Trademark Registration – Classification Guide Class 44 in Japan

I’ve decided to open a beauty salon and start offering various beauty services. First of all, I’ve prepared a stylish name and logo for the treatment, so I want to register it as a trademark to prevent others from imitating it.

Then you need to remember to designate Class 44, which includes “beauty services”!
Class 44 includes many beauty-related services, you know. Let’s check it out.

Wait, we may expand into a barbershop business, but are “barber services” included under “beauty services”?
I also wish that a “health club services [health and fitness training]” for people who are committed to pursuing beauty could be designated in the same class…

Class 44 is a classification for medical and beauty services and services relating to agriculture, aquaculture or forestry

Class 44 mainly includes services relating to medical care (including for animals) , hygiene, beauty care, agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry.

Generally, you may easily understand that the services relate to human and animal health and agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.

Services included in Class 44 and NOT included in Class 44

List of main services in Class 44

The main services included in Class 44 are listed below.

These services can be designated by Amazing DX.

beauty salon services

• barbershops
• providing bath houses
• garden tree planting
• garden or flower bed care
• fertilizer spreading
• weed killing
• vermin exterminating [for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture or forestry]
• landscape design
• massage and therapeutic Shiatsu massage
• chiropractic
• moxibustion
• treatment for dislocated joints, sprain, bone fractures [judo-seifuku]
• bodywork therapy
• acupuncture
• medical practice
• providing medical information
• physical examination
• dentistry services
• preparation and dispensing of medications
• dietary and nutritional guidance
• animal breeding
• veterinary services
• beautification for animals
• nursing care
• rental of potted plants
• farming equipment rental
• rental of medical apparatus and instruments
• rental of fishing equipment and instruments
• rental of apparatus and instruments for use in beauty salons or barbers’ shops
• rental of lawnmowers

The above list of “the main services included in Class 44” is just an example.

Let’s take a closer look at what other services are included in Class 44 and what services are not.

If you want to specify such items? (services included in Class 44)

Services related to recreation and nursing care

→When you want to specify such a service in Amazing DX_®, please specify the item that the service is included.

For example, ……

Rental of equipment and instruments

Rental of so-called medical apparatus and instruments for use in beauty salons are included.。

→When you want to specify such a service in Amazing DX_®, please specify the item that the service is included.

For example, ……

Other services included in Class 44

→If you want to specify the services using Amazing DX_®, please feel free to contact us via chat.

• rehabilitation for substance abuse patients
• postnatal care services
• alternative medicine services
• music therapy
• aromatherapy services
• massage
• solarium services
• tattooing
• providing service animals to individuals with disabilities

Services NOT included in Class 44

Services other than services for agriculture, aquaculture and forestry such as construction

• vermin and pest exterminating, other than for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry
• irrigation devices installation and repair

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　included in【Class 37】

Services that alter essential nature

• slaughtering of animals and taxidermy
• timber felling and processing

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　included in【Class 40】

Services for entertainment or recreational purposes

• animal training
• health club services [health and fitness training]

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　included in【Class 41】

I see, so “health club services [health and fitness training]” belong to another class.

Yes, you need to designate a separate class since it is a service for entertainment or recreational purposes.

File trademark application, designating services in Class 44

Class 44 includes services relating to medical care, hygiene, beauty care and agriculture, forestry and fisheries. If you are a medical practitioner or a primary industry worker, please consider Class 44 first.

Amazing DX_® allows you to easily select your designated goods and services online.

First, please select as many services as possible. After the search, it is easy to exclude the services marked with “×” and search again.

If you are not sure which goods or services to select, please feel free to contact us via chat. Our attorneys specializing in trademarks will be happy to answer your questions.

Reference: Japan Patent Office, “Examination Guidelines for Similar Goods and Services (corresponding to the Nice Classification, 11th Edition, Version 2022)”.