Class 38 of the Nice Classification
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Class 38

Class 38

Telecommunications services.

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Explanatory Note

Class 38 includes mainly services that allow at least one party to communicate with another, as well as services for the broadcasting and transmission of data.

This Class includes, in particular:
    • transmission of digital files and electronic mail;
    • providing user access to global computer networks;
    • radio and television broadcasting;
    • video-on-demand transmission;
    • providing internet chatrooms and online forums;
    • telephone and voice mail services;
    • teleconferencing and videoconferencing services.
This Class does not include, in particular:
    • telemarketing services (cl. 35);
    • content or subject matter that may be contained in the communication activity, for example, downloadable image files (cl. 9), providing business information via a website (cl. 35), providing films and television programmes, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services (cl. 41);
    • services conducted using telecommunication connections, for example, online retail services for downloadable digital music (cl. 35), online banking (cl. 36);
    • production of radio and television programmes (cl. 41);
    • telecommunications technology consultancy (cl. 42);
    • online social networking services (cl. 45);
    • online advertising on a computer network, radio advertising, television advertising (cl. 35).
Services
cable television broadcasting; communications by computer terminals; communications by fibre optic networks / communications by fiber optic networks; communications by telegrams; communications by telephone; computer aided transmission of messages and images; electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services]; facsimile transmission; geolocation services [telecommunications services]; message sending; mobile telephone communication services / cell phone communication services; news agency services; paging services [radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication]; providing access to blockchain networks; providing access to databases; providing chatrooms in virtual environments; providing information in the field of telecommunications; providing internet chatrooms; providing online forums; providing online virtual reality-based forums for work collaboration; providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services; providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; providing user access to global computer networks; radio broadcasting; radio communications; rental of access time to global computer networks; rental of facsimile apparatus; rental of message sending apparatus; rental of modems; rental of smartphones; rental of telecommunication equipment; rental of telephone answering apparatus; rental of telephones; satellite transmission; streaming of data; telecommunications routing and junction services; teleconferencing services; telegraph services; telephone services; television broadcasting; telex services; transmission of digital files; transmission of electronic mail; transmission of greeting cards online; transmission of podcasts; transmission of telegrams; videoconferencing services; video-on-demand transmission; voice mail services; wireless broadcasting