Authentication tech specialist Nanotech Security Corp was sold to Meta Materials for $73 million just three years ago.
There were recorded 771 theft incidents in the period, a 33 per cent increase on the same period of 2023.
July should be denoted as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month, says text.
Smaller, low-tech companies are found to be most at risk of going out of business due to counterfeiting.
Lawsuits claim defendants used illicit schemes to counteract processes designed to prevent the listing of counterfeits.
Variations in stable isotopes could serve as a screening tool for authenticating tobacco products, say researchers.