Two weeks ago, last April 22, the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) celebrated World IP Day 2026 and sent the Open Letter to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). PRA in collaboration with 93 think tanks and advocacy organizations across 42 countries including Minimal Government Thinkers released an open letter commemorating World Intellectual Property Day. The letter, addressed to Director-General Daren Tang of WIPO affirms the coalition’s continued commitment to advancing strong and effective intellectual property rights worldwide—rights that empower creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators alike.
This year, PRA supported WIPO’s World IP Day theme:“IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate.” Sports aren’t just about the game–they intersect with fashion, entertainment, media, health, gaming, and consumer goods. IP, such as patents, designs, trademarks, and copyrights, incentivizes innovation and enables cross-country connections with sport, sparking creativity, technological advancement, and economic growth.
The 3-pages letter plus 11-pages signatory think tanks with their logo and names of heads of organizations is here, https://propertyrightsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/ATR_WIPO_Day_2026_v2.pdf.
Our letter's Conclusion:
On World Intellectual Property Day 2026, we reaffirm the essential role of intellectual property in advancing innovation, economic growth, and cultural vitality worldwide. Across sectors from sports and the creative industries to biopharmaceuticals and emerging technologies, strong IP frameworks enable creators and businesses to invest, collaborate, and deliver innovations that improve lives and connect societies. Intellectual property protections are not merely economic tools; they are foundational to sustainable development, expanded access to life-saving technologies and products, and the preservation of individual liberty and free enterprise. As global innovation accelerates, continued international cooperation remains vital to ensuring that IP systems remain balanced, effective, and inclusive. By safeguarding intellectual property, we empower creators, strengthen economies, and help build a future defined by progress, creativity, and shared prosperity.
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See also:
IPR and Innovation 47, Our Joint Declaration on WHA, May 18, May 21, 2020
IPR and Innovation 48, More medicine access via lower taxes and bureaucracies, November 08, 2020
IPR and Innovation 48, More medicine access via lower taxes and bureaucracies, November 08, 2020
Philip Stevens -- cool, friendly and intelligent, April 28, 2024
BWorld 828, On IPRI 2025, power exchange, and the energy mix, February 08, 2026
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