World IP Day
1 Apr 2025
World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated annually on 26th April.
The theme for 2025 is ‘IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP’.
Intellectual property is at the heart of the music industry, ensuring that innovation and artistry are protected. So, this year’s theme is about celebrating passionate creators and the universal language of music. At City Legal, a legal translation company committed to ensuring legal clarity and accessibility, this really strikes a chord.
What is World IP Day?
It is an annual event to celebrate the world’s inventors and creators and to explore how intellectual property helps shape our world.
It was initially set up by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 2000 with two goals:
To raise awareness of how patents, copyrights, trademarks and designs impact on daily life
To celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of economies and societies across the globe
(Image credit: WIPO)
Music is everywhere, from film and commerce, to entertainment and adverts, inspiring emotion and uniting people in a universal language. IP supports artists’ dedication to their craft and inspires future invention.
As a leading patent translation agency, City Legal joins in the 2025 celebrations to support and encourage the next generation of innovators.
How is World IP Day Celebrated?
Every year, the WIPO sets the theme and leads on its celebrations.
Events are held across the globe to commemorate the occasion and a suite of resources are available from the WIPO for businesses to participate. This includes IP training courses, tools, and a social media kit with campaign materials in eight languages.
Here are the IP Day themes from past years:
- 2024 – IP and SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity
- 2023 – Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity
- 2022 – IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future
- 2021 – IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market
The theme for World IP Day 2025 is IP and music: Feel the beat of IP. This year’s theme seems especially relevant in light of the UK Government’s consultation on copyright and Artificial Intelligence, which has been met with mixed responses by the music industry.
We’ll be watching as this develops. Follow us on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date!
FAQs
When is World IP Day?
World IP Day is on the 26th April every year.
Why is World IP Day celebrated?
World IP Day is an opportunity to highlight the role that intellectual property rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyright and industrial designs) have in encouraging innovation and creativity.
What is the theme of World IP Day?
The theme for 2025 is – IP and music: Feel the beat of IP. World IP Day themes are set by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.