World Intellectual Property Day

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Dates of World Intellectual Property Day
2026 United Nations Sunday, April 26thWorld Intellectual Property Day 2025 United Nations Saturday, April 26thWorld Intellectual Property Day 2024 United Nations Friday, April 26thWorld Intellectual Property Day 2023 United Nations Wednesday, April 26thWorld Intellectual Property Day 2022 United Nations Tuesday, April 26thWorld Intellectual Property Day
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World Intellectual Property Day 2021 shines a light on the critical role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the economy and how they can use intellectual property (IP) rights to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses.

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 offered a unique opportunity each year to join with others around the globe to consider how IP contributes to the flourishing of music and the arts and to driving the technological innovation that helps shape our world.

World IP Day is an opportunity to highlight the role that IP rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity. A balanced IP system recognizes and rewards inventors and creators for their work and ensures that society benefits from their creativity and ingenuity.

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