My previous post was a link to the excellent In-Pharma Technologist blog edited by Nick Taylor. Nick solicited a posting from me back in April, but I could not find it on In-Pharma, so given a 1/2 year grace period, I think its time to post here: Variable Data Printing and Improved Pharma Product Protection...
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10-14-2009
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Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, security, VDP, Track and Trace, authentication, SVDP, mass serialization, image forensics, steganography, counterfeit
Continuing a reinterpretation of Robert Greene’s 1998 landmark, “The 48 Laws of Power”, I turn his Law #4 sideways (applying the law to the fighting of counterfeiting and other forms of fraud) and then turn it upside down (using the laws to create better businesses). Given the definition...
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07-22-2009
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Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Coriolanus, Marcel Duchamp, caloric restriction, Peter Sellers, Louis XIV
The FDA is advocating the addition of chemicals to pharmaceuticals to improve the identification of counterfeits. http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Industry-Drivers/FDA-advocates-food-pigments-and-flavours-to-combat-counterfeits/?c=JiBz%2FX6W897ybeGc6YCjow%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium...
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07-16-2009
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Filed under: security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, pharmaceuticals, Pharma, FDA, counterfeit, Safety GS1, PCIDs, drug formulation
A quick blog today on an HP seizure of a mountain of counterfeit materials. Apologies for the long time between postings...just back from an amazing trip to Ireland for vacation. http://www.ameinfo.com/202085.html "HP Middle East's efforts to protect its customers from counterfeits in the region...
In a continuing interpretation of Robert Greene’s 1998 bestseller, “The 48 Laws of Power” (Penguin Books), I turn it sideways (using the laws to fight counterfeiting and other forms of fraud) and then turn it upside down (using the laws to create better businesses). Today we address...
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06-16-2009
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Filed under: variable data printing, security printing, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, VDP, counterfeit, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Kissinger, Talleyrand, Fouché, Napoleon, Hamlet
In 48 posts on this site, Robert Greene’s modern-day Machiavellian masterpiece on the principles of power, “The 48 Laws of Power” (1998, Penguin Books), is being turned sideways (using the laws to fight counterfeiting and other forms of fraud) and then upside down (using the laws to...
Robert Greene’s eclectic masterpiece on the ethics—or lack thereof—of success, “The 48 Laws of Power”, serves as the stimulus for a set of 48 blogs to come on how to use these laws in fighting fraud (turning his rules sideways) and then using them to create better businesses...
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 unemployed but creative people can find ways to...
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02-28-2009
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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
Can companies afford to wage war against the counterfeiters? That is the question asked by the Financial Times to a set of experts on business and branding: Their answers are at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1958490-dc5a-11dd-b07e-000077b07658.html . It includes insight into why Legos are built where they're...