Without actually performing sophisticated chemical or spectral analyses, the counterfeits may be virtually impossible to identify.
The opinion indicates that Amazon is having some difficulty keeping counterfeits off its site.
FORBES: Amazon.com's Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts Blessed by California Appellate Court
Manufacturers routinely make unreasonable demands on e-commerce websites to do more to police against counterfeits.
FORBES: Amazon.com's Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts Blessed by California Appellate Court
This virtually eliminates counterfeits, and ensures that the health system has the low-cost, high-quality drugs it needs.
For many collectibles, whether baseball memorabilia, vintage designer handbags, antiques, or minerals, counterfeits are rampant.
FORBES: Bill Koch's Bad Trip With Counterfeit Wine Is Cautionary Tale For Collectors
There was also evidence that Greenberg had acquired wine from dealers whose reputations had been sullied by counterfeits.
FORBES: $12 Million Punitive Damages Award For Bill Koch Will Prolong His Wine Fraud Case
And, other studies suggest, such status-seeking consumers are more likely to buy counterfeits.
The women who thought they were wearing counterfeits lied about those locations more often than those who did not.
But such a system, even if applicable to cigar making in Cuba, would not directly address the threat of deliberate counterfeits.
In the case of Avastin, the discovery of counterfeits has prompted clinics and hospitals in the U.S. to scrutinize their supplies.
One Frankfurt dealer made the mistake of showing a Malskat to Chagall, who was notoriously unable to detect counterfeits of his own work.
FORBES: So You Think You Wouldn't Be Bamboozled By Lothar Malskat's Art Forgeries? [Book Excerpt #2]
But until they do, just like handling counterfeit money, all of us are going to be victimized if you will, by counterfeits and forgers.
Global searches related to counterfeits and replicas experienced a decrease, representing 1.85 percent of total luxury watch searches compared to 4.5 percent last year.
The epilogue reveals that after reading the author's Rolling Stone article, which preceded the book, Williams' teenage son cobbled up some counterfeits of his own.
The project involves turning receipts into scratch tickets that offer cash prizes and give consumers an incentive to make sure they are not given counterfeits.
The Reserve Banks will run the newly deposited cash through highly sophisticated automated machines that count it, detect counterfeits, and destroy bank notes deemed unfit for re-circulation.
Consumers worried (quite rationally) that online firms were fraudsters, or that their credit cards would be abused, or that purchases would get swapped for counterfeits during shipment.
"We have been fighting counterfeits for five years with some result, but now we have officially declared war on counterfeiting, " Mr. Vincent said in a stern voice.
ENGADGET: Sennheiser boasts anti-counterfeit efforts, unveils new authentication technologies
Euro notes will be full of clever security features, but the early stages, when the new money is unfamiliar, will still be a chance to pass counterfeits.
Tiffany's action against eBay concerns the sale of counterfeits.
ECONOMIST: Tiffany's lawsuit threatens eBay's eclectic market
To confuse things, some poorly made counterfeits are made illegally in Cuba itself and sold to tourists (many of whom have their dud purchases taken away by customs police at the airport).
Among the 40 brands analyzed, the demand for replica sport watches is the highest, with Rolex representing 51 percent of the total demand for counterfeits worldwide, followed by Breitling (9 percent) and TAG Heuer (5.3 percent).
In recent years, some of the nation's real-estate developers and even government officials have been churning out detailed counterfeits of the West's greatest architectural hits, from Unesco World Heritage sites to Le Corbusier gems to Manhattan skyscrapers.
In developing regions like Asia and Latin America, counterfeits are a growing concern, as many as 30 percent of the drugs sold there are fake and in India, that number is 20% according to the World Health Organization.
FORBES: PharmaSecure Uses Mobile Device And ID Codes To Take On Counterfeit Drug Problem
Besides the ethical issues in buying counterfeits there are very practical applications: buy a fake Rolex and the worst case scenario for the user is having the time wrong, but go skiing in a faux North Face and you might freeze to death.
FORBES: Golfers Beware: Counterfeit Clubs Proliferate Online
In that same year, counterfeits of the weight-loss drug Alli sold over the Internet contained none of the active ingredient in the real drug but did contain sibutramine, the prescription-strength weight-loss drug Meridia, which has since been removed from the U.S. market because of concerns about cardiac side effects.
应用推荐