Class 9 trademark for software and electronics
Short answer
Class 9 is one of the most filed classes. It covers downloadable software and mobile apps, computers, phones, headphones, smartwatches, eyewear, recorded and downloadable media, and scientific and measuring apparatus. You file in class 9 when you sell these goods under your brand; most offices charge an official fee per class.
Software and electronics
- Nice class
- 9 (goods)
- Protection
- 10 years, renewable
- Downloadable software
- Mobile apps
- Computers
- Phones
Typical goods in class 9
- downloadable software
- mobile apps
- computers
- phones
- headphones
- eyewear
- downloadable media
Official class heading, Nice Classification 12th edition
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable media, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers and swimmers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Often filed in class 9 by mistake
Filing in the wrong class leaves your real products unprotected and still costs the class fee. These belong elsewhere.
Typical conflicts for class 9 marks
Tech names collide in class 9 and class 42 more than anywhere else. Short invented words and AI-related terms are heavily filed, so check both classes together.
An office compares your mark with earlier marks for identical and related goods or services, not only within the same class. Run a trademark availability search to see the closest marks in class 9 and its neighbours, or order a clearance search before a launch.
Classes related to class 9
Frequently asked questions
- What does class 9 cover?
- Class 9 is one of the most filed classes. It covers downloadable software and mobile apps, computers, phones, headphones, smartwatches, eyewear, recorded and downloadable media, and scientific and measuring apparatus.
- Which classes are related to class 9?
- Offices often treat class 38 (telecommunications), class 42 (technology and SaaS) and class 28 (toys, games and sporting goods) as related. Tech names collide in class 9 and class 42 more than anywhere else. Short invented words and AI-related terms are heavily filed, so check both classes together.
- How much does it cost to add class 9 to an application?
- As of 2026 the USPTO charges 350 USD per class, the EUIPO includes the first class in its 850 EUR basic fee and charges 50 EUR for a second class and 150 EUR for each further class, and the UK IPO charges 50 GBP for each class after the first. Fees are paid to the office.
- What does not belong in class 9?
- For software as a service (not downloaded), use class 42. For video game consoles, use class 28. For telecommunication services, use class 38.
General information based on the Nice Classification, 12th edition, as of 2026. Offices decide the class of each item; this is not legal advice.