Electronics & Industrial

• UK police smash counterfeit Cisco ring

  07-May-15 - Three men have been arrested in the UK for dealing in an estimated $10m-worth of fake Cisco network products.

• Sennheiser claims victory in fake headphone case

  31-Mar-15 - Sennheiser has secured a conviction against a man who sold €235,000-worth of fake headphones on Amazon.

• Battelle unveils new technology for chip authentication

  30-Mar-15 - Battelle has launched a technology to fight the scourge of counterfeit integrated circuits in the electronics sector.

• Schneider reveals high level of fake electrical goods in Africa

  27-Mar-15 - A survey in 11 African countries has revealed that 40 to 80 per cent of electrical goods in the supply chain are counterfeit.

• Case study: fake cable leaves customer $30,000 out of pocket

  22-Mar-15 - The perils of buying cabling from dubious sources are revealed in a case study from industry body the CCCA.

• Converge meets AS6081 anti-counterfeit standard

  19-Mar-15 - Converge has been certified to AS6081, a standard designed to keep counterfeits out of the electronics supply chain.

• APDN launches in-the-field detector for DNA markers

  09-Mar-15 - Applied DNA Sciences has officially launched its mobile detector technology for its DNA-based security markers.

• Fake Terex cranes from South Korea found

  08-Mar-15 - Crane manufacturer Terex has reported another spate of counterfeiting, this time originating in South Korea.

• People: Sproxil names Indian head

  23-Feb-15 - SMS-based authentication specialist Sproxil has appointed Anand Mehta as head of its operations in India.

• Brief: Helsinki airport a hub for fake smartphones

  17-Feb-15 - Helsinki airport has become a major transit point for counterfeit electronic goods such as smartphones, says customs.

• Wrinkled polymers have anti-counterfeit potential

  16-Feb-15 - Researchers develop a polymer taggant that be made at industrial scale and is claimed to be impossible to copy.

• California duo arraigned on fake electronics charges

  18-Jan-15 - Two men from California have been accused of making and selling $3m in fake iPhones, iPads and other electronics.

• Fire hazard found in fake building materials

  18-Jan-15 - A building materials sampling test has unearthed dangerous fake cables that could cause buildings to catch alight.

• DARPA awards three contracts in anti-counterfeit programme

  15-Jan-15 - DARPA has awarded three contracts to technology suppliers as part of its SHIELD anti-counterfeiting programme.

• Launch of Apple smartwatch soured by fakes

  12-Jan-15 - As Apple gears up to launch its new smartwatch the lamentable yet inevitable tide of fakes has already begun.

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