World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is on Friday, April 26, 2024: can someone pls tell me the importance of "intellectual property" in this present globalisation

Friday, April 26, 2024 is World Intellectual Property Day 2024. World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 26 April. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe".April 26th was chosen as the date for World Intellectual Property Day because it coincides with the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970.

World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 26 April. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe".April 26th was chosen as the date for World Intellectual Property Day because it coincides with the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970.

The other answer sort of has it. Intellectual property is a bigger issue these days because with the advancement in technology, products have changed. Products, take music and movies for example, are shifting to become increasingly digital. On the surface, this can be good for suppliers; digital products reduce the marginal cost of a good to next to nothing. Think about iTunes. How much do you think it *costs* iTunes for a consumer to buy and download a song, from a direct-supply standpoint? Maybe a penny.

The problem with digital products, however, is that since the product is just code on a computer, it is very easy to copy that code, duplicating the product, and distributing it to other people. These third parties are thus getting the exact product, usually, without paying anything to the supplier. The biggest impact of this sharing is that the company loses a potential sale; it is not often that someone who has illegally downloaded a music CD, or had a friend burn one for them, will go out and buy the real version after, despite what some people claim. The other answer seemed to suggest that illegal bootlegging and selling is the worst violation of intellectual property rights, but I don't think that's really the case.

All in all, the big reason why intellectual property has become more important these past years is that the ability to violate it has become increasingly possible and easy. Also, since any original laws protecting intellectual property were written before the digital age came around, there are many loopholes in the law that make it difficult for prosecutors to crack down on violators.

A brief answer, but I hope that helps.

List of World days...Someone?

January 1 New Year's Day (New Year's Day)

February 2 World Wetlands Day (World Wetlands Day)

February 14 Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day)

March 3 on the ears of the love

March 5 young volunteers on service

March 8 International Women's Day (International Women 'Day)

March 9, Mother River Protection

March 12 Arbor Day in China (China Arbor Day)

White Day on March 14 (White Day)

March 14, the International Police (International Policemen 'Day)

March 15, the interests of consumers the world (World Consumer Right Day)

March 21, the world's forests (World Forest Day)

March 21 World Sleep Day (World Sleep Day)

March 22 World Water Day (World Water Day)

March 23 World Meteorological Day (World Meteorological Day)

March 24 of the World TB Day (World Tuberculosis Day)

April 1 April Fool's Day (April Fools' Day)

April 5 Ching Ming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day)

April 7 World Health Day (World Health Day)

April 22 World Earth Day (World Earth Day)

April 26 World Intellectual Property Day (World Intellectual Property Day)

May 1 International Labor Day (International Labour Day)

May 3 World Asthma Day (World Asthma Day)

May 4th Youth Day in China (Chinese Youth Day)

May 8 World Red Cross Day (World Red-Cross Day)

May 12 international Hu Shijie (International Nurse Day)

May 15 International Day of Families (International Family Day)

May 17 World Telecommunications Day (World Telecommunications Day)

May 20, the National Student Nutrition

May 23, the international milk (International Milk Day)

May 31 World No Tobacco Day (World No-Smoking Day)

June 1 International Children's Day (International Children's Day)

June 5 World Environment Day (International Environment Day)

June 6 eye on the love

June 17 World to Combat Desertification and Drought on the (World Day to combat desertification)

June 23, the International Olympic (International Olympic Day)

June 25th National Land Day

June 26 International Anti-Drug Day (International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking)

July 1, the birth of China GCD (Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party)

July 1, the international construction (International Architecture Day)

July 7 anniversary of the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japan

July 11 World Population Day (World Population Day)

August 1 Army Day Chinese People's Liberation Army (Army Day)

August 12th International Youth Day (International Youth Day)

September 8 International Literacy Day (International Anti-illiteracy Day)

September 10 China's Teacher's Day (Teacher's Day)

September 16, the Chinese brain health

September 16, the International Ozone Layer Protection (International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer)

September 20 National Love Teeth Day

September 21 ceasefire on the world (World Cease-fire Day)

September 27 World Tourism Day (World Tourism Day)

People's Republic of China on October 1 National Day (National Day)

October 1 International Music Day (International Music Day)

October 1 International Day of Older Persons (International Day of Older Persons)

October 4 World Animal Day (World Animal Day)

October 5 World Teachers Day (World Teachers' Day) (UNESCO established)

October 8, the National Hypertension

October 9 World Post Day (World Post Day)

October 10 World Mental Health Day (World Mental Health Day)

October 14th World Standards Day (World Standards Day)

October 15 the International Blind Festival (International Day of the Blind)

October 15 World Rural Women's Day (World Rural Women's Day)

October 16th World Food Day (World Food Day)

October 17 on international poverty eradication (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)

October 24 United Nations Day (United Nations Day)

October 24 World Development Information Day (World Development Information Day)

October 28, the Chinese men's health

October 29 the International Day for Biological Diversity (International Biodiversity Day)

October 31 Halloween (Halloween)

November 8 Chinese reporters Festival

November 9 publicity on fire

November 14 World Diabetes Day (World Diabetes Day)

November 17 International University Festival

November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (International Day For the elimination of Violence against Women)

December 1 World AIDS Day (World AIDS Day)

December 3 World Day of Disabled Persons (World Disabled Day)

December 4, the legal system propaganda

December 9, the world soccer (World Football Day)

December 25 Christmas (Christmas Day)

December 29 the International Day for Biological Diversity (International Biological Diversity Day)

January last Sunday, the International Leprosy Day

March last full week Monday on safety education in primary and secondary school students

Full moon after the spring equinox the first Easter Sunday (Easter Monday) (possible that the March 22-4 on day 25 of the day

Is intellectual property theft still a widespread problem?

yes, around the world.

look at music and other file sharing, just look on here for the uncertainty about if something is or isn't a violation asked dozens of times a day, on this forum/topic alone.

look at the increase in patent protection costs, trademark appropriation, and so forth.

this is one of the biggest issues of our time, to be dealt with in the post-industrial economy that starts on January 20th, 2009.

edit - freyr's answer above mine is total nonsense. copyright laws have existed for eons. In the US, the reason for them is clearly stated in the Constitution, and echoed in worldwide treaties.

Usually the argument he mentions about Shakespeare uses Disney as an example. Disney used material in the public domain. Freyr doesn't even bother to assert the what Shakespeare used was not in the public domain, nor does he cite the basis of his claims. Ideas, plots, and those sorts of matters have never been subject to copyright, only a specific instance of them. So ignore his rantings ans poorly thought out.