It seems like yesterday that Algeria and China tabled a proposal at the WIPO Assemblies to es?tablish April 26 as World Intellectual Property Day. It was September 2000 and the theme of the first celebration, to take place on April 26, 2001, was "Creating the future today." Despite the short notice for that first celebration, Member States were enthusiastic in their response. Over 50 reported having held events _ from simple open-door days at national intellectual property (IP) offices to full weeks of activities with concerts and gala celebrations to award outstanding inventors and creators.
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