Trademark Class 12 Search India: Vehicles, Automobile Parts, Transport Equipment and More

Protect your vehicles, boats, and aircraft parts with Trademark Class 12.
Trademark Class 12 grants exclusive rights in the transportation and vehicle sectors.
Get 10-year brand protection for your transportation equipment in both local and global markets with Trademark Class 12.

Class 12

Eligibility

What Cannot be Registered

List of Goods

Related Classes

FAQs

Trademark Class 12 - Overview

With Trademark Class 12 associated with transportation, all your products fall under this class, covering a broad range of transportation activities. This includes vehicles and equipment for water, land, and air, such as cars, boats, air carriers, and aircraft parts.

Trademark registration under 12 provides your company with exclusive rights in the transport and vehicle sectors. This prevents spurious products from entering the market under your brand name and protects against unauthorised use of your transportation equipment, ensuring brand integrity both nationally and globally.

Businesses that manufacture or distribute cars and mobility products need Class 12 trademark protection. It creates a barrier to entry, increases branding visibility, and reinforces business differentiation in the market.

Class 12 of trademark registration is renewable every 10 years, ensuring long-term protection and maintaining brand recognition over time. It provides stability and ongoing protection for your trademark.

What is a Trademark Class 12?

Class 12 trademark covers vehicles and vehicle parts. These include cars, motorbikes, bicycles, trucks, boats, and airplanes. It also covers vehicle accessories such as tires, engines, brakes, airbags, and suspension systems. Class 12 trademark registration is critical for companies involved in the motor vehicle, transport, and aviation sectors. Companies producing vehicles, spare parts, or accessories must register under this class to secure their brand identity.

Eligibility for Trademark Class 12

You can register different types of trademark under this class. Here are few businesses that are eligible for registering their trademark under class 12:

Automotive Industry: Manufacturers of cars, trucks, buses, and other motorized vehicles, along with their accessories and spare parts
Motorcycle and Bicycle Industry: Companies producing motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, and related components like tires, chains, and frames
Marine Industry: Businesses involved in the creation and sale of boats, ships, and marine equipment such as propellers and rudders
Aerospace Industry: Producers of aircraft, drones, and aviation parts
Transport Equipment Providers: Manufacturers of trailers, railway cars, and other specialised transport equipment for commercial use.

What Cannot Be Registered Under Trademark Class 12

As per trademark class 12 description here are some of the key exclusions from Class 12:

Railway material of metal (Class 6)
Motors, engines, couplings, and transmission parts, other than for land vehicles (Class 7)
Parts of all types of motors and engines, including starters, mufflers, and cylinders for motors and engines (Class 7)
Rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on construction, mining, agricultural, and other heavy-duty machines (Class 7)
Tricycles for infants and scooters, being toys (Class 28)
Some of the special vehicles or wheeled apparatus not for use as means of transport, such as self-propelled road sweeping machines (Class 7), fire engines (Class 9), and tea carts (Cl. 20)
Some parts of vehicles, such as electric batteries, mileage recorders and radios for vehicles (Class 9), lights for automobiles and bicycles (Class 11), and automobile carpets (Class 27).

