TEHRAN –To build a common future for everyone and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we must seek innovative solutions that benefit all members of society.

Since 2000, April 26 has been observed as World IP Day the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) holds a variety of events and activities to raise people's awareness and understanding of the important role that IP rights play in promoting innovations, ISNA reported.

Every year, considering the significant issues of the day, a key theme is selected to commemorate the event.

The significance of celebrating World Intellectual Property Day 2024 lies in highlighting the importance of intellectual property protection and to promote the role of IP in fostering innovation and creativity.

Celebrated under the theme of ‘IP and SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity’, the day underscores the opportunity to discover how intellectual property management encourages and promotes creative, technological, and innovative solutions that are critical for building a common future and addressing diverse challenges.

It also stresses the need to utilize all available tools, especially innovation and intellectual property to achieve a sustainable future for everyone worldwide.

This year, the Innovation and Prosperity Fund will support the celebration of the day on Sunday, April 28; it will be hosted by the University of Science and Culture in Tehran.

Different organizations including the ministry of cultural heritage, technological parks, Medical Science University of Iran, and the Research and Creative Technology Fund, will participate in the event.

The policy-making and responsible institutions, along with key stakeholders across the country, have decided to boost synergy with the private sector via positive interactions to create a balanced, effective, and inclusive intellectual property system that takes into account the rights of creators and public interests.

Significance of World IP Day

World Intellectual Property Day serves as a powerful platform to raise public awareness and educate the public about different types of IP and their importance in everyday life.

It celebrates innovation and creativity and showcases groundbreaking inventions, creative expressions, and successful entrepreneurship ventures that leverage IP.

The day also promotes global cooperation. It encourages collaboration among governments, businesses, academics, and individuals to harness the power of IP for global development.

Inspire future generations: Motivate young people to embrace innovation and creativity, and explore careers related to IP.

SDGs

In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all member states of the United Nations, with the aim of providing a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.

At the heart of the 2030 Agenda are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which concern, among others, the themes of poverty-fighting, good health, and well-being, reducing equalities, sustainable economic growth, responsible consumption and production, affordable energy, climate change, conservation of marine resources, and protection of terrestrial ecosystems.

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