Ignorance of IP laws would help the developing economy, while hurting the developed economy. Copying is cheap, original invention is expensive, and developed co

Ignorance of IP laws would help the developing economy, while hurting the developed economy. Copying is cheap, original invention is expensive, and developed countries have more to lose. In a somewhat relevant WTO dispute between US and China, "The International Intellectual Property Alliance, a coalition of U.S. entertainment and software industry groups, has claimed piracy in China costs them more than $3.7 billion in lost sales." [1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-wto/china-u-s-trade-barbs-over-wto-piracy-case-idUSTRE52J3T920090320 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-wto/china-u-s-t...