World Intellectual Property Day

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World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on April 26. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2001 to "raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and artists to the development of societies across the globe" [1]. April 26 was chosen as this was the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970.

Each year, a message or theme is associated with the event:

• 2001 - Creating the Future Today
• 2002 - Encouraging Creativity
• 2003 - Make Intellectual Property Your Business
• 2004 - Encouraging Creativity
• 2005 - Think, Imagine, Create
• 2006 - It Starts With An Idea
• 2007 - Encouraging Creativity

[edit] External links

• World Intellectual Property Day web page per year on the WIPO site
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
• The EPO and the World Intellectual Property Day on the European Patent Office web site.
• World Intellectual Property Day on the South African Company Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) web site.
• World Intellectual Property Day on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) web site.
• Heroes and villains of World Intellectual Property Day on Out-Law.com