Hologram Industry News

China has launched rewards of 100,000 yuan and sometimes higher for citizens who snitch on copyright violators, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing the National Copyright Administration. According to NCA sources : An organisation or individual who provides information that leads to a prosecution would receive a reward of up to 100,000 yuan ($13,310). They set up a hotline and email address for citizens to send information.

China has take the step due to the increased in counterfeiting cases increases in last few years. China’s clothes markets are bursting with fake North Face jackets, Burberry raincoats, Puma sneakers and Louis Vuitton bags. Even one post office in Beijing includes a booth selling copied DVDs.

But they are unlikely to find unauthorized Beijing 2008 Olympics items, since reproduction of items bearing the official “Fuwa” or Five Friendly mascots has been strictly controlled. Beijing Olympic organisers expect to make $70 million from merchandising from the 2008 Games.
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The hologram offers a perfect platform to bring this year’s Guinness Hurling campaign to life. Guinness the company behind the promotion of All-Ireland Hurling Championship has unveiled a highly innovative hologram technology in order to raise the profile of the game and engage hurling fans.According to Pamela Selby, Brand Manager for Guinness “Hologram is eye catching, dramatic and attention grabbing and is sure to capture the imagination of public”.
Sources: http://www.barkeeper.ie/News_Item.asp?News_ID=959

The hologram will make the new badges hard to counterfeit. The government of UK has announced measures to prevent people abusing disabled parking badges. The Department for Transport is also to make Blue Badges available to very young severely disabled children and people with upper limb disabilities. The government has used hologram as a security option to make the badges harder to copy.
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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6992921.stm

According to a recent survey by Mckinsey & Company Indian pharma industry has the highest growth rate
among all spending categories.  Present India pharmaceutical market was estimated at $6.3 billion in 2005. It is expected to touch $20 billion by 2015, with an compounded annual growth rate of 12.3 per cent, the study said. Between 2000 and 2005, the pharma market witnessed a growth rate of 9 per cent. As per sources “ In terms of scale, Indian pharmaceutical market, which is ranked 14th in the world, would be among top 10 by 2015 in the world overtaking Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey”. The incremental  growth of USD 14 billion over the next decade is likely to be the third largest among all markets.
Sources: www.economictimes.com

WASHINGTON, DC - According to a press release ” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the US Chamber of Commerce are presenting a seminar in Portland, Oregon on September 14, 2007″.

The seminar will highlight the growing threats of counterfeiting and piracy, while providing practical information on how businesses can protect their own intellectual property rights both in the United States and overseas.
Source: http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4902&lang=en

Zebra Technologies , a worldwide leader in card printing and bar code labeling solutions, has introduced the Zebra(R) P630i(TM) single-sided laminating card printer. According to Mr. Ram Ramaprasad, director of product managemet of Zebra”"The P630i lets organizations create high security photo ID cards and access control credentials reliably and quickly,”.  These cards are used to print tens of millions of secure IDs by governments in dozens of countries, including driver’s licenses in many U.S. states. It has a unique range of security include customizable holograms and other covert features within the laminate as well as a variety of encoding options.
Sources:Â http://www.zebracard.com.

KAMA GmbH who develops and manufactures automatic multifunctional die cutters and hot foil and hologram stamping systems for the global markets for the 740 x 600 and 740 x 1050mm formats has launched its   Kama is to launch its multifunctional die-cutters into the UK market. Compnay has projected the high-quality Kama die-cutter as the successor to an old platen or cylinder cutter.
The Automatic Die Cutter ProCut 74 (pictured), designed and produced in Germany specifically for the graphics industry will be marketed and distributed through Kama UK Ltd in Oxfordshire. The Automatic Die Cutter ProCut 74 processes the half-sheet format that is most frequently used in the UK. Very short set up times and fast changeovers between functions make the further processing and finishing of small and mid-sized print runs profitable.
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