And We Quote...
in cra-briefings37 · June 15, 2006
Mankind’s inexhaustible capacity for producing ideas makes us unique. Yet this extraordinary ability is often taken for granted. We hardly notice the countless ideas we generate everyday, or how much of what we value is the fruit of others’ ideas. Labour saving inventions, pleasing designs, lifesaving technologies. Ideas shape our world. They are the raw material on which our future prosperity and heritage depend. This is why it is important to provide environments in which innovative ideas are encouraged and rewarded. This is why intellectual property exists from the words, music and images which move us, the brands which attract us, from bicycle to biofuel, from microchip to mobile phone it all starts with the idea.
— Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General of WIPO
Address on World Intellectual Property Day