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Endstate unlocks software margins for physical products by embedding NFC chips into physical products. Endstate embeds NFC chips into physical products, deepening customer engagement, protecting brand authenticity, and generating incremental revenue for the world’s leading brands. Endstate's chips combine with a powerful software suite to connect customers to exclusive digital content and experiences, and give brands unparalleled insights into customer behavior. The technology also provides a digital product passport (DPP) for brands' transparency compliance.

Recognised as a global Intellectual Property leader, Rouse operates as a closely integrated network with more than 800 people working out of 17 offices in 12 jurisdictions. With decades of experience, Rouse’s world-leading IP enforcement team specialises in brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy and complex IP enforcement work. They support many of the world’s leading rights holders dealing with online and offline threats. Our in-depth local knowledge combined with constant innovation has made us a leading force in protecting trade mark, trade name, copyright, patent, and design rights. We protect some of the world’s most valuable brands against false associations, copycats, misleading advertisements, and other brand damage. By working directly with the relevant authorities who enforce IP law at a local level, our team ensures all the available IP protection tools are utilised. Our work spans intelligence, evidence gathering, conventional enforcement (e.g. Customs, raids), and online enforcement (e.g. internet, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces).

Digital Enforcement Concepts (DEC) is a global leader in brand protection, offering zero-cost solutions to combat counterfeiting for the world's biggest brands, whilst also delivering a lucrative new revenue stream to them - that counterfeiters pay for. Leveraging the expertise of a team comprised of former law enforcement professionals and international intelligence specialists, DEC stands at the forefront of safeguarding brand integrity on the world stage. Their advanced strategies focus on digital monitoring, investigation, and enforcement to identify and eliminate counterfeit products, ensuring that brands maintain their reputation and consumer trust. DEC's innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with industry knowledge, providing a comprehensive, no-cost defence against the growing threat of global counterfeiting.

Securikett’s mission is to find ways to help users identify the authentic. Whether consumers or authorized personnel, they should be able to trust the products they hold in their hands. We achieve this, for example, through identification and traceability using unique identifiers in the form of QR codes, combined with the tamper-proof application of a security label or seal, and more often combined with physical features that are difficult to imitate or copy. We operate from Austria, where our security printing facility and software development office are located.

Spectral Engines, part of the Nynomic Group, is an international company specializing in the development and manufacture of sensor systems for spectral measurement technology. Our sensors bring material measurements to the field: they are small, portable, robust and cost-effective. An independently developed solution for cloud-based data processing and a machine learning platform completes our portfolio. This enables Spectral Engines to offer customers the full spectrum of the value chain from sensor to final application device - at a fraction of common laboratory costs. Our solutions are used in the fields of anti-counterfeiting, pharma-security, agriculture, and textile and plastics recycling. Another major focus is TactiScan, which is used by police and law enforcement agencies in the field of illicit drug screening, and Purpl, which is active in the field of cannabis measurement.

As an authority in authentication solutions, Authentix brings enhanced visibility and traceability to today’s complex global supply chains. For over 25 years, Authentix has thrived in supply chain complexity, providing clients with physical and software-enabled solutions to detect, mitigate, and prevent counterfeiting and other illicit trading activity for branded consumer products, currency, and taxable goods. Partnering with some of the worlds’ largest brand owners, Authentix provides holistic, secure brand protection solutions for authentication, journey tracking, consumer engagement and online surveillance to defend against counterfeiting, diversion and warranty fraud. Through a proven partnership model and sector expertise, clients experience custom solution design, rapid implementation, consumer engagement, and complete program management to ensure product safety, revenue protection, and consumer trust for the best-known global brands on the market. Headquartered in Addison, Texas USA, Authentix, Inc. has offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia serving clients worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.authentix.com.

GlobalBlock, a revolutionary domain name blocking service has been designed to offer unprecedented protection and operational simplicity to safeguard a brand’s digital identity. In one simple transaction, GlobalBlock effectively blocks all available domain names that match the brand so no one else can register them. For even greater protection, the advanced GlobalBlock+ service automatically blocks ‘look-alike variations’ often used in phishing attacks and other abuse activities, providing peace of mind for brand protection professionals globally.

VISUA boasts best-in-class Visual-AI that powers the world’s leading brand protection, authentication and monitoring platforms. VISUA delivers technologies such as logo/mark detection, text detection, object & scene detection and visual search, that are used by world leading companies for applications as varied as Trademark/Copyright Infringement, holographic authentication and counterfeit product detection, to sports sponsorship monitoring, brand monitoring, and phishing detection. Its Visual-AI technology is proven to deliver the highest precision with instant learning, at unlimited scale, and is adaptable for any use case. VISUA believes in People-First AI, they see a world where Visual-AI will lift humanity out of the mundane, empowering a society that focuses more on creativity and collaboration and less on binary tasks, and empowering services and solutions that humans alone simply can’t deliver.

SICPA is a leading global provider of secured authentication, identification and traceability solutions and services. As a product and brand protection expert, we establish a long-term partnership with our clients, by providing proven and robust solutions.With our customer-centric approach, we work closely with our clients to develop a comprehensive understanding of their challenges. Based on our extensive know-how, SICPA proposes a customised brand protection strategy to protect the end-consumers, ensuring a safer trade environment.

ApiraSol helps brand owners and enforcement authorities to map and disrupt illicit trade. ApiraSol Supply Chain Suite combines shipments and open-source intelligence, uncovering illicit supply chains, from producers to importers, distributors and retailers. Learn more www.apirasol.com

With more than 20 years of experience in protecting intellectual property, mastering information technology, and guiding businesses to success, swiss bridge consulting is a leader in brand protection. The strategic vision has been shaped by different cultures, especially in Southeast Asia, where swiss bridge consulting has shown excellence and innovation as an entrepreneurial and influential force. swiss bridge consulting uses this rich legacy to create a dynamic campaign that aims to strengthen brands against counterfeiting. By designing customized strategies and partnering with top solution providers, it offers a united front to defend brand integrity and fight illegal trade.

The Dennemeyer Group offers high-quality services for the protection and management of Intellectual Property rights and is committed to being the first-choice partner for customers globally. With more than 60 years of experience in the industry and 20+ offices worldwide, Dennemeyer manages over three million IP rights of around 8,000 customers. Organizations with even the largest, most diverse IP portfolios turn to the Dennemeyer Group for reliable protection, administration and management of their most valuable assets. In addition to a full spectrum of IP-related legal services, Dennemeyer offers IP strategy consulting, comprehensive IP management software, IP maintenance services and cutting-edge patent search and analytics tools. For more information, visit dennemeyer.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.