Intellectual Property and Music: Feel the Beat of Intellectual Property
World Intellectual Property Day was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and is celebrated every April 26 to raise awareness and knowledge about how patents, copyright, trademarks and industrial designs affect our daily lives.
In 2025, under the umbrella theme “Intellectual Property and Music: Feel the Beat of Intellectual Property”, we celebrate contributions of creators, inventors and entrepreneurs who push the boundaries of innovation and creativity, creating music that brings people together, evokes powerful emotions, drives change and inspires a more innovative future.
Music permeates every sector of human activity and intellectual property enables its presence beyond the musical sphere. From film, entertainment and technology to fashion, video games and consumer goods, intellectual property rights empower music’s connection with other industries, creating creative synergies and innovations that drive economic growth. Even when unaware of it, the rhythm and beat of music, and intellectual property are fully present in our lives.
The World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how creativity and innovation, supported by intellectual property rights, keep the music scene vibrant and benefit everyone, wherever they are. This year’s World Intellectual Property Day 2025 invites us to explore how intellectual property rights and innovation policies empower creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to bring fresh ideas to music industry, protecting the work of song writers, composers, performers and all those who shape the music that moves us.
On the World Intellectual Property day, April 26, we pay tribute to the universal language of music and the talented authors, inventors and entrepreneurs who continue to develop new sonic expressions, styles and technologies, that shape the future of music and make us feel the rhythm of intellectual property.
Watch the video message from Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the following link.
Watch a short video dedicated to this year’s World Intellectual Property Day theme “ Intellectual Property and Music: Feel the Beat of IP”, at the following link.
Learn more at the WIPO website.