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Chander S Jeena

4 July 2024

3 min read

New Bills And Regulations

Differentiating between AI and ‘real’ content in California, the EU adopts a new product sustainability rule, and the US Federal Communications Commission votes to create a cybersecurity labelling programme for IoT devices.

Brand Protection

Chander S Jeena

13 June 2024

2 min read

Macau Common Crime – Counterfeit Casino Chips

Macau is facing the common crime of counterfeit casino chips. In the latest incident, police arrested five men for defrauding a casino using 585 counterfeit chips. Each chip was marked with a denomination of HK$10,000 ($1,280), tricking the casino out of at least HK$1.8 million.

Brand Protection

Nicola Sudan

14 May 2024

1 min read

US Post Office Loses $150 Million in Counterfeit Stamps

A woman from California, USA, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $150 million in a counterfeit postage scam in Los Angeles.

Brand Protection

Chander S Jeena

21 March 2024

3 min read

Decoding Georgia Bills - No to QR Codes Yes to Watermark

While they say no to barcodes, Georgia voters could see a watermark on their ballot beginning in November, a move Republican supporters said would assure citizens that their ballots are authentic.

Brand Protection

Chander S Jeena

24 Jan. 2024

4 min read

Election, Democracy, and Authentication

2024 promises to be an exciting year for the authentication industry, as seven of the world's ten biggest countries will be voting in national elections.

Brand Protection

Nicola Sudan

13 Dec. 2023

3 min read

A New Career – Smuggling of AI Chips

An online recruitment ad in China recently garnered a lot of attention by announcing that couriers were needed to smuggle semiconductor chips, 5kg at a time, into China, with the chips having been illegally rerouted from the US.

Brand Protection

Nicola Sudan

31 Oct. 2023

4 min read

Only 40% of Brands Use Authentication Features, Survey Reveals

Anti-counterfeiting efforts have become a cost of doing business; brands are outsourcing their anti-counterfeiting activities to professional advisors, law firms, investigators, and technology companies; and only 40% of brands are actually using authentication features.

Brand Protection

Chander S Jeena

28 Sept. 2023

2 min read

US Patent Office Collects Valuable Insights on Preventing Counterfeiting and Piracy

In May, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invited feedback from stakeholders on current and future strategies to prevent counterfeiting and piracy.

Brand Protection

Astrid Mitchell

4 Jan. 2023

3 min read

Using Translation as a Tool to Protect Your Brand

In the August edition of Authentication & Brand News™ we looked at how revisions to China’s trademark laws are offering greater protection to foreign brands.

Brand Protection

Francis Tuffy

9 Dec. 2022

3 min read

Meta Gets Serious on Product Authentication

Reconnaissance has previously reported on the role of brand protection in building and policing the metaverse. Now Meta, the company that is literally betting its future on the success of the metaverse as a virtual retail store, is taking steps to protect brands’ metaverse presence.

Brand Protection

Nicola Sudan

23 March 2022

2 min read

EU Launches €47 Million Fund to Protect SME Intellectual Property

In January, the European Commission and European Union Intellectual Property Office launched the new EU SME Fund, which offers vouchers for EU-based SMEs to help them protect their intellectual property rights.

Brand Protection

Nicola Sudan

23 March 2022

2 min read

Meta’s Social Media Sites an ‘Empire’ for Counterfeiters

Meta’s top social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have become enormously successful e-commerce channels, and the counterfeiters have followed the money, says a new report by Ghostdata.

Brand Protection

Latest News

New Bills And Regulations

Macau Common Crime – Counterfeit Casino Chips

US Post Office Loses $150 Million in Counterfeit Stamps

Decoding Georgia Bills - No to QR Codes Yes to Watermark

Election, Democracy, and Authentication

A New Career – Smuggling of AI Chips

Only 40% of Brands Use Authentication Features, Survey Reveals

US Patent Office Collects Valuable Insights on Preventing Counterfeiting and Piracy

Using Translation as a Tool to Protect Your Brand

Meta Gets Serious on Product Authentication

EU Launches €47 Million Fund to Protect SME Intellectual Property

Meta’s Social Media Sites an ‘Empire’ for Counterfeiters

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