WORLD IP DAY 2024
YOUTH VIDEO COMPETITIONSDGS AND IP FOR OUR COMMON FUTURE

THE RULES

1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. WIPO: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental
Organization and the United Nations specialized agency that serves the world’s innovatorsand creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives
everywhere. WIPO does so by providing services that enable creators, innovators andentrepreneurs to protect and promote their intellectual property (IP) across borders andacting as a forum for addressing cutting-edge IP issues. WIPO’s IP data and information
guide decisionmakers the world over. WIPO’s impact-driven projects and technicalassistance ensure IP benefits everyone, everywhere. WIPO is headquartered in Geneva,Switzerland.
1.2. World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD): In 2000, WIPO's Member States designatedApril 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as WorldIntellectual Property Day with the aim of increasing general understanding of IP. Since
then, World Intellectual Property Day has offered a unique opportunity each year to joinwith others around the globe to consider how IP contributes to the flourishing of music andthe arts and to driving the technological innovation that helps shape our world and build asustainable future.
1.3. Participant(s): The private individual or the group of private individuals that submit an entry
under the present rules (the Rules).
1.4. The Competition platform: The dedicated Competition Platform is accessible via www.wipowipd-2024-video-competition.wipo.int/.
1.5. The Entry: The submitted video and associated documents as outlined at the Competition
web page.

2. PURPOSE
2.1. The World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition (Competition) refers toa video competition that is open to private individuals or groups of private individuals on
the theme of “With IP, we can dream of a better future, turn our ideas into reality andcreate a world where everyone thrives to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).”
2.2 Through the Competition, WIPO aims to raise awareness among young people about the rolethat innovation, creativity, and IP play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) to build our common future. The Competition is also an opportunity to celebrate the1
WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYinventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and local communities around the world whoseinnovations, creativity and use of IP rights are improving people’s lives and safeguarding ourplanet in line with the SDGs.

3. GENERAL
3.1. By entering the Competition, the participant(s) acknowledge that they have read andunderstood these Rules and agree to be bound by them.
3.2. WIPO may amend these Rules at any time. Unless stated otherwise, amendments shalltake effect immediately upon publication of the new Rules on the Competition Platform.
3.3. Entry in the Competition is free of charge.
3.4. Participants’ personal information will be used by WIPO under the Organization’s
Personal Data and Privacy Policy.

4.

ELIGIBILITY
Criteria for eligibility:
4.1. You or at least one member of the group must be aged between 18-34 years old on March10, 2024, the closing date for entries (*). Participants may be required to provide, uponrequest, an official document to prove their age.
4.2. All entries must be received by WIPO by March 10, 2024, at 23:59 (CET).
4.3. You may enter one individual entry, or you may join with your friends and submit a groupentry, but you cannot do both. Only one entry per private individual or group is allowed.
Groups may include a maximum of 10 participants, with at least one member of the groupaged between 18 and 34 years of age. If you are submitting an entry as a group, you must
include the details of all group members on the entry form.
4.4. Employees or agents of WIPO, their close family members and anyone otherwise
connected with the organization of the Competition are not eligible.
4.5. If the participant(s) do not comply with one of the requirements contained in theseRules, their entry will be withdrawn as ineligible.

(*) Under 35 years of age on March 10, 2024.

5.

ENTRY PROCESSIn addition to the eligibility criteria, your entry must meet the following conditions:
5.1 Your video must be related to the theme “With IP, we can dream of a better future, turnour ideas into reality and create a world where everyone thrives,” and must meet thefollowing conditions:5.1.1 Your video has not been published previously online.
5.1.2 The video has not been recognized and/or won an award in another competition.
5.1.3 You or your group are the sole author(s) of the video, meaning that it was made by
you or your group.
5.1.4 You or your group hold all rights in the video (see Section 9) and have obtained
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5.1.5 Your video does not include watermarks or any other similar markings.
5.1.6 Your video is in MP4 format and is between 60-90 seconds long.
5.1.7 Your video does not contain any subtitles or captions.
5.1.8 Videos may contain audio narrative in: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese,
Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
5.1.8 Videos with audio narrative will be accompanied by a time-coded transcript in therelevant language. Videos that are not accompanied by the relevant time-codedtranscript will be deemed ineligible.
5.2 Entrants must declare any Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools used in making their video entry.
5.3 The video must be recorded in a cruelty-free environment without harming or threatening toharm any person, animal, or plant.
5.4 You must submit your entry via the Competition platform by completing all the required
fields on the entry form at: www.wipo-wipd-2024-video-competition.wipo.int/ and uploading
the required documents as indicated on the platform.

6.

ADMISSION/ V O T I N G PROCESS
6.1. WIPO will review your entry to ensure it complies with the present Rules. Entries that
contain content that is infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing,libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or
profane will be rejected. WIPO may decide to remove without previous notice any
entry if the entry does not comply with the present Rules.
6.2. Eligible entries will be judged by the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video
Competition Jury at WIPO to shortlist the top 20 best entries. Videos will be judged
according to their adherence to the theme, expression of theme, originality, creativity,messaging and visual appeal, among others.
6.3. The World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition Jury will include theWIPO Youth Coordinator and other young WIPO colleagues, including WIPO fellows andmembers of the Young Experts Program, as well as the World Intellectual Property Day
Team at WIPO, in Geneva, Switzerland.
6.4. Shortlisted participants will be notified by email. They will be requested to post their videoon their social media platforms using the hashtag #WorldIPDay.
6.5. The shortlisted entries will then be submitted to the World Intellectual Property Day 2024
Youth Video Competition Jury to identify the top three winning entries.
6.6. The shortlisted entries will also be published by WIPO on the Competition platform for thepurposes of an online public vote to select the winner of the People’s Choice Prize. The
entry that attracts the highest number of votes in the online public vote will be declared thewinner of the People’s Choice Prize.
6.7. The winners will be announced on the World Intellectual Property Day web page and will
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be promoted via other relevant digital platforms.
6.8. All decisions of WIPO and the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth VideoCompetition Jury are final.

