The Anti-Counterfeiting Blog

After we published our previous blog post Admitting you have an Anti-Counterfeiting Problem, we came across a related article in the Financial Times Counterfeiting: Silence of the brands hides fight against fakes.

The article gives specific examples of brands that consciously choose to say nothing about the widespread and growing counterfeiting of all kinds of goods.

In January 2011 we released CarSure, a currency-level reader that can authenticate documents through glass. CarSure uses InkSure's signature taggant technology, technology that has been protecting high-value documents for over a decade.

We market this reader to suppliers of government documents as a way to improve motor vehicle law enforcement. By giving law enforcement officials the ability to authenticate documents through glass, it is easier to find counterfeit vehicle registration stickers, safety inspection certificates and other documents often attached to the inside of car windows.

We have been told over and over again that governments do not have money for such anti-counterfeiting programs right now. - Several governments in North America and Europe are near-bankruptcy and have no cash to spend on new programs. However we think CarSure or technology like it is needed very badly and could actually help governments generate revenue.

The Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HOMAI) has announced that Manoj Kochar, director of Holoflex has been elected president of the organziation. Congratulations to Manoj Kochar and good luck educating India about the benefits of holograms for anti-counterfeiting as well as other uses.