World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition

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About World IP Day Youth Video Competition

The World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition celebrates the role that music and intellectual property (IP) rights play in our lives. The Competition invites individuals or group participants to submit a 60 to 90-second video that captures the connection between music, IP rights, innovation, and creativity that's shaping our future.

The theme of the Competition is “Tuning in with the music of innovation and creativity”. Think about how IP rights enable innovation and creativity in music. How do IP rights support creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs in the music industry? How is innovation shaping the future of music? Get creative and tune in with the music of innovation and creativity to win great prizes!

Important Dates

• Launch: January 8, 2025, at 9:00 CET
• Submission deadline: March 16, 2025, at 23:59 CET
• Public vote: April 4-14, 2025, at 23:59 CEST
• Winner announcement: April 25, 2025, at 9:00 CEST

• Sponsor Organisation: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Benefits of World IP Day Youth Video Competition

Prizes of the Competition

Exciting prizes await you in the World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition! Unleash your creativity and innovation for a chance to win great prizes that will fuel your passion and help you reach new heights.

• First Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 4,000
• 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 People’s Choice Prize: Digital equipment valued at up to CHF 1,500
• Top 20 entries: The top 20 winning entries will benefit from training opportunities offered by the WIPO Academy.

World IP Day Youth Video Competition Requirements

Who can participate?

Entries can be submitted by individuals or groups of individuals. You may enter one individual entry, or you may join with your friends and submit a group entry, but you cannot do both.

Individual entries must be submitted by individuals aged between 18 and 35 years old at the time application is submitted.

Group entries may include up to 10 participants, with at least one member being no older than 35 years old at the time the application is submitted.

Further details are outlined in the rules [PDF] of the Word IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition.

What kind of videos are they looking for?

They looking for videos that highlight how innovation, creativity, and IP rights are shaping a better future for creators, inventors and entrepreneurs worldwide. Videos may focus on one or more of the following themes:

• Rhythm that inspires: Illustrate how music, creativity, and innovation can transform lives, foster connections, and inspire new possibilities.
• Changemakers: Highlight how artists, musicians, tech innovators, or young entrepreneurs in local communities are leveraging creativity and innovation to shape the future of music and create a global impact.
• Voices for IP: Share stories of individuals advocating for IP rights in the music world, emphasizing how IP rights empower creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to build sustainable careers in the music industry.

What are the requirements for submitting a video

• Your video is in MP4 format and is between 60-90 seconds long.
• Your video does not contain any subtitles or captions.
• Your video may include audio narrative in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
• Your video has not been published previously online, nor recognized and/or won an award in another competition. 
• If your video features background music, you must supply proof of authorization to use such recordings.
• Your video must not violate any copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, industrial designs, distinctive signs, contractual obligations, or any other IP rights, or other proprietary rights of any third party.

Further details are outlined in the rules [PDF] of the Word IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition.

Application Date and Process

How to Participate

1. Submit your video entry before March 16, 2025, 23:59 CET
2. Vote for the People's Choice Prize from April 4-14, even if you didn't submit a video!
3. Tune in for the announcement of the winners on April 25, 2025

Application Deadline

16 March, 2025

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