World Intellectual Property Day 2021, April 26

On April 26th. The World Intellectual Property Organization will highlight how smallbusiness can benefit from intellectual property under the theme " IPs and SMEs

taking your ideas to market.

FORUM:" IPs and SMEs, taking your ideas to market''  World Intellectual Property Day 

World Intellectual Property Day 2021 highlights the key role IP rights play in helping SMEs build stronger, more competitive businesses.

UNESCO's Director-General has welcomed the decision by the United States and many other countries to call for the lifting of patent protection on COVID-19 vaccines. This growing momentum comes in response to the joint appeal made by UNESCO, the WHO and the UNHCR to open up science and boost scientific cooperation. The idea behind Open Science is to allow scientific information, data and outputs to be more widely accessible (Open Access) and more reliably harnessed (Open Data) with the active engagement of all the stakeholders (Open to Society).