The theme of World Intellectual Property Day 2025 was determined as “IP and music: Feel the beat of IP”
World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) is celebrated on April 26, the day on which the agreement establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) entered into force. World Intellectual Property Day, which is celebrated every year with various events held in all member countries with a different theme, is increasing awareness about the importance and value of intellectual property.
Music permeates every sector, and IP fosters the presence of music beyond its 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. 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 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.
Why April 26th?
Before the annual general meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1999, the Chinese Intellectual Property Office sent a petition to the Director General of WIPO; 21. mentioning that intellectual property will be one of the most important factors supporting social and economic development in the century, the importance of intellectual property rights for both developed and developing countries, and emphasizing the benefit of awareness of intellectual property rights, WIPO recommends that April 26, the date of its establishment, be recognizedby WIPO as “World Intellectual Property Day” and celebrated on the mentioned date every year. The proposal was accepted at the WIPO General Assembly in 1999, and since 2000, April 26 has been celebrated as World IP Day.
As Efor IP Team, we celebrate the intellectual property day of all our colleagues.
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