NPR: counterfeiting https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=393866515 counterfeiting en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:51:36 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: counterfeiting https://www.npr.org/tags/393866515/counterfeiting Everything Is Not Awesome For Chinese Company Busted For Selling Fake Legos In an apparent move to crack down on intellectual property infringement, Chinese authorities raided a company that was allegedly manufacturing and selling $30 million worth of counterfeit Legos. Sat, 27 Apr 2019 16:56:19 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/04/27/717840078/everything-is-not-awesome-for-chinese-company-busted-for-selling-fake-legos https://www.npr.org/2019/04/27/717840078/everything-is-not-awesome-for-chinese-company-busted-for-selling-fake-legos

In an apparent move to crack down on intellectual property infringement, Chinese authorities raided a company that was allegedly manufacturing and selling $30 million worth of counterfeit Legos.

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]]> Gabriela Saldivia Fake Bike Helmets: Cheap But Dangerous Cheap knock-offs don't provide anywhere near the protection or durability of the products they replace. And most riders won't be able to tell the difference between real and counterfeit helmets. Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:20:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/16/647377213/fake-bike-helmets-cheap-but-dangerous https://www.npr.org/2018/09/16/647377213/fake-bike-helmets-cheap-but-dangerous

Cheap knock-offs don't provide anywhere near the protection or durability of the products they replace. And most riders won't be able to tell the difference between real and counterfeit helmets.

]]> Jeff Tyler Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder To Fake Imagine the Founding Fathers walking across the bills in your wallet. Like something out of Harry Potter, increasingly complex animation technology is being developed for use in paper currency. Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:46:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/10/23/559092168/like-magic-the-tech-that-goes-into-making-money-harder-to-fake https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/10/23/559092168/like-magic-the-tech-that-goes-into-making-money-harder-to-fake

Imagine the Founding Fathers walking across the bills in your wallet. Like something out of Harry Potter, increasingly complex animation technology is being developed for use in paper currency.

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]]> Allyson McCabe Britain Unveils A New 1-Pound Coin The coin has 12 sides and a fresh design. It also has new technology that the Royal Mint says will make it the most counterfeit-proof coin in the world. Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:24:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/18/393849984/britain-unveils-a-new-1-pound-coin https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/18/393849984/britain-unveils-a-new-1-pound-coin

The coin has 12 sides and a fresh design. It also has new technology that the Royal Mint says will make it the most counterfeit-proof coin in the world.

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