EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University has launched the nation’s first comprehensive research and training program designed to address product counterfeiting – which the FBI has called “the crime of the 21st century.”
The counterfeiting of products – from pharmaceuticals to food additives to auto parts – accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars in [...]
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News: MSU Launches First Anti-Counterfeiting Research Program
February 11th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals · FBI · Food and Drug Administration
News: Genetics tapped to protect goods from counterfeiters
January 15th, 2010 No Comments
A New York state-based company has announced it will be adding genetic material to some high-end products.
Applied DNA Sciences, based in Stony Brook, N.Y., said it has reached an agreement to supply a European luxury goods company with DNA markers to protect its products from counterfeiters.
The company said the agreement was for a five-year period. [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · brand integrity · Brand Protection · Luxury Goods · Product Authentication
News: Fake Louis Vuitton Bags Don’t Fool Anyone
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
If you want to tout that fake Louis Vuitton (LVMUY:US) Le Radieux handbag as the real deal, you had better look the part, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher.
People are more likely to identify a designer handbag as authentic if the individual carrying it wears expensive clothes or has a certain aura that [...]
Tags: Counterfeit Goods · Fake Luxury · International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) · knockoffs · Louis Vuitton · MIT
News: Designer Coach gets real serious about fighting fake handbags, accessories in Dallas
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
The fashion police are out, and they’re not looking to bust fashion faux pas.
Coach, known for high-end designer accessories, has launched an aggressive legal blitz on suspected counterfeiters across the nation, most recently targeting a handful of Dallas-area retailers.
The company has filed two civil lawsuits in U.S. district court in Dallas in recent weeks to [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · coach · Counterfeit Goods · Dallas · Fake Luxury · International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) · knockoffs
News: After luxury bags, counterfeit luxury wines
November 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Petrus, Romanee-Conti, Chateau d’Yquem – wines coveted by connoisseurs, and targeted by counterfeiters.
According to French wine professionals, a handful of rare and fine wines face the same threat from fraud as luxury handbags and designer sunglasses.
Trafficking in fake wine has “always existed a little, but it’s definitely amplified with the rising prices of fine wines”, [...]
Tags: auction houses · Bordeaux wines · Chateau d'Yquem · china · Counterfeit Goods · fake wine · Federation des Exportateurs de Vins et Spiritueux de France (FEVS) · France · Petrus · Romanee-Conti
News: Criminals cashing in on fake swine flu medicines
November 4th, 2009 No Comments
European medicine authorities are growing increasingly alarmed by the number of bogus swine flu remedies being sold over the Internet. The news comes as MEPs gear up to debate new rules covering counterfeit medicines.
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is warning that criminal gangs are trying to cash in on the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling [...]
Tags: Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals · European Medicines Agency (EMEA) · fake drugs · H1N1 Virus · Swine Flu
News: EU firms pilot Swedish scheme to stop fake drugs
October 26th, 2009 No Comments
LONDON – European drugmakers said on Tuesday they were piloting an anti-counterfeit coding system in Sweden in a bid to end the risk of fake medicines entering the supply chain.
Drug companies are increasingly concerned about bogus drugs getting into the legitimate distribution system, potentially posing serious health hazards and undermining the reputation of their products.
The [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · counterfeit drugs · EFPIA · European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations · parallel trade · Supply Chain Management · Sweden
News: EU anti-counterfeiting proposals “cannot ignore” internet
October 8th, 2009 No Comments
The European Commission’s proposed directive to clamp down on counterfeit medicines “cannot ignore” the reality that a “huge percentage” of counterfeits are channelled through the internet, says the new rapporteur for the proposal in Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
Maria Matias was speaking at a meeting in Parliament on Making [...]
Tags: Authentication · counterfeit drugs · EU · European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations · internet pharmacies · pharmaceuticals · supply chain
Press Release: MLS Expands Decade-Long Relationship with OpSec Security for Comprehensive Brand Protection
October 1st, 2009 No Comments
Adds to Anti-Counterfeiting Success with Brand Licensing Management
NEW YORK– Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level professional soccer league in the United States, has announced an extension of its longstanding partnership with OpSec Security, the global leader in anti-counterfeiting and brand protection, to acquire expanded services for anti-counterfeiting and brand licensing management.
“OpSec Security has been our [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · brand licensing management · MLS · OpSec Security · Product Authentication
Commentary: OpSec Participates in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Press Conference
February 8th, 2010 No Comments
From Russia, With Security
On my recent trip to Moscow, I expected to marvel at the historical architecture of the city, to be taken back to a different time, but instead I was surprised by the transformation that has occurred over the past few years. It seems Russia is in search of a new identity. While [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · anti-piracy · Goznak Unitary Enterprise · Olympics · Sochi 2014