Trademark Class 44 of Nice Classification - the complete guide

What is Trademark Class 44?

Trademark Class 44 covers medical, veterinary, hygienic, and beauty care services. It includes establishments and professionals offering care for both humans and animals.

These services often aim to maintain or enhance health, well-being, or personal appearance.

Businesses under this class may include health clinics, spas, or veterinary hospitals.

What are key features of Class 44?

Key features include services provided by licensed professionals, specialized facilities, and personalized care tailored to individual needs.

Class 44 for trademarks: a brief description

Class 44 encompasses a wide range of services, including medical diagnostics, physical therapy, and cosmetic treatments. It also includes alternative medicine practices such as acupuncture or homeopathy.

This class is essential for businesses providing services aimed at health and well-being.

Practical examples of Class 44

Examples include dermatology clinics, dental offices, and animal hospitals specializing in veterinary care.

What Does Class 44 Include?

Class 44 covers all health, wellness, and agricultural-related services. This class includes a wide array of services, specifically: hospital services; medical services via telephone and the Internet; dentistry; optometry; mental health; diagnostic and treatment services provided by medical clinics and laboratories, such as x-ray examinations and blood tests.

Health and Therapeutic Services

This class also encompasses services related to therapy, such as physiotherapy and speech therapy, along with pharmacy advice and preparation of prescriptions by pharmacists. It also includes services related to blood and human tissue banks, convalescent and rest homes. Under the personal health and lifestyle section, dietary and nutritional advice, along with health spa services, also form a part of this classification.

Beyond human health, Class 44 extends into animal-related services such as breeding and grooming. The class also incorporates other personal and aesthetic services, such as body piercing and tattooing.

It groups together services ranging from landscape gardening, lawn care, and plant nursery operations supporting agriculture and horticulture. Other services ranged from the flora artworks of flower arrangements and wreaths to the very core essential agriculturally relevant noxious weed and pest control associated with agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and forestry. Such broad extents give full coverage for the well-being of persons and the environment.

Trademark Class 44 does not include

While Class 44 covers a broad category of health, medical, and agricultural services, some activities are specifically excluded from this class and included in other classes. For instance, services that involve letting of pastures, meadows, or grazing runways are included in Class 36, while pest destruction services other than for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, or forestry fall under Class 37. Similarly, installation and repair services of irrigation devices are also included in Class 37.

Animals and Facilities Activities — Excluded

Animal ambulance transport services fall squarely within Class 39, while slaughtering, taxidermy, and the felling of timber fall within Class 40. Animal boarding and retirement homes fall within Class 43, as the activity here is one of hospitality rather than health care. Likewise, the activity of funerary undertaking is placed in Class 45 since the service is provided post-mortem.

Also, the activities of health clubs and animal training services are classified under Class 41 because they are considered to be recreational and educational in nature. Medical research services fall under Class 42 due to their scientific and technical nature.

Class 44 is specific in its classification, having no overlaps into other classes, while it clearly focuses on services related to health, medical care, and agricultural support by defining what is excluded from this class.

