Mathisen & Macara's Festive Quiz 2023

Celebrate winding down to the holidays with our Intellectual Property Quiz! Do you know your patent and trade mark history? Or how many trade mark registrations your favourite brands and Taylor Swift have? Now is your chance to test your knowledge and have some fun facts up your sleeve for the Christmas socialising. 

Answers can be found at the bottom of the quiz.

1 - In what year did it become possible to register a trade mark for services in the UK?

A) 1986

B) 1876

C) 1921

2 - Is the first ever UK registered trade mark (UK00000000001) filed on 1 January 1876 still in force?

3 - Which of these was NOT a trade mark registered by Cadbury™?

A) Soccer

B) Nudge

C) Fudge

4 - Which current member of Take That has their name protected by a trade mark?

A) Gary Barlow

B) Mark Owen

C) Howard Donald

5 - Which of the following was never filed as a patent application?

A) Rocking Bath Tub (1900);

B) Cork Swimming Suit (1882);

C) Chicken Eye Protectors (1903)

6 - In which year was the first English patent granted?

A) 1449

B) 1549

C) 1649

7 - How many Trade Marks does Taylor Swift have in the UK as of 26 October 2023?

A) 7

B) 17

C) 117

8 - Is it possible to Trade Mark a smell in the UK?

9 - Which of the following countries does have its own patent law?

A) East Timor

B) the Maldives

C) Myanmar

10 - How many European patent applications were filed in 2022?

A) 193,460 applications

B) 203,460 applications

C) 213,460 applications

11 - Who were Marks & spencer successfully able to stop selling Gincredibly Designed bottles?

A) Aldi

B) Lidl

C) Asda

 

 

 

 

Answers: A, Yes, C, A, ALL, A- The first English patent for invention was granted in 1449 to John of Utynam, a Flemish-born stained glass manufacturer, by King Henry IV. John of Utynam was granted a 20 years monopoly for a glass-making process that was unknown of in England at that time. The stained glass produced would be used to complete the windows of Eton College, B, YES&NO - it is allowed according to the law but there is currently no way of registering a smell at the UKIPO, C - Myanmar's Patent Law was enacted on March 11, 2019, A and A