Class 43 Trademark in UAE: Restaurants, Cafés, Cloud Kitchens and Hotels

Class 43 is the class for services for providing food and drink and temporary accommodation – restaurants, cafés, coffee shops, cloud kitchens, catering, food trucks, hotels, holiday homes and serviced apartments.

What Class 43 covers

Restaurant and café services, fast-food and take-away services, cloud and ghost kitchens, catering, coffee-shop services, bars and lounges (non-alcoholic in most UAE contexts), hotel, motel and resort services, holiday-home and hostel accommodation, rental of meeting rooms, and reservation services for the above.

Classes hospitality brands usually add

Class	Covers	Add if you…
30	Coffee, tea, bakery, chocolate, sauces	Sell packaged coffee beans, cakes or sauces under the brand
29	Meat, dairy, prepared meals	Sell ready meals or dairy products
32	Juices, water, soft drinks	Bottle your own drinks
35	Retail, franchising, business management	Franchise the concept or run a retail counter
41	Entertainment, events	Run events or a club
39	Delivery	Operate your own delivery fleet

Restaurant-specific points

• Trade name is not enough. Your DET/ADDED licence name gives no rights; a competitor can open under the same restaurant name in another emirate unless you hold the trademark.
• Franchising is where Class 43 marks create value: a registered mark is a precondition for licensing the concept. Licensing →
• Descriptive names ("Dubai Grill", "Fresh Juice") are refused or accepted only with a disclaimer; add a distinctive element.
• Logo and word mark. Menus, signage and delivery-app listings use the logo; register the name as a word mark and the logo separately.
• Delivery apps. Talabat, Deliveroo and Careem listings are enforced through platform takedown backed by your registration.

Cost and timeline

Official MoET fees are AED 6,500 per class (AED 750 application, AED 750 publication, AED 5,000 registration); an optional one-day examination costs AED 2,250; SMEs in the national programme pay 50%. Expect four to six months. Full cost guide → · Step-by-step process → · All 45 classes →

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