World IP Day 2026 - IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate!
England v India, 2025 First Test, Headingly, Leeds © 2025 Jane Elizabeth Lambert, all rights reserved Jane Lambert World Intellectual Property Day is an interntational celebration of the laws that protect investment in branding , design , technology and creativity . It takes place on or around 26 April which is the anniversary of the WIPO Convention's entry into force. Each year the celebrations focus on a theme. The theme for 2026 will be IP and Sports - Ready, Set, Innovate . The Menai Science Park ("M-SParc") on Anglesey has contributed significantly to Wales's celebrations of World Intellectual Property Day every year since 2019. Sports related businesses based at the science park include Pelly which offers information systems and services to football club managers and Haia Communications Ltd , which provides a platform for e-sports. The organizers of this year's celebrations will be Lois Bevan Shaw and Steff Thoma...