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Article: OFFICE FAUX.(counterfeiting of office products; service by Xerox to authenticate products)(Brief Article)
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- Entrepreneur
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- August 1, 2000
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Most-imitated labels in 2000: Chanel, DKNY...and Xerox?
Bogus designer handbags, sunglasses and watches have always been big business. But what are the latest items to become hot black-market commodities? Think consumable supplies (print cartridges, and copier toner and developer). The imaging Supplies Coalition (www.isc-inc.org), a trade association of imaging-supply manufacturers, estimates the counterfeit market for these products has reached a rather shocking $1 billion per year.
Xerox Corp., for one, is taking an aggressive approach to thwarting ...