You can find the USPTO’s publication of the Nice Agreement Tenth Edition from the USPTO website here: http://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-tenth-edition-general-remarks-class

Goods or Services

Class 36 covers services, not goods.

Class 36 Official Nice Description

“Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.”

Brief Explanation

International Class 36 mainly includes services rendered in financial and monetary affairs and services rendered in relation to insurance contracts of all kinds.

Nice Agreement Examples

International Class 36 includes services relating to financial or monetary affairs comprise the following:

  • services of all the banking establishments, or institutions connected with them such as exchange brokers or clearing services;
  • services of credit institutions other than banks such as co-operative credit associations, individual financial companies, lenders, etc.;
  • services of “investment trusts,” of holding companies;
  • services of brokers dealing in shares and property;
  • services connected with monetary affairs vouched for by trustees; and
  • services rendered in connection with the issue of travellers’ cheques and letters of credit.

International Class 36 also includes hire or lease-purchase financing; services of realty administrators of buildings, i.e., services of letting or valuation, or financing; services dealing with insurance such as services rendered by agents or brokers engaged in insurance, services rendered to insured, and insurance underwriting services.

Examples of Class 36 Registered Trademark

  • Mark Name: ART IN THE PARK CONCERT SERIES Image Mark

An image trademark registered by Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, Inc. Eugenio Hernandez, US Citizen non-profit corporation, for charitable fundraising services by means of musical concerts.

Serial Number: 85443661 Registration Number: 4263311

  • Mark Name: FIFTH THIRD SELECT

A trademark registered to Fifth Third Bancorp, banking services, namely, automobile lending program.

Serial Number: 85000765 Registration Number: 3935781

  • Mark Name: NATIONAL FAMILY MORTGAGE Image Mark

An image trademark registered to National Family Mortgage, LLC., for providing an online financial services website featuring electronic fund transfer services to enable individuals to engage in secured lending and borrowing transactions with other individuals via a global computer network; financial affairs and monetary affairs, namely, providing financial information and real estate information.

Serial Number: 85901801 Registration Number: 4450616