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April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day
Posted on April 24, 2005
April 26, 2005 is World Interllectual Property Day. The World Intellectual Property Organization has tailored its 2005 World Intellectual Property Day message and publicity material towards young people. The over-arching objectives are:
-To encourage young people to recognize their own ability to create;
-To increase understanding of how protecting IP rights help to foster creativity and innovation;
-To raise awareness of the importance in daily life of patents, copyright, trademarks and designs.
To ensure the objectives of the day be as multifarious as the issue itself, learn more about the WIPO and intellectual property rights from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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