4506 Legal services (Class 45 similar group): items and numbers

Notes on similar group 4506

Official notes (CNIPA Table of Similar Goods and Services, 2026 text; J&C reference translation)

This similar group is cross-searched with 4207 in the 8th and earlier editions.

Practice notes (J&C)

This group is legal services, intellectual-property consultancy, intellectual-property licensing, copyright management, arbitration, mediation, domain-name registration, intellectual-property agency services, etc. Official note: this group is cross-searched with 4207 in the 8th and earlier editions. Law firms and IP agencies use this group as their core; legal-information retrieval is in this group, while trademark-database services are checked against Class 42 (practical tip). In 2026 notary-public services (450273) were added, and the name of 450201 “mediation” was changed to “mediation (legal services)”.

Applies to the 2026 edition · Published 2026-10-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-09

Data version: CNIPA Table of Similar Goods and Services, 2026 text (based on the 13th edition of the Nice Classification, NCL 13-2026, in force since 1 January 2026). Chinese terms, groups and numbers follow the official text; English and Spanish terms are taken from WIPO, while CNIPA-specific items (C numbers) carry reference translations, whose English was fully revised on 8 October 2026. NCL 13-2027 enters into force on 1 January 2027. Selected reference translations were revised on 13 October 2026.

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Class	Group	Item No.	Chinese	English
45	4506	450210	法律研究	legal research
45	4506	450223	有关许可的法律服务	legal services relating to licences
45	4506	450211	诉讼服务	litigation services
45	4506	450207	版权管理	copyright management
45	4506	450201	调解（法律服务）	mediation [legal services]