Different yet similar

AIPPI’s 2020 world congress went solely virtual for the first time due to Covid-19. However, laptop screens didn’t prevent lively debate around IP’s hottest topics

Catherine White - Section editor

Covid-19 was understandably one of the main focal points during this year’s International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property’s (AIPPI) 2020 World Congress. Running to find seminar rooms, swiping press passes and the clinking of glasses was a distant but fond memory of the past, as due to the global pandemic’s restrictions on travel bans and social distancing, this year’s event was replaced by virtual networking, online panel sessions, discussions and roundtables.