Here are the Following Items in Detail That Are Covered Under Trademark Class 12

Vehicles and conveyances	aerial conveyors, air cushion vehicles, cable transport apparatus and installations, cars for cable transport installations, chairlifts, electric vehicles, military vehicles for transport, ski lifts, telpher railways [cable cars]/cable cars, vehicles for locomotion by land, air, water or rail.
Land vehicles and conveyances	ambulances, automobiles, bicycles/cycles, caissons [vehicles], camping cars/motor homes, caravans, carts, casting carriages/casting cars/ladle carriages/ladle cars, cleaning trolleys, concrete mixing vehicles, cycle cars, delivery tricycles/carrier tricycles, dining cars [carriages]/dinner wagons [carriages], golf carts, hose carts, kick sledges, lifting cars [lift cars]/fork lift trucks, lorries/trucks, mopeds, motor cars/cars, motor buses, motor coaches, motorcycles, omnibuses, pushchairs/baby carriages/prams [baby carriages]/strollers, refrigerated vehicles, remote control vehicles, other than toys, scooters [vehicles], shopping trolleys [carts (Am.)], sleighs [vehicles], snowmobiles, sports cars, sprinkling trucks, tilting-carts, tractors, trailers [vehicles], tricycles, trolleys*/hand cars, two-wheeled trolleys/luggage trucks/sack-barrows, vans [vehicles], waggons, wheelbarrows.
Human-powered trolleys and carts	handling carts, tilt trucks.
Mobility conveyances	wheelchairs, Rail vehicles, carriages [railways], dining cars, funiculars, locomotives, sleeping cars, tramcars, refrigerated waggons [railroad vehicles]/refrigerated wagons [railroad vehicles].
Air and space vehicles	aeronautical apparatus, machines and appliances, aeroplanes, air balloons, air vehicles, aircraft, amphibious airplanes, dirigible balloons [airships]/airships/dirigible balloons, parachutes, seaplanes, space vehicles.
water vehicles	barges, boats, dredgers [boats], ferry boats, hydroplanes, launches, pontoons, sculls/stern oars, ships, water vehicles, yachts.
Parts and fittings for vehicles	anti-dazzle devices for vehicles/anti-glare devices for vehicles, axle journals, axles for vehicles, bands for wheel hubs, bodies for vehicles, brake shoes for vehicles, brake linings for vehicles, brake segments for vehicles, brake discs for vehicles, brakes for vehicles, caps for vehicle petrol [gas] tanks, connecting rods for land vehicles, other than parts of motors and engines, covers for baby carriages/fitted perambulator covers/pushchair covers/stroller covers [pushchairs], covers for vehicle steering wheels, doors for vehicles, head-rests for vehicle seats, headlight wipers, hydraulic circuits for vehicles, luggage nets for vehicles, pushchair hoods/hoods for baby carriages, seat covers for vehicles, shock absorbing springs for vehicles, sleeping berths for vehicles, spoilers for vehicles, steering wheels for vehicles, sun-blinds adapted for automobiles, suspension shock absorbers for vehicles, tailboard lifts [parts of land vehicles]/elevating tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles]/power tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles]/elevating tailgates, power tailgates (Am.) [parts of land vehicles], torsion bars for vehicles, turbines for land vehicles, undercarriages for vehicles, upholstery for vehicles, vehicle chassis, vehicle covers [shaped], vehicle bumpers, vehicle seats, vehicle suspension springs, windows for vehicles.
wheels, tyres and continuous track	air pumps [vehicle accessories], anti-skid chains, automobile tires [tyres], balance weights for vehicle wheels, bicycle tires [tyres]/cycle tires [tyres]/tires for bicycles, cycles/tyres for bicycles, cycles, casings for pneumatic tires [tyres], casters for trolleys [vehicles] [carts (Am.)], flanges for railway wheel tires [tyres]/flanges of railway wheel tires [tyres]/flanges of railway wheel tires/flanges of railway wheel tyres, freewheels for land vehicles, hub caps, hubs for vehicle wheels/vehicle wheel hubs, inner tubes for pneumatic tires [tyres], inner tubes for bicycles, cycles, mine cart wheels, non-skid devices for vehicle tires [tyres]/non-skid devices for vehicle tires/non-skid devices for vehicle tyres, adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes, pneumatic tires [tyres]/tires, solid, for vehicle wheels/tyres, solid, for vehicle wheels, pumps for bicycles, cycles/bicycle pumps/cycle pumps, repair outfits for inner tubes, rims for vehicle wheels/vehicle wheel rims, rims for wheels of bicycles, cycles/bicycle rims/cycle rims, spare wheel covers/spare tire covers/spare tyre covers, spikes for tires [tyres]/studs for tires [tyres], spoke clips for wheels, spokes for bicycles, cycles/bicycle spokes/cycle spokes, treads for vehicles [tractor type]/treads for vehicles [roller belts], treads for retreading tires [tyres], tubeless tires [tyres] for bicycles, cycles, tyres for vehicle wheels/tires for vehicle wheels, valves for vehicle tires [tyres], vehicle wheels, vehicle wheel tires [tyres], vehicle wheel spokes, wheels for bicycles, cycles.
Anti-theft, security and safety devices and equipment for vehicles	air bags [safety devices for automobiles], anti-theft devices for vehicles, anti-theft alarms for vehicles, ejector seats for aircraft, horns for vehicles, reversing alarms for vehicles, safety belts for vehicle seats, safety seats for children, for vehicles, security harness for vehicle seats.
Parts and fittings for water vehicles	boat hooks, cleats [nautical], davits for boats, disengaging gear for boats, fenders for ships, funnels for ships, inclined ways for boats, masts for boats, oars, paddles for canoes, portholes, rowlocks/oarlocks, rudders, screw-propellers, screw-propellers for boats, screws [propellers] for ships, ships' hulls, spars for ships, steering gears for ships/ships' steering gears, timbers [frames] for ships.
Parts and fittings for land vehicles	automobile chassis, automobile bodies, automobile hoods, automobile chains, baskets adapted for cycles, bells for bicycles, cycles/bicycle bells/cycle bells/audible warning systems for cycles, bicycle stands/stands for bicycles, cycles [parts of bicycles, cycles], bicycle saddles/cycle saddles, bogies for railway cars, brake pads for automobiles, brakes for bicycles, cycles/bicycle brakes/cycle brakes, buffers for railway rolling stock, bumpers for automobiles, chains for bicycles, cycles/bicycle chains/cycle chains, cigar lighters for automobiles, clutches for land vehicles, couplings for land vehicles, crankcases for land vehicle components, other than for engines, cranks for cycles, cycle stands, cycle mudguards, cycle hubs, direction signals for vehicles/turn signals for vehicles, direction indicators for bicycles, dress guards for bicycles, cycles, driving chains for land vehicles, frames for bicycles, cycles/bicycle frames/cycle frames, funnels for locomotives, gear boxes for land vehicles, gearing for land vehicles, gears for cycles, handle bars for bicycles, cycles/bicycle handle bars/cycle handle bars, hoods for vehicles, hoods for vehicle engines, luggage carriers for vehicles, mudguards, panniers adapted for cycles, pedals for cycles, railway couplings, rearview mirrors, reduction gears for land vehicles, rolling stock for funicular railways, rolling stock for railways, saddle covers for bicycles or motorcycles, saddlebags adapted for bicycles, saddles for bicycles, cycles or motorcycles, shock absorbers for automobiles, side cars, ski carriers for cars, tipping bodies for lorries [trucks], tipping apparatus, parts of trucks and waggons, torque converters for land vehicles, trailer hitches for vehicles, transmission chains for land vehicles, transmission shafts for land vehicles, transmissions, for land vehicles, vehicle running boards, windscreens/windshields, windshield wipers/windscreen wipers.
Powertrains, including engines and motors, for land vehicles	driving motors for land vehicles, engines for land vehicles/motors for land vehicles, jet engines for land vehicles, motors for cycles, motors, electric, for land vehicles, propulsion mechanisms for land vehicles, traction engines.