7.

AWARDS7.1. The winners will receive awards as follows:
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First Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 5,000.
Second Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 3,000.
Third Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 1,000.
People’s Choice Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 2,500.
WIPO will arrange for prizes to be dispatched to the winners.
The producers of the top 20 entries will benefit from training opportunities offered by theWIPO Academy.
Details of these awards will be announced on the Competition platform when the shortlist has
been established.
7.2. Winners will be contacted by email to confirm the address to which the prizes are to bedispatched. Awards are non-transferable to another person. The shipping costs of theprizes for the top three winners and the People’s Choice Prize shall be borne by
WIPO. Winners are responsible for the payment of any other prize-related expenses,
including taxes in their home country. If a winner is unreachable or ineligible, WIPO
reserves the right to offer the prize to the next runner-up.

8. SCHEDULE
WIPO will make its best efforts to follow the Schedule of the Competition as indicatedbelow.
Competition launch
Closing date for entry
Communication to participant of
acceptance of entry
Judging process to establish the shortlist of
top 20 entries
Judging process to establish the winners
Publication of shortlisted entries
on the Competition platform

January 8, 2024
March 10, 2024, 23:59 CETUpon the receipt of the Entry

Opening of the online publicvote to select the winner of thePeople’s Choice Prize
Closing of the online public vote

April 10, 2024

Announcement of the winners

April 26, 2024

March 11-19, 2024
March 20-22, 2024
April 10, 2024

April 21, 2024, 23:59 CEST

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
9.1. The Participant acknowledges, warrants, and represents that the Participant owns all
copyright, and any other right, necessary for the submission of the entry and the grant of thelicense referred to in Clause 9.6, and/or that any appropriate permission was obtained fromthe right holders to the extent that the content of their entry is copyright protected orprotected under any other legislation.
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9.2. The Participant warrants and represents that the entry, and the grant of the license referred
to in Clause 9.6, do 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.
9.3. Each Participant agrees to release and hold WIPO harmless from and against all claims,
expenses and liabilities relating to infringement of any IP rights or any other rights of any
third party arising out of their participation in the Competition and the content of their entry.
9.4. The Participant further warrants and represents that:
9.4.1. The entry does not violate any person's rights of privacy, including but not limited
to, names or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures, alive
or deceased.
9.4.2. The Participant(s) does not attempt to impersonate or impersonate anotherperson or group of people when entering the Competition.
9.4.3. Any individuals identified or identifiable in the video have consented to being
included as shown in the video, for the purpose of entry into the Competition, and thelicense has been granted to WIPO per clause 9.6 below.
9.4.4. All other relevant permissions have been obtained.
9.5. WIPO does not acquire, nor does it claim any copyright ownership rights in the videos.
9.6. By entering the Competition, each Participant hereby grants to WIPO a non-exclusive,
non-commercial, royalty-free, and worldwide license to use, publicly display, exhibit,reproduce, distribute, communicate to the public, broadcast, translate, and store, their
video in any format, medium or form. Any such uses by WIPO shall be solely for thepurpose of its educational, promotional, and capacity-building work as a specialized
agency of the United Nations (the Purpose) and related archive use. WIPO shall not makecommercial use of the entries.
9.7. Participants grant WIPO the same license as that referred to in Clause 9.6 to use theassociated documents as outlined at the competition web page provided the use of those
documents is made in conjunction with the participant’s video and is for the purposes
outlined in Clause 9.6 above.
9.8. WIPO will attribute authorship of the entry to the participant(s). The Participant agrees
and consents that WIPO may use their name and likeness in any communication orpublication or advertising of the Competition and/or the video, without any compensation
or notice.
9.9. WIPO will make reasonable efforts not to compromise the integrity of the video. Nochanges, edits, or alterations will be made to the entry without the prior written consent of
the participant, except for reasonable changes to the video for the medium in which thevideo is used.
9.10 Participants are advised that basic information on copyright is available on theCompetition platform and are encouraged to study that material before submitting theirentry.

10. FINAL PROVISIONS
10.1. No participant is allowed to use the WIPO name or logo on material produced by them,including their videos, without prior written permission from WIPO.
10.2. While WIPO makes every effort to ensure that its Competition platform and online services
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are free of any software virus, it cannot guarantee that they are free from any or all software
viruses. WIPO is not responsible for any loss or damage howsoever caused by the use of its
Competition platform.
10.3. WIPO will not be held responsible for any unauthorized use made by a third party of thevideos.
10.4. WIPO may cancel the Competition at any time without any future obligation.
10.5. Nothing in or relating to these Rules shall be deemed or interpreted as a waiver of any of theprivileges and immunities accorded to WIPO as an international organization and aspecialized agency of the United Nations.
10.6. Any dispute relating to these Rules shall be referred to and finally determined by arbitrationin accordance with the UNCITRAL Rules, then in force. The appointing authority shall be theSecretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The place of arbitration shall beGeneva. The Parties shall be bound by any arbitration award rendered as a result of such
arbitration as the final adjudication of such a dispute.

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