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World Intellectual Property Day – 26 April

Every year on April 26, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its Member States celebrate innovation and creativity and how intellectual property fosters and encourages them.

The aims of World IP Day are:

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    		•  to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life;
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    		•  to increase understanding of how protecting IP rights helps promote creativity and innovation;
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    		•  to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe;
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    		•  to encourage respect for the IP rights of others.

    For further details of World IP Day, please visit WIPO’s website
    (www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/).

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