World Intellectual Property Day
April 26, 2025
IP and music: Feel the beat of IP
From the rhythms that invite us to dance, to the lyrics that echo our emotions, music enriches every aspect of our lives. Music is a universal form of creative expression and intellectual property (IP) rights play a pivotal role in supporting a vibrant and diverse music landscape.
Music permeates every sector, and IP fosters the presence of music beyond its own realm. From film, entertainment, and technology, to fashion, video games, and consumer goods, IP rights empower cross-industry connections with music, enabling creative synergies and innovation across sectors that fuel economic growth. Even when it's not on our minds, the beat and rhythm of music and IP are always present in our lives.
World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how creativity and innovation, backed by IP rights, keep a thriving music scene that benefits everyone, everywhere. This year’s World IP Day invites us to explore how IP rights and innovation policies empower creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs to bring fresh ideas to the music industry, safeguarding the work of songwriters, composers, performers, and all those who shape the music that moves us.
On World IP Day, April 26, we celebrate the contributions of creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs who are pushing the boundaries of innovation and creativity to make music that brings people together, evokes powerful emotions, drives change, and inspires a more innovative future.
Join the #WorldIPDay celebration! Let’s come together to honor the universal language of music and the talented creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs who continue to develop new sounds, styles, and technologies that shape the future of music and make us feel the beat of IP.
IP in Music: Supporting the Creative Rights of Musicians
In the music industry, copyright and related rights are crucial for safeguarding the rights of musicians and harnessing the economic value of their work. Whether you are an aspiring musician learning about copyright or a music fan curious about how songs are licensed and distributed, explore how intellectual property intersects with the music industry.
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World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Join the World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition and unleash your creativity in a video that shows how IP powers the music that moves us. In a 90-second video, show a creator, inventor, or entrepreneur near you who's making a difference with their innovation and creativity in music. Take part for a chance to win a top prize worth CHF 4,000 and other prizes.
World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Tunning in with the music of innovation and creativity
Join the World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition and unleash your creativity in a video that shows how IP powers the music that moves us. In a 90-second video, show a creator, inventor, or entrepreneur near you who's making a difference with their innovation and creativity in music. Take part for a chance to win a top prize worth CHF 4,000 and other prizes.
World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Tunning in with the music of innovation and creativity
The Competition is now closed!
Over XXX participants from XX countries have submitted a video entry. The best 20 videos will be published on the competition platform for the online public vote to choose the winner of the People’s Choice Prize.
The public vote will be open from April 4 to 14, 2025, 23:59 CEST. Stay tuned to cast your vote and help choose the winner of the People’s Choice Prize!
World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Tunning in with the music of innovation and creativity
Vote for the People's Choice winner!
Now it’s your turn to help pick the winner of the People's Choice Prize. From today until April 14 at 23:59 CEST, cast your vote on the competition platform to choose the winner of the People’s Choice Prize.
The winners of the World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition will be announced on April 25.
World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Tunning in with the music of innovation and creativity
Public vote is now closed!
Thank you for watching the 20 best videos and helping to choose your favorite entry to win the People’s Choice Prize.
The winners of the World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition will be announced on April 25.
Stay tuned for the results!
World IP Day Youth Video Competition
Tunning in with the music of innovation and creativity
Meet the winners of the Competition!
Under the theme “Tuning in with the music of innovation and creativity,” participants from XX countries submitted more than XX entries. Find out who the winners are!
IP in Music: Supporting the Creative Rights of Musicians
In the music industry, copyright and related rights are crucial for safeguarding the rights of musicians and harnessing the economic value of their work. Whether you are an aspiring musician learning about copyright or a music fan curious about how songs are licensed and distributed, explore how intellectual property intersects with the music industry.
Let the Beat of Creativity Move You
What drives a musician’s creative heartbeat? This World IP Day, artists from around the globe share what fuels their creativity and innovation to inspire other creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs in the music world. Let their words spark your own creative journey!
Resources and IP tools
Expand your knowledge and skills with WIPO’s resources, tools, and training programs available to help navigate the world of IP for creators, inventors and entrepreneurs.
Create your World IP Day
Get involved and join the celebration of the world’s amazing inventors and creators and the power of innovation and creativity by launching your campaign for #WorldIPDay.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Archives
World IP Day is celebrated every year on April 26 recognizing how IP has shaped our world and fuels our efforts to create a brighter future. Explore past celebrations in our archives.
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Events Calendar
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#WorldIPDay: Celebrating the Beat of IP in Music