Here’s a brief excerpt of a post by Terrica Carrington that was published on IPWatchdog.

CPIP went against the grain with this conference, and showed us, bit by bit, what our world might look like today without intellectual property rights. Music wouldn’t sound the same. Movies wouldn’t look the same. You wouldn’t be reading this on your smartphone or have access to the cutting-edge biopharma and healthcare products that you rely on. And some of our greatest artists and inventors might be so busy trying to make ends meet that they would never create the amazing artistic works and inventions that we all enjoy. In short, CPIP explored how intellectual property rights work together as a platform that enables us to innovate, share, and collaborate across industries to develop incredible new products and services at an astounding rate.

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