World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition (CHF 5,000 prize)

Application Deadline: March 10, 2024, at 23:59 CET.

Take part in the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition and secure a chance to win a top prize up to CHF 5,000 and other prizes. Unleash your creativity in a 60 to 90-second video that showcases how an inventor, creator, entrepreneur, or local community near you is shaping a better future for all with innovation, creativity, and intellectual property (IP) rights. 

The theme of this year’s competition is: With IP, we can dream of a better future, turn our ideas into reality and create a world where everyone thrives.

Requirements

• Entries can be submitted by individuals or groups of individuals. 
• Individual entries must be submitted by individuals aged between 18 and 34 years (i.e. under 35 years of age) on the closing date for entries.
• Group entries may include up to 10 participants, with at least one member aged under 35 on the closing date for entries. Further details are outlined in the rules (PDF) of the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition.

Video requirements

Entries will be:

• Between 60 and 90 seconds.
• In MP4 format.
• Will bear no subtitles/captions.
• May include audio narratives in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish. Audio narratives will be accompanied with a time-coded transcript in the relevant language.

Competition prizes

• 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.
• The People’s Choice Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 2,500.
• The top 20 winning entries will benefit from training opportunities offered by the WIPO Academy.

Timeline:

• Launch of the competition: January 8, 2024.
• Closing date for entries: March 10, 2024, at 23:59 CET.
• Judging process to establish the shortlist of top 20 entries: March 11-19, 2024.
• Judging process to establish the winners: March 20-22, 2024.
• Publication of shortlisted entries on the Competition platform: April 10, 2024.
• Opening of the online public vote to select the winner of the People’s Choice Prize: April 10, 2024.
• Closing of the online public vote: April 21, 2024, at 23:59 CEST.
• Announcement of the winners: April 26, 2024. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 Youth Video Competition