{"id":566,"date":"2012-04-03T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T00:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipmetrics.net\/blog\/?p=566"},"modified":"2012-04-03T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T00:19:45","slug":"2012-world-intellectual-property-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/ip\/copyrights\/2012-world-intellectual-property-day\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 World Intellectual Property Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As every April 26, the date when the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was founded in 1970, the United Nation&#8217;s member countries celebrate this UN agency&#8217;s goal: to dedicate its work to the use of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/about-ip\/en\/\">intellectual property<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/patentscope\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">patents<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/copyright\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">copyright<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/trademarks\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">trademarks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/designs\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">designs<\/a>, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>For 2012, WIPO is celebrating <strong>Visionary Innovators<\/strong>. \u00a0\u00a0Behind every great artistic or technological\u00a0innovation, the agency <a title=\"2012 World IP Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/ip-outreach\/en\/ipday\/2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">explains<\/a>, is a human story &#8220;&#8230;a tale in which new pathways open as a result of the curiosity, insight or determination of individuals&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We are all familiar with the iconic symbols of inspiration and innovation nad, this year, are invited to explore the stories behind the phenomenon. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Wright Brothers\u2019 boyhood fascination with flight lead to a flying machine and travel by air.<\/li>\n<li>Louis Pasteur\u2019s inquisitive mind advances the science of disease prevention.<\/li>\n<li>Tu Youyou\u2019s dogged analysis of herbal remedies results in a malaria treatment that saves millions of lives.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Jobs\u2019 ambition to make digital technology simple and accessible to everyone gives rise to personal computing and \u2013 three decades on \u2013 a new paradigm for the delivery of entertainment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_571\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-571 \" title=\"WIPO IP Day 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ipday2012_poster2-213x300.jpg?resize=213%2C300\" alt=\"Visionary Innovators\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WIPO IP Day 2012 Poster<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As depicted on the official poster, the list of visionary innovators suggested by WIPO is long, including \u00a0the many artists, writers and musicians who changed the way we see and hear things: Rembrandt and Turner, Picasso and Kandinski, each reshaping our perceptions of light, shape and form; Chekhov and Tagore, Neruda and Mafouz, their writing giving new insights into the human experience; Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, Hendrix and Rostropovich \u2013 musicians who challenge the status-quo, and endure.<\/p>\n<p>Current media and technology being what it is, celebrations around the world are being coordinated through WIPO&#8217;s dedicated\u00a0<a title=\"WIPO World IP Day 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldipday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook presence<\/a>, as well as trackable around the world on <a title=\"WIPO Day 2012 - Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=http:%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fms%3Fauthuser%3D0%26vps%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF8%26msa%3D0%26output%3Dkml%26msid%3D201405647404916711180.0004b89e4e3fe15d34173&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=25.817895,-80.122347&amp;sspn=0.016032,0.033023&amp;t=h&amp;ie=U\" target=\"_blank\">Google Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Archives of past activities, videos, and a poster gallery are\u00a0available\u00a0in <a title=\"WIPO Archives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/ip-outreach\/en\/ipday\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\">WIPO&#8217;s archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 2012, WIPO is celebrating Visionary Innovators.   Behind every great artistic or technological innovation, the agency explains, is a human story &#8220;&#8230;a tale in which new pathways open as a result of the curiosity, insight or determination of individuals&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,12,17,21],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2xROl-98","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ipmetrics.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}