According to the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, Counterfeit products are defined as any product with an unauthorized representation of the brand of the manufacturer or the company. Examples of products that are counterfeit prescription and over-the-counter medicines, clothes, credit cards, watches, pacemakers and mechanical engineering and automotive parts. Because counterfeit products are often of sub-standard quality are, there are potential security risks that could cause personalPersonal injury and economic loss.
According to the understanding of what they are, it is also important to know how counterfeit products enter the market. The most common is the entrance into the supply chain across the entrance to the Point of Sale, best described as a transit of counterfeit products into the stores. This usually happens when entering the shipment of large areas of import, and are easy for an insider to be working for a group of organized crime replaced. Another approach is to "sell street" rule of thumb is that ifsomeone is standing on the street selling high value products, it is either stolen or counterfeited. This type of counterfeit currency is supported in general by organized crime as well. There were also cases where companies purchase order directly from the companies that make the counterfeiters, although this is not done on purpose or are known in advance, there is a problem. There are large numbers of lawyers who are now learning in this field to help companies, how they protect their well from such thingshappens. But I think there is still a need for a special way to protect consumers.
Let us imagine a hypothetical situation. It's Christmas Eve and you and the family are just going to bed. All of a sudden the smoke alarm goes off in your house. They rush to find what is the cause, you know that you are all over, even the Christmas tree. What about the children, what you should do, you can stop the fire, somebody call the fire department, and not someonethe children. Now, after all the confusion settles down, and you are recovering from the shock goes, the fire inspector to the extension cable to keep you for the Christmas tree. You start to wonder why he was interested in your extension. They know that it was turned off. He then shows you that the cable was the cause of the fire, and you are surprised at this. The first thing that comes to mind is the rage, how could this happen? I bought it at a normal hardware store.
The next morningyou get in the car, drive to the hardware store and complain because the manager looks at you and tells you that it is somehow reversed during the movement of counterfeit electrical cables. Large, the damage is already done. Not only that you crazy in the shop for the sale of counterfeit goods, you are not crazy to know yourself the difference. They are usually in the company that produces the cable crazy, and has a safety mechanism in place to prevent this. But, as in 90% ofSituations, this method did not, or is an insider, that the bad products will be helped in circulation. In the picture you see a string produced by the supplier, and one of the counterfeiters. How can you tell the difference, which involved the security mechanism to protect me to the consumer, how can this be prevented?
Now, after this blatant example of this, we must also look at places like the Canal St. in New York. Tourist travel there to buy only things like fake designer handbags, fakeLuxury watches, and everything is a fake. There are many arguments as to why this is happening, and if everyone know why they did nothing? This is an entirely different debate.
I believe that to ensure the responsible consumer benefit any type of check and balance system to ensure the safety of the family and his personal property. But then again, sometimes it's the same person who supplied the fake Rolex, perhaps a T-shirt from his favorite team on the way to buy the game from aStreet vendors, or even that fake designer handbag for his wife. It is very difficult for human behavior in such a situation to understand, on the one hand responsibility over to the other irresponsible. Sometimes, people need about the fact that buying that fake Rolex, such as organized crime can reflect the production of electrical cord financing. It's overwhelming to think that people think, especially counterfeit currency is a crime that relates to the production, so who cares, until the fatal impact.
Mostpeople hear reports about counterfeit medications, watches and handbags. Every now and then you also hear about the fake goods from various lifestyle manufactures, such as Nike, Puma, etc. However, what people do not realize that perhaps the new brake shoes you just had put in your car are counterfeit, which either could catch fire or can fail. Everything can be counterfeited, though the most popular are the consumer's goods. Just imagine you baby food is counterfeit, power Cable, games for children, clothing, telephones, mobile phones and consumer electronics. This is a scary thought as we sit back and think about it.
Of course, there are areas favored, as I mentioned earlier. The worst part is the things that we do not think about every day. There are elements such as ball bearings, which could be used in various items that affect our daily lives. It could be things such as brake pads, electronic parts in products such as cars, computers,TV, Electronic Games for Kids. Your imagination knows no limits to what can be forged. Imagine phone cards, maps, DVDs and computer games. Items that will not hurt, but it will surly impact of your wallet. There are many things in these markets, such as downloading movies at places like MovieCapital.com has been done, that a name comes to mind. In today's market there is still not a safe way to ensure consumer protection. Which I discuss in the next section, andcommonly used methods.
There are some very common methods of prevention help you have heard most people. The most common is the hologram. This is used for many items such as clothing, shoes, games and much more. The hologram is pretty safe, but the consumer must be aware and look at it. A hologram is fake, and put on the fake goods. Of course, most people do not care about the quality of the hologram. You have to see easily andassume that it is a certified product.
Another common method is the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). This is a tag that is placed in the article, maybe the packaging, perhaps in the item itself or on the label or price tag. I'm sure these people have seen, and think this is an anti-theft mechanism. I thought so too, until I became more educated on the forgery market. I (a small picture of a used by WalMart, so you have a better placeUnderstanding of what an RFID tag). This technology is also a good way of checking the authenticity, but it is expensive for shop owners and supply chain. It is not also give the consumer a guarantee that the product really is. I was recently in the Czech Republic. There they have a lot of "bazaar", where you go search by brand name items, but everything is wrong or faked. It is similar to Canal St. in NYC. I have a pair of Nike sneakers thatis a forgery, and they even had an RFID tag on the inside of the box. Of course, any RFID scanner which would not have recognized, but it is a great way for customs officials to assume that there is a right product by virtue of that day, and not every officer has a scanner.
Finally, I will talk about the 2D encoding. This is the little square that you can only find on packaging today. It looks like a misprint bar code, only a small square with black dots in it. This is an effectiveGood way to avoid false entry into the market, but this is more an advantage for manufacturing, to ensure that they make money off of the goods they ship. Again, this is not a guarantee for the consumer, as most not with a 2D code readers at home.
Well, this sum up, we must look at the bigger picture. Many companies are doing things to avoid "aid" to such activities, but they did not verify the consumer the opportunity to check the authenticity ofthemselves.
The companies are implementing various methods to prevent this, by the costs of various technologies) is very small in contrast to the risk sued for defective products (eg drugs. Now, in today's world, it must be a way to exercise against such activities. However, you have to look at the "big picture" to. Many companies are working with various departments in order to prevent forged or Brand Protection Manager. They are actively preventing the search for ways to do this, butIn my opinion, would never put on technology that consumers have full control, would be to authenticate the items. This would be a danger to the safety of the workplace. You need to think about the teams of lawyers, researchers, and managers who are involved in such groups.
It was generally accepted that a certain amount of counterfeit products will be to secure jobs for these people should ensure. There are also many arguments about the sale of items to help police tract terrorism,also financed by such illegal activities. Some companies even accept the small quantity of counterfeit mark as a recognition (which should now launch a debate to take place). Even here, what you really read my mind. I've heard hundreds of arguments for and against my beliefs. I think until one or two companies will authorize the initiative to the consumer to take their products to authenticate, there is never a guarantee that the product is safe. Currently I am working with a team thatdeveloped such a method that the consumer would be responsible to check for authenticity when you get really interested to learn more about this solution, please let me know (boguns@hotmail.com) are