Electronics & Industrial

• Beats suing Chinese retailers for fake headphones

  16-Jul-14 - Headphone company Beats is suing a number of Chinese e-stores for selling counterfeit versions of its products.

• More reports of iPhone 6 fakes

  15-Jul-14 - Such is the demand for the new iPhone 6 that counterfeiters are selling knock-offs even before Apple has launched its device.

• Amazon sued by retailer over counterfeit allegations

  08-Jul-14 - Amazon and Apple are facing a legal challenge from an electronics retailer accused of selling counterfeit goods.

• Armed thieves in Brazil steal Samsung tablets, phones

  08-Jul-14 - Armed robbers who raided a Samsung factory in São Paulo state, Brazil, make off with $6m-worth of goods.

• Anti-counterfeit tech developed for 3D-printed objects

  01-Jul-14 - Products made by 3D printing can be protected from counterfeiting using a nanoscale marker technology.

• Three arrests in counterfeit car paint investigation

  28-Jun-14 - Three men have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of involvement in supplying counterfeit 3M brand car paint.

• Corelis launches semiconductor validation tool

  25-Jun-14 - Corelis has launched a new tool - called the JTAG Interrogator - that can be used to identify counterfeit semiconductors.

• Radiopaque unveils X-ray visible bar codes

  02-Jun-14 - Radiopaque Solutions has developed an X-ray technology that can be used to mark and code electronic components.

• California firm sold counterfeit Samsung, Blackberry phones

  20-May-14 - Retailer is cited by US federal authorities for importing and marketing fake Samsung and Blackberry smartphones.

• New chief executive joins Verify Brand

  15-Apr-14 - Verify Brand has named Michael Howe as its new CEO, taking over from David Dillon who will remain chairman of the firm.

• Technology fights hacking of manufacturing data

  18-Mar-14 - Researchers in Germany are trying to close a security breach that allows industrial IP to be stolen from manufacturing data.

• Anti-counterfeit technology: news in brief

  09-Mar-14 - Rigaku's handheld analyser, security polymers from Celanese, an award for Schreiner plus authentication start-up Asly.

• US gov't seeks counterfeit chip detector

  06-Mar-14 - The US is asking engineers to develop a microscopic-sized component that could be used to identify fake electronic parts.

• APDN says marking contracts for military electronics reach 28

  28-Feb-14 - Applied DNA Sciences started the year with 28 contracts in place for DNA-marking of components used by the DLA.

• Combatting counterfeits with light: focus on Visualant

  25-Feb-14 - A light-based authentication technology developed by Visualant is on the brink of becoming commercialised.

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