World IP Day in Pictures

• Author: Sylvie Castonguay
• Position: WIPO Magazine Editorial Team, Communications and Public Outreach Division

Stamping down on pirate DVDs and CDs in New Delhi! Indian filmmaker Bobby Bedi and other representatives of India's entertainment industry took their anti-piracy fight from the streets of Delhi to Capital Hill, demanding respect of their IP rights on US territory.

Mouthwatering posters of sugary candy tempted passers-by - young and old - to come in and visit the Hellenic Trademark Office in Athens, Greece.

WIPO's 2008 IP Day mascot starred in its own webcast animation. The figure caught the popular imagination and featured prominently in many posters and websites.

The gateway to IP Day activities on the homepage of the UK Intellectual Property Office's website.

The Ghana Anti-Counterfeiting Project distributed car bumper stickers. A campaign led by Ghana's Food and Drugs Board, Mr. Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko, warning consumers to look out for fake foodstuffs and medicines and report them to the police, received wide press coverage.

Sakpatenti, Georgia's national IP center, designed a postcard and sent it to inventors and creators in over 200 different fields of activity all over the country.

IP Australia organized activities ranging from innovation showcases and seminars for small businesses, a paper plane design competition for schoolchildren and a national newspaper competition for readers.

The Turkish Patent Institute targeted primary school children with a Now is Thinking Time exhibition, and opened a display of projects created by students in their Technology and Design classes - part of the regular school curriculum.

Major rights holders associations, such as the International Trademark Association (INTA), encouraged their members to observe IP Day by organizing information events for their employees and clients.

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