Trademark Class 39 in Nepal — Transport, Travel & Logistics (What It Covers, Full List & How to File)

A Class 39 trademark protects a brand used for transport, packaging and storage of goods, and travel arrangement. In Nepal that means airlines, bus operators, couriers, logistics firms, delivery and ride-hailing services, and travel agencies. Guided treks, hotels, apps and vehicles fall in other NICE classes, and each class needs its own application.

Key takeaways

• Class 39 covers carrying people and goods, delivering and storing goods, and arranging travel.
• Leading a guided trek is Class 41, booking hotel rooms is Class 43, the app is Class 9 and vehicles are Class 12.
• One application covers one class (Sec. 18A(2)), so a trekking company may need three.
• IP Sewa counts 849 published Class 39 marks, about 1.2% of the register; more than half appeared from 2021.
• Nepal-address owners hold about half overall, and 64% of those published since 2021.
• A registered mark lasts seven years from registration, and anyone may oppose within 90 days of Bulletin publication.

What does NICE Class 39 cover?

The heading of Class 39 in the NICE classification reads "Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement." WIPO's explanatory note covers carrying people, animals or goods by rail, road, water, air or pipeline, the services connected with that transport, and storing goods in warehouses or other buildings.

The version in force from 1 January 2026 lists 130 Class 39 services. Four were added in 2026, among them rental of delivery robots and subscription car rental.

A few entries surprise people: electricity and water distribution, gift wrapping, waste collection, and the physical storage of documents.

The Department of Industry (DoI) applies the classification the government notifies under Sec. 18A, so check your wording against the current WIPO list before you file.

Which Nepali businesses file in Class 39?

Any business that carries, delivers, stores or books for its customers. That covers airlines, bus and yatayat companies, taxi and ride-hailing services, couriers, cargo and freight forwarders, warehouses, removal firms, and travel and trekking agencies for their bookings and transport.

The published list includes Nepal Airlines Corporation, Himalaya Airlines, Yeti Airlines, Mahanagar Yatayat and the delivery service Foodmandu, beside foreign carriers such as Cathay Pacific, China Southern and IndiGo.

Ride-hailing has its own entry: "arranging of passenger transportation services for others via an online application". Freight and courier brands have their own guide to trademark registration for logistics companies.

Where do guided treks, hotels and tours go instead?

WIPO's note sends two travel services out of Class 39. "Conducting guided tours" is Class 41, which also lists "conducting guided climbing tours", the entry closest to Nepal's trekking and expedition work. "Reservation of hotel rooms or other temporary accommodation by travel agents or brokers" is Class 43.

Class 39 keeps "arranging of transportation for travel tours" and "transport services for sightseeing tours". So an agency that books flights and jeeps, leads the trek and books the lodges is selling three classes.

Two more travel services sit elsewhere: advertising travel for others is Class 35, and insurance during transport is Class 36.

Our pages on Class 41 and Class 43 cover those halves, and the travel agency guide puts them together.

Does a delivery or ride-hailing app need more than Class 39?

Usually, yes. Class 39 covers the movement itself: "delivery of goods", "parcel delivery" and arranging passenger transport through an app.

The downloadable app is goods in Class 9, software offered online as a service is Class 42, and "online ordering services in the field of restaurant take-out and delivery" is a Class 35 service.

The register shows platforms filing across classes: Foodmandu's published entries sit in Classes 35 and 39, and Daraz Kaymu's in Classes 35, 39 and 42. Our Class 9 guide covers the app side.

Which class covers vehicles, repairs and EV charging?

Vehicles themselves, from buses to aircraft, are goods in Class 12. Repair and maintenance are Class 37, and the 2026 list also places "charging of electric vehicles" and EV battery swapping there. The charging station hardware is Class 9. Class 39 keeps vehicle rental, car sharing, towing, parking and electricity distribution.

An electric-mobility brand may therefore need Class 39 for rides or rental, Class 37 for charging, and Class 12 if it sells vehicles. Our Class 12 vehicles guide covers the goods side.

Is storing goods the same class as storing data?

No. Warehousing, storage lockers, luggage storage and even "physical storage of electronically stored data or documents" are Class 39. Electronic data storage and cloud computing are Class 42.

"Locating and tracking of cargo for transportation purposes" stays in Class 39, so a logistics firm with a warehouse and an online dashboard should check both classes.

How many Class 39 marks has Nepal published?

IP Sewa reads every DoI Industrial Property Bulletin. Across 123 issues, from 22 January 2006 to 16 October 2026, 849 of 71,842 published marks are in Class 39.

That is about 1.2%, the 23rd largest of the 45 classes. These are published entries, not a count of registrations.

Filings have climbed. Fewer than 45 appeared each year until 2021; then 79 in 2023, 105 in 2024, 83 in 2025 and 106 in 2026 by mid-October. See the most-filed classes in Nepal for the full ranking.

Who owns Nepal's published Class 39 marks?

