World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how creativity and innovation, backed by IP rights, keep a thriving music scene that benefits everyone, everywhere. This year’s World IP Day invites us to explore how IP rights and innovation policies empower creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs to bring fresh ideas to the music industry, safeguarding the work of songwriters, composers, performers, and all those who shape the music that moves us (WIPO, 2025).

Feel the Beat of IP!

Join us as we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day 2025 with the theme “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP.” Discover how IP rights empower creators and shape the music that moves us.

 Date: 23 April 2025
Time: 09:00 – 15:00
Venue: InnUvation Junction, 39 Plantation Road, Auckland Park

 Ready to showcase your creativity? Enter the IP + Music competition here:
👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vdgDa4e7QpygKJeA4O-tCAUibQrsKIi/view?usp=drive_link

RSVP now to secure your spot:
https://forms.office.com/r/j9U9AGNRnN

April 23, 2025

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