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materials</a></li> <li><a href="#about">About World IP Day</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="image-box"><img class="image-box__image" src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/hero/wipo_ipday2018_hero_banner_1280.jpg" alt="IP Day 2018 image"/></div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1>World Intellectual Property Day – April 26, 2018</h1> <div class="main"> <h2 id="powering">Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity</h2> <p class="lead">Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that <a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/">intellectual property</a> rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity.</p> <p class="lead">This year’s World Intellectual Property Day campaign celebrated the brilliance, ingenuity, curiosity and courage of the women who are driving change in our world and shaping our common future.</p> <div id="accordion" class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__01" data-parent="#accordion" data-toggle="collapse">More</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>Every day women come up with game-changing inventions and life-enhancing creations that transform lives and advance human understanding from astrophysics to nanotechnology and from medicine to artificial intelligence and robotics.</p> <p>And in the creative sphere, whether in the movies, animation, music, fashion, design, sculpture, dance, literature, art and more, women are re-imagining culture, testing the limits of artistry and creative expression, drawing us into new worlds of experience and understanding.</p> <p>The important and inspiring contributions of countless women around the globe are powering change in our world. Their “can do” attitude is an inspiration to us all. And their remarkable achievements are an invaluable legacy for young girls today with aspirations to become the inventors and creators of tomorrow.</p> <p>More than ever before, women are taking up leadership roles and making their voices heard in the science, technology, business and the arts. This is good news. With women and men working together, we strengthen humanity’s hand, and improve our ability to enrich our shared cultural wealth and develop effective solutions to alleviate poverty, boost global health, and safeguard the environment.</p> <p>The time is ripe to reflect on ways to ensure that increasing numbers of women and girls across the globe engage in innovation and creativity, and why this is so important.</p> <p>This year’s World Intellectual Property Day celebration is an opportunity to highlight how the intellectual property (IP) system can support innovative and creative women (and indeed everyone) in their quest to bring their amazing ideas to market.</p> <p>Join the conversation using #worldipday and tell us about the female inventors and creators who are powering change near you!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://www.facebook.com/worldipday" target="_blank"><button class="btn btn-large">Join us on Facebook</button></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://trello.com/b/GNcwBPJ6/world-ip-day-2018-social-media-kit" target="_blank"> </a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/area.jsp?area=ipday">Contact us</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://trello.com/b/GNcwBPJ6/world-ip-day-2018-social-media-kit" target="_blank"></a></p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header">Get involved!</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Organize an event: <a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/suggested_activities.html" target="_self">Suggested activities</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://www.facebook.com/worldipday" target="_blank">Post your photos and posters on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/faq_world_ip_day.html#accordion__collapse__08_a" target="_self">Send us details of your events</a> for the <a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/map.html" target="_blank">World IP Day events map</a></li> <li>Join the conversation on social media using hashtag #worldipday</li> <li>Download campaign materials from our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715/https://trello.com/b/GNcwBPJ6/world-ip-day-2018-social-media-kit" target="_blank">social media kit</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--four line"> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/dg_message.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/dg_msg_wipd2018_bandeau.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: WIPO/Arrou-Vignod)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/dg_message.html">World IP Day message</a></h3> <p>WIPO <a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/dgo/">Director General </a>Francis Gurry calls on everyone, everywhere, to ensure that we each do everything in our power to increase the full participation of women in innovation and creativity.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2018/article_0003.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-outreach/images/ipday2018_women_inventors_960.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Image: WIPO)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2018/article_0003.html">Women inventors: where we stand</a></h3> <p>Latest WIPO figures show highest-ever rate of women named as inventors in international patent applications, but gender gap persists.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/map.html" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_worldmap_600.png" alt="" style="border: 1px solid;"/></a></figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/map.html" target="_blank">World IP Day events map</a></h3> <p>Find out what's happening in your country.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/ipday2018_quiz.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/posters/ipday2018_quiz_960.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">Image: akinbostanci (iStock/Getty Images Plus)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/ipday2018_quiz.html">Quiz</a></h3> <p>Quiz time! Find out how much you know about women and intellectual property.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2 class="header" id="women">Women powering change</h2> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/australian_girls_invention_scores_big_in_tennis.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-outreach/images/ipday2018_e_australian_school_girls_960.jpg" alt="Picture of Mikayla Lee, Susannah Lutze and Alice Wilson, inventors of Score Buddy"/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Courtesy of Camberwell Girls’ Grammar School)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2018/australian_girls_invention_scores_big_in_tennis.html">Australian girls score big in tennis</a></h3> <p>An invention by three Australian schoolgirls has the potential to solve a problem on the world's tennis courts: keeping track of the score in social games.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0004.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2018_02_art_4_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">photo: Stills from the film <em>Asmaa</em></figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0004.html">Women in Arab cinema: an interview with Hend Sabry</a></h3> <p>What challenges face actresses in the Arab region? And what opportunities might they enjoy? Award-winning Tunisian actress, Hend Sabry, a celebrated star of Arab cinema, offers an insider's view.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0002.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2018_02_art_2_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(photo: Courtesy of Reframed Pictures)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0002.html">Alexandra Dean, director of Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story</a></h3> <p>Award-winning journalist, director and producer Alexandra Dean talks about her compelling new documentary - the remarkable tale of a Hollywood star whose natural flair for invention helped shape today's communications technology.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0007.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2018_02_art_7_500.jpg" style="border: 1px solid;" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(photo: Courtesy of Haberman Baby).</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0007.html">The woman who transformed the nursery market</a></h3> <p>British inventor and entrepreneur Mandy Haberman is a 21st-century mother of invention. She explains how intellectual property has enabled her to develop and expand her company, Haberman Baby.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0005.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2018_02_art_5_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(photo: Courtesy of Biocon).</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0005.html">Biocon's pioneering founder, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw</a></h3> <p>Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started out as a Master Brewer and now heads up Biocon, India's largest innovation-led biopharmaceutical company. Find out what it takes to establish a multi-billion dollar global business that promises to transform global health.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0006.html"><img src="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2018_02_art_6_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(photo: robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo).</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813060715/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/02/article_0006.html">Women in agricultural research in Africa</a></h3> <p>Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research (AWARD) highlights the importance of building a robust and efficient agricultural research ecosystem for Africa that is diverse and inclusive.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2 class="header" id="speak">Women in innovation and creativity speak <a 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data-dismiss="modal">Close</button></div> </div> <p class="secondary">Sarah Evans, Founder and CEO of international non-profit Well Aware, funds and implements life-saving water systems.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three"> <div class="col"><a id="wipoLnk4" href="#wipoModal4" data-toggle="modal"> <img class="media-object" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/pics/posters/ipday2018_maluki_1920_p.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div id="wipoModal4" class="modal hide fade" style="display: none;" tabindex="0"> <div class="modal-body"><video width="300" height="150" id="wipoVideo4" tabindex="1" poster="/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/pics/posters/ipday2018_maluki_1920.jpg" preload="none" controls="controls"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813060715im_/http://www.wipo.int/multimedia-video/en/IP_day/2018/ipday2018_maluki.mp4" type="video/mp4"/> <source 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