Full list of goods or services

440235 — acupuncture,  
440115 — aerial and surface spreading of fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals,  
440241 — aesthetician services,  
440210 — alternative medicine services,  
440009 — animal breeding,  
440131 — animal grooming,  
440224 — animal-assisted therapy,  
440207 — aquaculture services,  
440193 — aromatherapy services,  
440252 — art therapy,  
440194 — artificial insemination services,  
440258 — Attention Deficit Disorder screening services,  
440259 — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder screening services,  
440249 — barber shop services,  
440203 — beautician services,  
440020 — beauty salon services,  
440152 — birth attendant services,  
440133 — blood bank services,  
440216 — body piercing,  
440032 — chiropractic,  
440228 — consultancy in the field of viticulture,  
440043 — convalescent home services,  
440231 — cultivation of plants,  
440256 — cultured cell bank services for medical transplantation,  
440236 — cupping therapy,  
440251 — dance therapy,  
440113 — dentistry services,  
440213 — depilatory waxing,  
440260 — diagnosis of visual processing disorders,  
440233 — dietary and nutritional advice,  
440273 — drug screening for medical diagnosis and treatment,  
440278 — drug testing of participants in sports for the use of performance-enhancing substances,  
440084 — farming equipment rental,  
440143 — flower arranging,  
440276 — fumigation for pest control for agriculture, horticulture, and forestry,  
440077 — gardening,  
440242 — hair dyeing services,  
440180 — hair implantation,  
440034 — hairdressing,  
440247 — health assessment services,  
440060 — health care,  
440209 — health centre services,  
440212 — health counselling,  
440202 — health spa services,  
440229 — home-visit nursing care,  
440072 — horticulture,  
440147 — hospice services,  
440059 — hospital services,  
440221 — human tissue bank services,  
440196 — in vitro fertilization services,  
440245 — landscape architecture,  
440199 — landscape design,  
440012 — landscape gardening,  
440148 — lawn care,  
440257 — learning disability screening services,  
440151 — manicuring,  
440086 — massage,  
440215 — medical advice for persons with disabilities,  
440225 — medical analysis services for diagnostic and treatment purposes,  
440087 — medical assistance,  
440021 — medical clinic services,  
440208 — medical equipment rental,  
440265 — medical examination,  
440264 — medical examination for quarantine clearance purposes,  
440226 — medical screening,  
440255 — medical treatment using cultured cells,  
440267 — mental health services,  
440253 — music therapy,  
440114 — nursing home services,  
440153 — nursing, medical,  
440268 — occupational health consultancy,  
440246 — occupational therapy,  
440092 — opticians' services,  
440266 — optometry services,  
440214 — orthodontic services,  
440218 — palliative care,  
440274 — pathological examination for medical diagnosis and treatment,  
440277 — pathological testing for diagnostic and treatment purposes,  
440220 — pest control services for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and forestry,  
440173 — pet grooming,  
440154 — pharmacy advice,  
440097 — physiotherapy,  
440094 — plant nursery services,  
440156 — plastic surgery,  
440237 — postnatal care services,  
440204 — preparation of prescriptions by pharmacists,  
440248 — providing community gardening facilities,  
440270 — providing mental health rehabilitation facilities,  
440271 — providing physical rehabilitation facilities,  
440250 — providing service animals to persons with disabilities,  
440243 — pruning of trees,  
440018 — public bath services for hygiene purposes,  
440217 — reforestation services,  
440240 — regenerative medicine services,  
440195 — rehabilitation for substance abuse patients,  
440254 — remote monitoring of medical data for medical diagnosis and treatment,  
440222 — rental of animals for gardening purposes,  
440223 — rental of beehives,  
440238 — rental of bottles and containers containing gas for medical purposes,  
440261 — rental of gardening implements,  
440230 — rental of hair styling apparatus,  
440239 — rental of hydrogen water generators for baths,  
440263 — rental of respiratory masks for artificial respiration,  
440188 — rental of sanitary installations,  
440272 — rental of spectacles for vision correction,  
440275 — rental of sunglasses for vision correction,  
440269 — rental of surgical microscopes,  
440232 — rental of surgical robots,  
440219 — rest home services,  
440106 — sanatorium services,  
440200 — sauna services,  
440185 — services of a psychologist,  
440201 — solarium services,  
440211 — speech therapy,  
440197 — tattooing,  
440198 — telemedicine services,  
440205 — therapy services,  
440244 — transplanting of trees,  
440206 — tree planting for carbon offsetting purposes,  
440166 — tree surgery,  
440019 — Turkish bath services,  
440262 — vaccination services,  
440168 — vermin exterminating for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and forestry,  
440111 — veterinary assistance,  
440227 — viticulture services,  
440171 — weed killing,  
440234 — wildlife management,  
440037 — wreath making.