religious education,  
410212 — rental of artwork,  
410085 — rental of audio equipment,  
410006 — rental of cinematographic apparatus,  
410263 — rental of digital image files authenticated by non-fungible tokens [NFTs],  
410241 — rental of electronic book readers,  
410259 — rental of humanoid robots having communication and learning functions for entertaining people,  
410213 — rental of indoor aquaria,  
410086 — rental of lighting apparatus for theatrical sets or television studios,  
410019 — rental of motion pictures,  
410250 — rental of movie props,  
410025 — rental of radio and television sets,  
410013 — rental of show scenery,  
410065 — rental of skin diving equipment,  
410018 — rental of sound recordings,  
410066 — rental of sports equipment, except vehicles,  
410190 — rental of sports grounds,  
410067 — rental of stadium facilities,  
410032 — rental of stage scenery,  
410087 — rental of tennis courts,  
410228 — rental of training simulators,  
410088 — rental of video cameras / rental of camcorders,  
410068 — rental of video cassette recorders,  
410069 — rental of videotapes,  
410240 — research in the field of education,  
410210 — sado instruction [tea ceremony instruction],  
410251 — scheduling of radio and television programmes,  
410205 — screenplay writing,  
410089 — scriptwriting, other than for advertising purposes,  
410105 — sign language interpretation,  
410262 — simulated restaurant services provided in virtual environments for entertainment purposes,  
410255 — simulated travel services provided in virtual environments for entertainment purposes,  
410204 — songwriting,  
410222 — sound engineering services for events,  
410071 — sport camp services,  
410093 — subtitling,  
410017 — teaching / educational services / instruction services,  
410031 — television entertainment,  
410029 — theatre productions,  
410183 — ticket agency services [entertainment],  
410073 — timing of sports events,  
410197 — toy rental,  
410207 — training services provided via simulators,  
410238 — transfer of business knowledge and know-how [training],  
410104 — translation,  
410202 — tutoring,  
410223 — video editing services for events,  
410237 — video imaging services by drone,  
410090 — videotape editing,  
410106 — videotaping,  
410102 — vocational guidance [education or training advice],  
410195 — vocational retraining,  
410184 — writing of texts*,  
410033 — zoological garden services.