Telecommunications
A comprehensive guide to Class 38 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 goods which fall under Class 38 of trademark classification.
Trademark Class 38 pertains to services allowing at least one person to communicate with another by a sensory means. Such services include those which: 1. allow one person to talk to another, 2. transmit messages from one person to another, and 3. place a person in oral or visual communication with another (radio and television).
The following services are also classified under Class 38:
-Services which consist essentially of the diffusion of radio or television programmes.
-The following services must NOT be classified under Class 38:Radio advertising services;
-Telephone marketing (telemarketing) services;
A
rental of access time to global computer networks
providing access to databases
B
None
C
cable television broadcasting
communications by telegrams
communications by telephone
communications by cellular phones
communications by computer terminals
communications by fibre optic networks / communications by fiber optic networks
computer aided transmission of messages and images
D
None
E
electronic mail
electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services]
F
facsimile transmission
rental of facsimile apparatus
G
None
H
None
I
information about telecommunication
providing internet chatrooms
J
None
K
None
L
None
M
message sending
N
None
O
None
P
None
Q
None
R
rental of message sending apparatus
rental of modems
news agencies / wire service
providing online forums
paging services [radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication]
radio broadcasting
radio communications
S
satellite transmission
streaming of data
T
rental of telecommunication equipment
providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
telecommunications routing and junction services
teleconferencing services
telegraph services
telephone services
rental of telephones
television broadcasting
telex services
transmission of telegrams
transmission of greeting cards online
transmission of digital files
providing user access to global computer networks
U
None
V
videoconferencing services
voice mail services
W
wireless broadcasting
X
None
Y
None
Z
None