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World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition

When women enter the IP universe, we accelerate innovation and creativity and everyone’s a winner

The World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition is now closed for submissions!

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an entry to the competition. All video entries will now be judged by the World Intellectual Property Video Competition Team of Judges. If your video is shortlisted, we will notify you by email.

 

Public Vote

Help select the three winners of the World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition from the top 10 short-listed videos, which will be published on the Competition Platform from April 13 to 23. Vote for your favorite videos in this year’s Online Public Vote.

The Online Public Vote will be open from April 13 to 23, 2023.

How to vote:

  • To cast your vote, go to the competition platform and click “vote” for the entries you think deserve to win. You can vote for a total of 5 videos.
  • Share your favorite videos on social media using #WorldIPDay.

Announcement of the winners
Winners will be announced on World Intellectual Property Day, April 26, 2023.

Awards

The winners will receive prizes as follows:

  • First Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 5,000
  • Second Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 3,000
  • Third Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 1,000
  • The top 10 winning videos will benefit from training opportunities offered by the WIPO Academy.

WIPO will purchase the aforementioned digital equipment and will arrange for it to be dispatched to the winners. The shipping costs of the prizes to the top three winners shall be borne by WIPO. Awards are non-transferable. Winners are responsible for the payment of any other prize-related expenses, including taxes in their country. In the event that a winner is unreachable or ineligible, the winner shall forfeit their prize and WIPO reserves the right to offer the prize to any other participant of the Competition.

Video theme

Under the theme “When women enter the IP universe, we accelerate innovation and creativity and everyone’s a winner,” participants are requested to submit a 90-second video that explores the importance of girls and women switching to IP, and how we all benefit from this.

The video may showcase the creativity and innovation of women inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs, highlighting how IP rights can enable women to make an even greater impact on society and the economy, as well as the collective benefits that rise from participation of a greater number of women in innovation and IP ecosystems.

Dates

  • Entry deadline: March 19, 2023 at 23:59 CET.
  • 10 shortlisted videos will be published on the Competition platform on April 13, 2023.
  • The Online Public Vote to select the winners of the Competition will open on April 13, 2023.
  • Online Public Vote closes on April 23, 2023, at 23:59 CET.
  • Winning videos will be announced on April 26, 2023.

Eligibility

  • Participants must be at least 18 years of age to enter the competition.
  • Individual or group entry submissions (up to 10 group members).
  • The video creator holds all the rights to the uploaded video.
  • Your video must not have been previously published online, nor have been recognized and/or awarded in another competition.
  • The video does not violate any copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, industrial designs, distinctive signs, contractual obligations, or any other intellectual property rights, or other proprietary rights of any third party.
  • The video is accompanied by a transcript in any of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition, please contact us at WorldIPDay@wipo.int.

For further information, see the World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition rulesPDF, title goes here.

In case of any doubt, the World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition rules take precedence.

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