World IP Day Youth Video Competition 2025

The World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition celebrates the role that music and intellectual property (IP) rights play in people’s 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 the future.

The Competition is also an opportunity to celebrate the inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and local communities around the world whose innovations, creativity and use of IP rights are transforming the music industry and beyond.

Theme

• The World Intellectual Property Day 2025 Youth Video Competition (Competition) refers to a video competition that is open to participants on the theme of “Tuning in with the music of innovation and creativity.”

Prize Information

• The winners will receive awards as follows:
  • 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.
  • People’s Choice Prize: Digital equipment to the maximum value of CHF 1,500.
  • The producers of the top 20 entries will benefit from training opportunities offered by the WIPO Academy.

Eligibility Criteria

• You or at least one member of the group must be aged between 18 and 35 years old at the time the application is submitted. Participants may be required to provide, upon request, an official document to prove their age.
• You may submit one individual entry, or you may join with your friends and submit a group entry, 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 group aged between 18 and 35 years of age at the time the application is submitted. If you are submitting an entry as a group, you must include the details of all group members on the entry form.
• Employees or agents of WIPO, their close family members and anyone otherwise connected with the organization of the Competition are not eligible.
• If the participant(s) do not comply with one of the requirements contained in the rules, their entry will be withdrawn as ineligible.

Application Requirements

• Your video must be related to the theme “Tuning in with the music of innovation and creativity” and must meet the following conditions:
  • Your video has not been published previously online.
  • The video has not been recognized and/or won an award in another competition.
  • You or your group are the sole author(s) of the video, meaning that it was made by you or your group.
  • You or your group hold all rights in the video and have obtained permission to use any third-party content that it may include. Entries that feature background music must supply proof of authorization to use such recordings.
  • Your video does not include watermarks or any other similar markings.
  • Your video is in MP4 format and is between 60-90 seconds long.
  • Your video does not contain any subtitles or captions.
  • Videos may contain audio narrative in: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
• Your video can explore the following focus areas within the theme “Tuning in with the music of innovation and creativity”:
  • Rhythm that inspires: Show how music, creativity, and innovation can transform lives, foster connections, and inspire new possibilities.
  • Changemakers: Show 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 world of music, highlighting how IP rights empower creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to build sustainable careers in the music industry.
• Participants must declare any Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools used in making their video entry.
• The video must be recorded in a cruelty-free environment without harming or threatening to harm any person, animal, or plant.

For more information, visit WIPO.