World Intellectual Property Day

In 2000, WIPO's member states designated April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day with the aim of increasing the general understanding of intellectual property (IP).

World IP Day offers a unique opportunity to join with others around the world to consider how a balanced IP system helps the global arts scene to flourish and enables the technological innovation that drives human progress. The campaign highlights the role IP rights, such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright, play in encouraging and rewarding innovation and creativity while ensuring that researchers, inventors, businesses, designers, artists, and society benefit from it.

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About World IP Day

In 2000, WIPO's member states designated April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World IP Day with the aim of increasing general understanding of IP.

Since then, World IP Day has been a unique opportunity to celebrate the contributions made by inventors and creators around the world and to explore how IP contributes to a flourishing of music and the arts and to the technological innovation that helps shape our world.

World IP Day - April 26, 2024 - IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity

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World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore how IP encourages and can amplify the impact of the innovative and creative solutions we need to build our common future.
World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore
how IP encourages and can amplify the impact of the innovative and creative solutions we need to build our common future.

To build our common future and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we need to re-think how we live, work and play.

IP and music: Feel the beat of IP

April 26, 2025

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World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore
how IP encourages and can amplify the impact of the innovative and creative solutions we need to build our common future.
From the rhythms that invite us to dance, to the lyrics that echo our emotions, music enriches every aspect of our lives.

World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how creativity and innovation, backed by IP rights, keep a vibrant, diverse, and thriving music scene that benefits everyone, everywhere.

Join us in celebrating the universal language of music and the talented creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs who continue to develop new sounds, styles, and technologies that shape the future of music and make us feel its beat.

2026 World IP Day theme revealed

IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate!

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World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore
how IP encourages and can amplify the impact of the innovative and creative solutions we need to build our common future.
Every April 26, we come together to celebrate World IP Day. In 2026, we shine a light on IP and sports, highlighting how IP drives creativity and innovation across the world of sports.

From cutting-edge equipment and game-changing technologies to inspiring brands and designs, IP rights power a dynamic sports culture that inspires and connects people everywhere.

This World IP Day, we celebrate the creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs whose passion and ideas drive the future of sports.

Stay tuned. More details are coming soon!

Explore past World IP Day campaigns