Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection Glossary

Browse our glossary of Brand Protection terms.

A

• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
• Alibaba.com
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
• Anti-Piracy

B

• Brand Protection

C

• CD & DVD Security
• Casting
• Certified Internet Pharmacy
• Controlled Distribution
• Controlled Substance
• Counterfeiting
• Covert Security
• Customs and Border Control
• Cyberlockers

D

• Demetallisation
• Diffraction
• Domain Name Abuse
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• Drug Scheduling

• E-Commerce Monitoring
• eBay VeRO Program
• Embossing

• Food & Drug Administration

G

• Generics
• Grating
• Grey Market

• Haight Act
• High Refractive Index (HRI)
• Hologram
• Hot Stamping Foil (HSF)

I

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
• International Hologram Manufactures Association (IHMA)
• Internet Monitoring
• Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Intellectual Property Rights

• Knock-Offs

L

• Licensee
• Licensor
• Licensing Agent
• Licensing Compliance
• Licensing Management
• Licensed Merchandise 
• LIMA
• Liquid Crystal Technology
• Live Streaming Monitoring

• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
• Multi-Channel

• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)

O

• OVD (Optically Variable Devices)
• Online Brand Protection
• Origination
• Overt Security

P

• Product Authentication
• Product Diversion
• Product Tracking

• QR Code

R

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Recombination
• Rights Owners Program
• Risk Assessment
• Royalty Protection 

S

• Security Handtag
• Security Label
• Serialization
• Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
• Supply Chain

T

• Tamper Evident Label
• Tongue Label
• Track and Trace
• Trademark
• Trademarx®

V

• Verification System
• Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS)

W

• Web Monitoring
• World Customs Organization
• Woven Label