Which Nice Classification class is a legal services firm in for a trademark application in India?

Legal services — including trademark filing, litigation, and general advisory work — fall under Class 45, the final class in the Nice system, alongside personal, social, and security services.

Which Nice Classification Class Is a Legal Services Firm In?

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Legal services fall under Class 45, the last of the 45 classes, which covers legal services alongside security services and personal and social services provided by individuals to meet the needs of others.

What Class 45 covers here

This includes law firms and individual legal practitioners offering advisory, drafting, litigation, and representation services — including trademark and intellectual-property filing and prosecution work itself. It's a broad catch-all class for professional legal work, regardless of the specific area of law practiced.

Where legal and professional-services brands often need a second class

A firm that also publishes paid legal research, templates, or an online legal-education product would need to check whether that falls under Class 41 (education and training) or Class 9 (if sold as downloadable software or documents), separate from Class 45 covering the advisory service itself. A firm running a client-facing case-management portal or app would similarly need Class 42 or Class 9 for that technology layer.

Try the Nice Classification Finder for a suggestion based on your specific service range, or see the full Nice Classification guide for all 45 classes.