Need for industry to adopt a proactive role against pirates

Jack Heslop

doi:10.1117/12.17922

1 April 1990 Need for industry to adopt a proactive role against pirates

Jack Heslop

Proceedings Volume 1210, Optical Security and Anticounterfeiting Systems; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17922
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

How many times has a friend-usually recently returned from a trip to the Far East- shown you the fake Rolex or Cartier wrist-watch purchased for little more than the cost of a meal? If honest, I think our usual reaction is one of: "What a bargain, wish you had bought one for me!" Now imagine you are Sitting in the airliner flying at 10,000 metres, and the passenger sitting next to you reveals that he has just sold fake brake pads or fake wing bolts to the purchasing department of that particular airline. Sounds far fetched - doesn't it? However, in this day and age, such a proposition is perfectly feasible and later I will quote examples of fake products which, quite literally, will make your hair stand on end! Whilst it is always difficult to obtain accurate figures as to the extent of the global trade in counterfeit products, it is conservatively estimated to account for some 5% of world trade, or around $100 billion U.S. per year. Unfortunately, all the indications are that the problem is growing. Today, with all the advances of modern technology, it is all too easy for the Pirate to copy those goods regarded as the "brand leaders" in any particular industry.

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Jack Heslop "Need for industry to adopt a proactive role against pirates", Proc. SPIE 1210, Optical Security and Anticounterfeiting Systems, (1 April 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17922

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