anti-counterfeit
Against fake goods
Anti-counterfeit describes measures designed to prevent or detect forgery.
Anti-counterfeit features on currency include watermarks, security threads, and color-shifting ink.
The term applies broadly to authentication systems for documents, products, and digital assets: anti-counterfeit packaging, anti-counterfeit technology in luxury goods.
Confirming genuine identity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- detectionAct of finding something
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
testing · certification · genuine · fake · forgery · replica · knockoff · imitation
3D image from light
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- microprintingMiniaturized printed characters
- RFIDWireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
barcode · QR code · authentication · chip · tag · label · ink · thread
Registered commercial identifier
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
customs · border control · infringement · litigation · legislation · penalties · sanctions · raid
Manufactured medicinal compound
- luxury goodsCostly non-essential purchases
- currencyMedium of exchange
- electronicsStudy of circuits
- automotive partsVehicle mechanical elements
fashion · cosmetics · tobacco · alcohol · spare parts · banknotes · documents · apparel
Verifiable origin and path
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- distributionAllocation across recipients
logistics · gray market · diversion · authorized dealer · wholesale · retail · e-commerce · online marketplace
authentication
Confirming genuine identity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- detectionAct of finding something
- scanningSystematic visual examination
validation · testing · certification · genuine · fake · forgery · replica · knockoff · imitation · pirated
hologram
3D image from light
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- microprintingMiniaturized printed characters
- RFIDWireless identification via electromagnetic fields
serialization · barcode · QR code · authentication · chip · tag · label · ink · thread · tamper-evident
trademark
Registered commercial identifier
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
prosecution · customs · border control · infringement · litigation · legislation · penalties · sanctions · raid · investigation
pharmaceutical
Manufactured medicinal compound
- luxury goodsCostly non-essential purchases
- currencyMedium of exchange
- electronicsStudy of circuits
automotive parts · fashion · cosmetics · tobacco · alcohol · spare parts · banknotes · documents · apparel · handbags
traceability
Verifiable origin and path
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
distribution · logistics · gray market · diversion · authorized dealer · wholesale · retail · e-commerce · online marketplace · fulfillment
- currency manufacturingminting, paper money, banknotes, printing plates, coin press
anti-counterfeitcounterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
fake · fraudulent · forged · bogus · inauthentic
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