To build our common future and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we need to re-think how we live, work and play. World IP Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can amplify the innovative and creative solutions that are so crucial to building our common future.
The SDGs are a blueprint for people, peace, prosperity and our planet. Just as the challenges we face are multi-faceted and complex, the 17 SDGs are interdependent, with action in one area affecting outcomes in others. This is why development efforts must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability. The challenges we face are deep-seated and complex. We need to act now and we need to use all the tools available to us, especially our ingenuity and intellectual property to achieve a sustainable future for everyone, everywhere.
Find out how intellectual property fosters the innovation and creativity we need to drive human progress, and connect IP to the SDGs to make the world a better place.
Join the World IP Day 2024 Youth Video Competition
Unleash your creativity in a 60 to 90-second video that showcases how an inventor, creator, entrepreneur, or local community near you is shaping a better future for all with innovation, creativity, and IP rights.
The World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition is now closed
Over 470 participants from 70 countries have submitted a video entry.
The public vote will be open from April 10 to 21 on the competition platform.
Stay tuned to cast your vote and help choose the winner of the People’s Choice Prize!
Public vote
Now it’s your turn to help pick the winner of the People's Choice Prize!
From today until April 21 at 23:59 CEST, cast your vote on the competition platform to choose the winner of the People’s Choice Prize.
Voting has closed
Thank you for helping to choose your favorite video entry to win the People’s Choice Prize.
The winners of the competition will be announced on the World Intellectual Property Day web page on April 26.
Stay tuned for the results!
Meet the winners of the Competition
More than 18,000 people participated in the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition. Find out who the winners are!
World Intellectual Property Day Changemakers’ Gallery
Celebrating innovative, creative and enterprising changemakers around the world
The World Intellectual Property Day Changemakers’ Gallery features inventors, creators and entrepreneurs who are building a sustainable future for everyone, everywhere.
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Frequently asked questions
“Why celebrate World IP Day?”, “What kind of events can I organize?” Find answers to these and other frequently asked questions about World IP Day.
Create your campaign
World IP Day is an opportunity to celebrate the power of innovation and creativity and to explore how IP supports our drive to build a better future. Unleash your creativity and launch your own campaign for #WorldIPDay.
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Resources and IP tools
Learn more about how IP rights help accelerate the innovation and creativity we need to advance the SDGs. Find IP training courses, tools, and networks to support your IP journey.
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World IP Day is celebrated every year on April 26. It’s a unique opportunity to join with others around the globe to celebrate the world’s amazing inventors and creators and to explore how IP helps shape our world.