Owners with a Nepal address hold 415 marks. Next come the United States (75), China (61), India (59), South Korea (33) and Japan (32); 12 entries print no country. Of the Nepal-address marks, 286 name Kathmandu in the city field (any city entry containing "Kathmandu").

Grouping each owner's name variants, the largest Nepali filers are Cimex Inc (25, all in the 8 July 2026 issue), Foodmandu (17) and Daraz Kaymu (11).

The largest foreign filers are airlines: Cathay Pacific Airways (12), China Southern Air Holding (10), and Hanjin KAL, which holds Korean Air's marks, and InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo's operator, with 9 each.

Most owners are small: 332 of the 489 hold a single Class 39 mark. Use search by NICE class to read the list yourself.

What words do Class 39 brand names share?

Counting words across the 849 mark names, the most common are AIR (30), NEPAL (23), TRAVEL (20, plus 9 TRAVELS), AIRLINES (19), YATAYAT (19), TOURS (14), EXPRESS (13) and ADVENTURE (12). TREK, TREKKING and EVEREST appear in 9 names each.

These words describe the service, so they protect little on their own and crowd each other. Sec. 18 lets the DoI refuse a mark already registered to someone else, and a name like "Everest Express Travels" leans on its least common word.

Run your idea through the Nepal trademark database before you print it on a bus.

How do you file a Class 39 trademark in Nepal?

File one application per class at the DoI. Under the Patent, Design and Trade Mark Act 1965 the first-to-file principle generally applies, so the filing date matters.

1. Search first. Check identical and similar names in Class 39 and in Classes 35, 41 and 43 if you sell those services.
2. Write the service list. Use NICE wording for what you actually provide; the NICE class finder helps.
3. File at the DoI. Under Sec. 17 you submit the Schedule 1(c) form, four specimens of the mark and the application fee.
4. Examination. The DoI investigates and gives you a chance to be heard before deciding (Sec. 18(1)).
5. Bulletin and opposition window. An accepted mark is published, and anyone may oppose within 90 days of publication, as the 8 July 2025 Bulletin states. Act before the DoI's stated last day.
6. Certificate. If no opposition succeeds, you pay the registration fee and title begins on registration (Sec. 16).

Class 39 marks in the 12 latest issues took a median of about 5 months from filing to publication, against about 3.5 months across all classes.

An unopposed trademark typically takes about 12–14 months to certificate, and 6–8 months only in the smoothest cases; both are estimates. Our trademark registration service handles each step.

Which documents does a Class 39 filing need?

Prepare the applicant's exact name and address, the mark specimens and the Class 39 service list. A company adds its registration certificate, and an established business usually adds its latest tax clearance; a newly formed company will not have one yet, so confirm the DoI's current checklist. If an agent files for you, Sec. 20 allows a power of attorney.

Foreign carriers file directly too, because Nepal is outside the Madrid System, and Sec. 21B gives a foreign registration no force here until the mark is registered in Nepal. Sec. 21C lets the DoI register a mark on its foreign certificate and gives Paris Convention facilities.

Our guide to the documents required for trademark registration lists each item, and the DoI's Industrial Property Section publishes the forms.

How long does a Class 39 registration last?

Under Sec. 18D, a registered mark lasts seven years from the date of registration. It is renewable any number of times for seven years at a time.

Sec. 23B sets the renewal clock: the application is due within 35 days from expiry, and a six-month late window follows on a fine, after which the registration is automatically cancelled.

Use matters too. Under Sec. 18C, if a registered mark is not brought into use within one year of registration, the DoI may inquire and cancel it. The renewal calculator works out your dates, and our trademark renewal service files on time.

Common mistakes: which Class 39 filings go wrong?

• Filing Class 39 alone for a trek business that also guides (Class 41) and books lodges (Class 43).
• Writing "logistics services" instead of named services such as freight forwarding or warehousing.
• Putting your own product packaging in Class 39. Packaging there is a service done for others; the products you make and pack are goods in their own class.
• Assuming Class 39 covers the app. The download is Class 9 and online ordering is Class 35.
• Guessing on EV charging. The 2026 list puts "charging of electric vehicles" in Class 37 and charging-station hardware in Class 9, so check where your service sits before you file.
• Using ® before registration. Sec. 18B bars using a mark as a registered mark until it is registered.

How would a Pokhara trekking company split its classes?

Imagine "Phewa Trail Co.", a Pokhara agency that books flights and jeeps, leads guided treks, reserves lodges and sells branded jackets. This is an illustration, not a real case.

It would need Class 39 for the transport bookings, Class 41 for the guiding, Class 43 for the lodge reservations and Class 25 for the jackets: four applications.

Putting the logo on jeeps, an app and uniforms does not change the classes; what customers pay for does. Our trademark search and clearance team can check each class first.

In short: what does a Class 39 trademark cover?

A Class 39 trademark in Nepal protects transport, delivery, storage and travel booking; treks, hotels, apps, repairs and vehicles each need their own class and application. Class 39 is a small but fast-growing class: 849 published marks, more than half from 2021, and most recent ones owned from Nepal.

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