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Authentication or Otherwise? Commemorative Column by Ian Lancaster

Anti-Counterfeiting News, Product Protection News, Brand Protection News… these were some of the titles that we dreamed up when we decided to launch Reconnaissance’s second newsletter, as our first, Holography News®, was increasingly reporting the security uses of holograms.

Editorial - February 25, 2025 midnight

2023 – A Year in Headlines

T-shirts, stamps and gold – the new world of authentication; stand- out developments in 2022 and beyond; authenticating everything from fuel to banknotes.

Editorial - December 13, 2023 midnight

Lawyer Up and Head for the Metaverse

Without being able to hold or look at a physical object, or even capture the URL of a webpage, the challenges facing trademark infringement and brand protection are different to authentication in the real world (ITRW).

Editorial - May 30, 2022 midnight

Waste Not, Want Not

You may have noticed that, in the last few issues since the launch of the newly-branded Authentication & Brand News™, there has been something of an emphasis on sustainability. For companies in our sector (indeed, companies in any sector), sustainability, particularly in the environmental sense, is no longer a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a ‘must have’.

Editorial - April 26, 2022 midnight

Why Brand Protection is Important

Last month’s relaunch of Authentication & Brand News™ comes, ‘at a time when it is more important than ever for brand owners to safeguard their intellectual property’. This is undoubtedly true, with the effects of COVID-19 making it easier than ever for counterfeiters and fraudsters to abuse intellectual and other corporate property.

Editorial - March 1, 2022 midnight

Sustainability in Product Labelling - Some Thoughts on the Future

Over the last few years, sustainability has moved up the corporate agenda, from a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘must have’ for shareholders, investors and customers. There is, and will continue to be a growing need for printing, labelling, track and trace and packaging companies to step up to the mark on sustainability.

Sustainability - December 24, 2021 midnight