Trademark Class 41: Education, training and entertainment
Teaching, training, publishing and entertaining. If you make content or run classes under your brand, this is your class whatever the subject matter.
“Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.”
Official class heading, Nice Agreement, Eleventh Edition. Published by the USPTO.
Typical goods and services in class 41
- Courses, workshops, coaching and tutoring
- Podcasts, YouTube channels and newsletters
- Live events, festivals and conferences
- Gyms, studios and personal training
- Publishing and online magazines
- Sports teams and clubs
Example of pre-approved USPTO wording for this class: Educational services, namely, conducting classes and workshops. Using the USPTO’s own ID Manual language keeps your filing fee at the base rate — describing your goods in your own words carries a surcharge of $200 per class.
Commonly confused with class 41
These look like they belong here and do not. Each one is a separate class with a separate $350 government fee, and a class cannot be added to an application once it has been filed.
Downloadable course files and e-books
Class 9 — Software, apps and electronics
Printed books and magazines
Class 16 — Paper, stationery and printed matter
Business consulting
Class 35 — Advertising, retail and business services
Transmission of content, as opposed to the content
Class 38 — Telecommunications
Filing in one class
A single-class application in class 41 costs $350 in USPTO government fees, paid to the government, plus our flat fee of $199 — $549 in total. Every additional class is another $350. Government fees are current as of 18 January 2025.
Work out how many classes you need Check if the name is taken
This page describes how the USPTO groups goods and services in general. It is not legal advice about your application, and the lists above are written for the common case rather than being exhaustive. Which classes you actually need depends on what you sell, and a licensed attorney confirms them before anything is filed.
Classes either side of this one
Class 39 — Transport, delivery and travel
Moving people or goods from one place to another, storing them, and arranging travel.
Class 40 — Manufacturing and treatment of materials
Making or altering something to a customer's order. Custom manufacturing, printing and finishing all sit here — which is where print-on-demand businesses often belong.
Class 42 — SaaS, IT and design services
Technology delivered as a service. If customers log into your product rather than downloading it, you are in class 42 — and quite possibly in class 9 as well.
Class 43 — Restaurants, cafés and accommodation
Serving food and drink to people, and putting them up for the night. The class for every restaurant, café, bar, food truck and hotel.