World Intellectual Property Day is commemorated every 26 April. Millions of people worldwide celebrate the essential role of IP rights in fostering creativity and innovation to drive human progress.
This year's theme is ‘IP and the SDGs: building our common future with innovation and creativity’.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The SDGs are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership to bring peace and prosperity to people and the planet, now and in the years to come.
IP is a powerful tool for human progress in addressing global challenges. It plays a vital role in achieving the SDGs, which aim to improve livelihoods and safeguard our planet for everyone's benefit.
WIPO released an interactive platform which includes videos generated using AI technology to showcase how innovation and IP can help achieve SDGs (e.g., no poverty; zero hunger; gender equality; good health and well-being; quality education; peace, justice and strong institutions; sustainable cities and communities; reduced inequalities; climate action; clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy).
Likewise, the recently published WIPO report ‘Mapping Innovations: Patents and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ provides relevant insights into IP's impact on achieving the SDGs and overarching trends in sustainable innovation.
The report revealed that SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure has the highest number of patents (with 2.9m active patent families), followed by SDG 13 Climate Action. It was also highlighted that there is an emergent interest in SDG 1 No Poverty, SDG 04 Quality Education, SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 14 Life Below Water, and SDG 15 Life on Land.
WIPO also recently announced the winners of the World IP Day 2024 Youth Video Competition, in which more than 100 entries were submitted by participants from 70 countries. This year’s theme is ‘With IP, we can dream of a better future, turn our ideas into reality and create a world where everyone thrives to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’. The winners are from Nigeria, Brazil, Bulgaria, and Indonesia.
The World IP Day Changemakers’ Gallery is also available. It features innovators and creators who showcase how they use IP rights to support achieving the SDGs.
Lastly, WIPO is offering more materials on World IP Day, such as a Global Events Calendar and the WIPO Magazine Special edition IP and the SDGs.
Happy (belated) World IP Day to our readers! Comment below what did you do to celebrate it! 😉
The second image is from the WIPO report ‘Mapping Innovations: Patents and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’.
World IP Day 2024: A Global Celebration of IP, Innovation and Creativity!
Reviewed by Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo
on
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Rating:
Reviewed by Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo
on
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Rating:
Follow the IPKat on LinkedIn 
![[Guest post] EUIPO Second Board of Appeal refers case to Grand Board of Appeal following earlier refusal to register a photograph of a man’s head/face as an EU trade mark](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUj9v-k3DYaSVMR4lsmKDLHVB5nIoINuvZNbH2TQCelrfaAE9qmGSAQs-plzQ7HnZ7Svk_gRdrIODp0Nat5vpWajduit3xkArNhK76AHhX770RIJ62thfCVI5fnvcXU-5zH4NkUSfPY9FjRMFiK7OKJ7m7YSo2FzhyPSoA8ZWCsxaOXb0bBCoPQA/s72-c/Picture%201.png)
![[Guest post] Benelux Office rules on opposition proceedings prepared by ChatGPT](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29VY0rNNP1Hqyz8RgB47r4q7fhqQfYHxsEbX_RKmT4KU5Y_vg7vB6dsAW91CidjMfJ38klTvD4mMtZb3QmwFPAHaGF88BPttWSbfYvo7UUg7MpFRTNtEjThmG0QaX2qZFFHSnN71i3YQZSBFC0SL7PgkAlme-XH8cSNWRFbOAOuLr_LMOGcImLQ/s72-c/Screenshot%202024-12-04%20at%2020.45.58.png)
Posts
No comments:
All comments must be moderated by a member of the IPKat team before they appear on the blog. Comments will not be allowed if the contravene the IPKat policy that readers' comments should not be obscene or defamatory; they should not consist of ad hominem attacks on members of the blog team or other comment-posters and they should make a constructive contribution to the discussion of the post on which they purport to comment.
It is also the IPKat policy that comments should not be made completely anonymously, and users should use a consistent name or pseudonym (which should not itself be defamatory or obscene, or that of another real person), either in the "identity" field, or at the beginning of the comment. Current practice is to, however, allow a limited number of comments that contravene this policy, provided that the comment has a high degree of relevance and the comment chain does not become too difficult to follow.
Learn more here: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/p/want-to-complain.html