Counterfeiting is big business. Globally, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and European Union( EU)’s Intellectual Property Office estimate that counterfeit goods ...

Researchers, led by New York University, have developed a new method based on machine-learning algorithms to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit versions of the same product. Such technology ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1,000 counterfeit point of sale machines, commonly referred to as registers, at the Canadian border last month. Officers “targeted” three ...

It's terrifyingly easy to just make stuff up online these days, such is life in the post-truth era. But recent advancements in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) have compounded ...

Many fashionistas may be confident they can tell the difference between a real Louis Vuitton purse and a fake one, but in reality, it is not always so simple. The differences often require a close ...

Counterfeit parts are prevalent in military and aerospace applications, where design engineers often have an incentive to specify mature components which have performed well in the past. If the ...

Medical device manufacturers using plasma etchers and plasma surface-preparation systems in Asia should be aware of counterfeit machines being sold in the region. The machines bear the name Plasma ...

Honest mistakes spec'ing bearings happen occasionally and are generally remedied by the responsible party. However, some unscrupulous distributors and dealers blatantly offer counterfeit-bearing ...

(BCN) — Police in Santa Rosa on Tuesday seized a suspected pill-pressing machine from a man accused of distributing large quantities of counterfeit pills. Santa Rosa investigators began looking into a ...

Federal border patrol agents seized more than a thousand counterfeit point of sale machines. The machines were seized at the International Falls Port of Entry in Minnesota on April 25 and they were ...