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World Intellectual Property Day - April 26
History
To increase common understanding and awareness of what Intellectual
Property (IP) really means WIPO member states chose April 26 – the day on which
the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World IP Day.
Since then, IP Day offers exciting opportunities every year
to join with others around the globe, to highlight, discuss and demonstrate how
the IP system contributes to the flourishing of music and the arts and to
driving the scientific & technological innovation that helps to shape our world. Every year on April 26, World Intellectual Property Day
celebrates innovation and creativity and how intellectual property fosters and
encourages them to make our globe better.
Theme For 2012
The
theme for 2012 focuses on Visionary Innovators – individuals whose ingenuity and artistry have broken
molds, opened new horizons and made a lasting impact.Behind every great
innovation, either artistic or technological, is a human story – a tale in
which new pathways open as a result of the curiosity, insight or determination
of individuals.
The
Wright Brothers’ boyhood fascination with flight leads to a flying machine and
travel by air. Louis Pasteur’s inquisitive mind advances the science of disease
prevention. Tu Youyou’s dogged analysis of herbal remedies results in a malaria
treatment that saves millions of lives. Steve Jobs’ ambition to make digital technology
simple and accessible to everyone gives rise to personal computing and – three
decades on – a new paradigm for the delivery of entertainment.
The
list of visionary innovators is long. It is a catalogue of human ingenuity and
creativity. It includes the many artists, writers and musicians who changed the
way we see and hear things: Rembrandt and Turner, Picasso and Kandinski, each
reshaping our perceptions of light, shape and form; Chekhov and Tagore, Neruda
and Mafouz, their writing giving new insights into the human experience;
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, Hendrix and Rostropovich – musicians who
challenge the status-quo, and endure.
You can see the themes from previous years, as
well as the related artwork, Director General’s messages and member states’
activities, in the World IP Day archives.
WIPO
receives posters every
year from its member states and from other organizations around the globe –
going back to the first World IP Day in 2001.
Reference
1.
http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/
(Last accessed on 28 Geb. 2012, 2:00 AM)
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