Industry Affiliate Partners:
| The
 Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) is a nonpartisan 
nonprofit established in 2016 that raises awareness about the impact of 
IP on people, business and society. CIPU provides outreach to improve 
familiarity with IP rights and promote sharing. It holds events, such as
 the annual IP Awareness Summit®,
 curates IPBasics.org, an information portal, and produces 
‘Understanding IP Matters,’ a critically-acclaimed podcast series that 
has generated more than 10,000 downloads. UIPM enables successful 
creators, entrepreneurs and strategists to share their IP story. For 
more information, visit understandingip.org.  | 
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