EU and US join forces, launch website, battle piracy.

The new site – the Transatlantic IPR Portal – was devised to help small software and hardware developers protect their intellectual property from counterfeiters. According to the European Commission, international trade in counterfeit and pirated products is approaching an enormous $250 billion annually, and figures of that magnitude demand urgent attention. The IPR Portal is geared toward educating businesses, and users will be advised on their intellectual property rights on both sides of the Atlantic.

For more, see the European Journalism Centre.