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5th Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting

Reconnaissance International's 5th Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting is being held in Miami 24-26 February 2010. Details on the event, including submitting a paper and information on the sponsors, is available at: http://www.regonline...

Published 08-02-2009 4:32 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, Graphics of the Americas, Miami, Reconnaissance International, Miami Beach

HP seizes 818,000 fake cartridges in Middle East, Q1 2009

"HP has confiscated 818,000 counterfeit printer cartridges from outlets in the Middle East in the first quarter of 2009": http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2009/4/pages/15042009/04162009_4c79bcc2b0724e96a490ba5e574a3c5a.aspx This constitutes...

Published 04-27-2009 3:16 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, brand protection, HP inks, Middle East, Ink Cartridges

Where in the World is the Counterfeiting?

In-Pharma Technologist has an answer to that query. In the form of an interactive (Google) map, to be sure. Find out more about counterfeit-related events, legislation, education, technologies, investigations using the interactive map at: http://www.in...

Published 04-07-2009 4:52 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, brand protection, globalization, seizures, legislation, arrests, Google map

Who is responsible for eBay fakes?

The big Internet auction site, eBay, claims it "has delisted millions of items and suspended tens of thousands of seller accounts last year". Tiffany, however, is suing eBay, claiming they do not adequately police their own site. A good summary...

Published 04-01-2009 8:52 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, brand protection, EBay, Counterfeits, AliBaba.com, Web fraud, AliBaba, eBay.com

HP Anti-Counterfeiting Site

Those of you interested in seeing how a big brand (in this case, HP) advertizes its anti-counterfeiting overt deterrence, please take a look at: http://www.hp.com/sbso/product/supplies/whybuy_fraud.html?jumpid=ex_R295_go/anticounterfeit/supplies Please...

Published 03-09-2009 12:30 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, brand name, copy prevention, tamper-evidence, unique ID, HP, HP inks, anti-copy, HP toners

Price too good to be true? Then indeed it is...

I have spent the last two days at the Brand Protection conference here at the Graphics of the Americas ( http://www.graphicsoftheamericas.com/conferences/bpc.html ). With the world's economy in a tailspin, there have been numerous discussions of how...

Published 02-28-2009 3:28 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, EBay, theft, fraud, safety, counterfeit, Graphics of the Americas, Craigslist, Brand Protection Graphics of the Americas, Yahoo, retail

Stocking Stuffers II: Security Printing Acronyms and Getting Started

[Another whitepaper length summary of some related articles from this year's blog] PRACTICE Good Anti-Counterfeiting Techniques I have previously remarked that the approaches to counter counterfeiting depend on the relative mix of addressable and...

Published 12-30-2008 4:56 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, variable data printing, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, brand name, VDP, security VDP, printing, security deterrent, anagram, Security Variable Data Printing, safety

Can't be counterfeited? Watch me...

Michael McDonald, a branding expert at HP, pointed out this WSJ article on the "watch that can't be counterfeited": http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122411896958338969.html?mod=dist_smartbrief Let's spot a couple of questionable aspects...

Published 10-22-2008 4:49 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, brand protection, brand name, authentication, microtext, invisible inks, Vacheron, laser performations, Quai de I'lle, Wall Street Journal, watch

Are you PRO-IP? Now the US Is

The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2007 was signed by US President Bush 13 October 2008. The full text of the act can be read at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_reports&docid...

Published 10-17-2008 4:53 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, EFF, PRO-IP, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, IP

A Consideration of Processes

Recent blogs have focused on how deterrent technologies can be used to support the ecosystem required to provide strong brand protection and anti-counterfeiting. That ecosystem involves the PRACTICE mnemonic: P is for Plan, R is for Research, A is for...

Published 08-25-2008 6:53 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, deterrents, investigate, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, forensics, SVDP, image forensics

EBay Louis Vuitton Suit a Tipping Point in Public Awareness?

A quick blog tonight, which is really no more than a comment on the recent $63 million payment ordered by a French Court ( http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/01/154231&from=rss ) accusing EBay of "1) illegally allow[ing] legitimately...

Published 07-13-2008 7:07 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, brand protection, Lawsuit, brand security, LVMH, Public awareness, EBay, Louis Vuitton

High and dry

Hiking in the mountains above the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, I saw the dead tree shown in the photo below... I was interested in how the tree had died. Was it too high on the mountain? Was the ground beneath it too porous to hold water during the growing...

Published 07-12-2008 6:37 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, variable data printing, security printing, security, brand protection, Supply Chain, value chain, Cape Cod, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Pine beetle, VDP

The Price of Oil, Part 2

Yesterday's blog focused on three reasons--the most important of which for this blog is counterfeiting and related fraud--why outsourcing to disengaged, unaffiliated third parties may be disastrous to your brand long-term. Today's brief addendum...

Published 07-06-2008 7:49 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, brand protection, Outsourcing, brand name, oil price

The Price of Oil May Swing the Outsourcing Pendulum

I once met the Dalai Lama. I was in Bangalore (now Bengaluru) for work and he walked into the hotel lobby where I was meeting with some colleagues. I got out of my chair and turned around to leave for another meeting, when he and his entourage were walking...

Published 07-05-2008 7:35 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, brand protection, Outsourcing, Dalai Lama, fuel costs, petroleum, Bangalore, oil price, shipping, Flat Earth, energy costs

How to pay counterfeiters to steal your business

Guido De Terenza here to complete my guest stint on this blog. And, again, here to thank those manufacturers out there who not only aren't stopping counterfeiting, but they're paying me to counterfeit their products. Let's call this blog Counterfeit...

Published 06-11-2008 3:02 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, investigate, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection

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