Keeping it real
Every day, counterfeit prescription drugs, purses, watches, shoes, software, movies and music come into the U.S.
And the problem is getting worse.
To combat counterfeiting, more than 400 companies worldwide have created technology systems to authenticate goods, and many of them are small startups, said Ed Dietrich, director of the Americas for Reconnaissance International, based in Hood River, Ore.
By L.A. Lorek
26 January 2008