World Intellectual Property Day, celebrated annually on April 26, is a global observance that highlights the significance of intellectual property (IP) rights.
- Purpose and Significance:
- World IP Day aims to raise awareness about IP rights and their role in fostering innovation, creativity, and progress.
- IP encompasses patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyright. These rights encourage inventors, creators, and businesses to protect their innovative outputs and reap economic benefits.
- By recognizing and rewarding inventors and artists, society benefits from their ingenuity and contributions.
- Theme for 2024:
- The theme for World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.”
- It emphasizes how IP can amplify the impact of innovative and creative solutions needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- History:
- In the year 2000, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) designated April 26 as World IP Day.
- This date commemorates the day when the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970.
- World IP Day celebrates inventors, creators, and the role of IP in shaping our world, from music and arts to technological advancements
Question: Which date is World Intellectual Property Day celebrated annually?
A) April 1
B) April 26
C) May 15
D) June 10
Ans : B) April 26