Related (Coordinated) Classes

Trademark Class 9 (Electrical and Scientific Apparatus): GPS devices, vehicle control systems, and navigational equipment
Trademark Class 7 (Machines and Machine Tools): Engines, machine parts like gears, axles, and motors used in vehicles
Trademark Class 28 (Games, Toys, and Sporting Goods): Toy vehicles, remote control cars, bikes, and related accessories
Trademark Class 35 (Advertising and Business Services): Vehicle-related advertising, dealership, and rental business services
Trademark Class 37 (Building Construction and Repair): Vehicle repair, maintenance, and customisation services
Trademark Class 20 (Furniture, Mirrors, and Articles Not Elsewhere Classified): Vehicle seats, cushions, and interior accessories
Trademark Class 42 (Scientific and Technological Services): Design and development of vehicles and technological research in vehicle manufacturing
Trademark Class 9 (Electrical and Electronic Components): Electrical devices for vehicles, such as batteries, alternators, and sensors.

Looking to Register Your Trademark Under Class 12?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Class 12 primarily covers vehicles that are designed for land, air, and water transportation. This includes automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and buses. It also covers vehicles used for various purposes, such as passenger or freight transport, as well as parts and accessories related to these vehicles.

Trademark Class 12 includes various types of vehicles. It covers motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses, with Maruti Suzuki being a notable example. It also includes bicycles, pedal-driven vehicles, and their accessories like saddles and handlebar grips, exemplified by Firefox. Air vehicles, including aircraft, helicopters, and spacecraft, are part of this class, with Air India serving as a key example. Additionally, it includes water vehicles like boats, yachts, ships, and hovercraft, with Cordelia Cruises representing the luxury cruise sector. Finally, scooters and hoverboards, including self-balancing devices, are also part of this class, with Bajaj Auto Limited being a prominent example in the motorcycle and scooter industry.

Yes, parts and accessories for vehicles are included in Class 12. This category covers essential components like engines, wheels, bumpers, and mirrors. It also extends to more specialised accessories such as vehicle lights, seat covers, and protective equipment designed specifically for vehicles and their functioning.

Electric vehicles (EVs) can indeed be trademarked under Class 12, as they fall under the broader category of motor vehicles. This includes electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other electric-powered transport modes. The class covers vehicles powered by electricity, hybrids, and other forms of non-traditional fuel sources.

Yes, watercraft such as boats, yachts, and other vessels for water transportation are included in Class 12. This class covers vehicles designed for use on water, including pleasure boats, commercial vessels, and personal watercraft like jet skis.

Aircraft and space vehicles are generally classified separately from Class 12 under other specific classes, such as Class 9 for scientific and technological goods. However, Class 12 does include some related vehicle components, such as parts used in air transport, but the vehicles themselves are generally not covered in this class.

Vehicle safety and anti-theft devices can be trademarked under Class 12 if they are specifically designed for vehicles. This includes alarms, steering locks, airbag systems, GPS trackers, and other security-related components.

Yes, vehicle tires and wheels are trademarked under Class 12. This includes a wide range of tires and wheels for various vehicles, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. The class also covers rims, inner tubes, and other components that are directly associated with the wheels and tires of vehicles.

Yes, engines and motors for land vehicles are specifically included in Class 12. This includes internal combustion engines, electric motors, and hybrid propulsion systems designed for use in automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and other land-based vehicles.