World Intellectual Property Day

Every year, the 26th April marks the World Intellectual Property Day. This day was created by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an organization that celebrates the value of intellectual property while promoting public awareness and understanding of intellectual property (IP).

2013 theme is ‘Creativity – The Next Generation’, which is being celebrated through a series of stage concerts, essay competitions and public lectures, among others.

The celebrations on this day seek to foster respect for creators and their creations while demonstrating how the IP system is crucial not only to the Arts but also in everyday life through products and technological innovations used.

Dating back to the year 2000, the origin of the World Intellectual Property Day, WIPO had acted upon proposals by a Chinese delegation and created this day order to address the gap between IP as a business/legal concept and its relevance to people’s everyday live.

Intellectual Property is often a client’s most valuable asset. It is that area of business law which provides entrepreneurs, whether private individuals or corporate entities, an incentive to create and discover without the constant fear that their initiative could be threatened or prejudiced.

Today’s businesses focus more and more on the value of intellectual property and the ways and means in which it may be used to generate alternative revenue streams. Whether one wants to protect his technological inventions through patent law or the appearance of mass-produced goods through designs registration; whether an artist needs protection of his literary, artistic and musical creations or a trader needs to distinguish its goods or services from those of another trader, there are always straight-forward or hybrid solutions to achieve the utmost protection possible.

Contact Chetcuti Cauchi for assistance in planning this area of your business