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Santo Domingo.- April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day, a date established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the year 2000.
According to its definition, intellectual property is a legal discipline that protects artistic, literary, and scientific innovations and creations, as well as the names, symbols, and images used commercially.
Intellectual property is fundamental for the promotion of innovation and creativity, as it allows creators and companies to obtain recognition and benefits for their creative work. Intellectual property rights include patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyrights, and play a key role in technological and cultural progress.
The World Intellectual Property Day is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of inventors and creators from all over the world, and to explore how intellectual property contributes to the flourishing of music and the arts and to the technological innovation that helps shape our world.
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In 2020, the campaign theme was "Innovate for a Green World", with the aim of promoting innovation and creativity in the care, protection, and conservation of nature. WIPO involved governmental and non-governmental organizations, different organizations, and society in general to work together for the care of the environment. It is recalled that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations whose main objective is to promote the use and protection of works produced by the human intellect. It was created in 1967 within the framework of the signing of the Stockholm Convention, and currently has 188 member states.
