Although counterfeits convey status to others, they also mean that the wearers are pretending to be something they are not (i.e., wealthy enough to purchase authentic sunglasses).
Although detecting counterfeit goods is a more recent addition (a year ago) to Red Points' system, Urquizu says it's already making up about half its business (with copyright actions the other half) so she says it expects this to be a big growth area.
Although much counterfeit drug trade occurs in the unregulated market of unofficial drug vendors, especially in developing countries, counterfeit drugs are also found extensively in licensed pharmacies.
Although some of the counterfeit parts were already in use when the fraud was discovered, metallurgical testing revealed that they were not substantially weaker than the proper bearings.
Investigators said they seized more than $2 million worth of counterfeit goods, although that was an almost arbitrary number, based on the prices of the counterfeits, a number that can greatly vary from one back room or one customer to the next.
For instance a counterfeit pill, although orange and smooth and imprinted just like a real one if one were to just look at it, will likely appear totally different at the micro level: textures and structures with a very distinct pattern, or at least distinct from the real thing — not to mention a spectral signature that's probably way different.
WHO has proactively tried to establish international norms regulating pharmaceuticals and addressing the trafficking of counterfeit products, although the result has been less than fully successful.
Although the study is devoted to authentic and counterfeit tablet inspection, the DOE-based glossmeters can be used for industrial inspection of surface quality of authentic tablet products.
No counterfeit packages of established legal brands were observed, although it is possible that illicit packages for these brands successfully reproduced all legal criteria.
