WCO Adds Mobile Capabilities to Counterfeit Detection System
The World Customs Organization's added some new features to its IPM program that allows intellectual property rightsholders to exchange information with field customs officers, said the WCO. "The new version of IPM integrates two major technical developments: a hand-held mobile…
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device, and the ability to interface IPM with authentication and/or traceability solutions companies," it said. The mobile device means that field officers can verify a product by scanning a barcode, which initiates IPM's authentication application, said WCO.